Abbas Ibrahim Gurey, the commander of Jubbaland's Dervish forces, survived an assassination attempt on Monday when a landmine detonated near the Somali-Kenyan border, according to local reports.
The Banadir Regional Court issued an arrest warrant for Ahmed Madobe, who was recently re-elected as president of Jubaland, escalating tensions between the Somali government and the regional leader.
President Uhuru Kenyatta with Somalia’s Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo during his inauguration in Mogadishu, Somalia on Febraury 22, 2017. [File, Standard] Kenya has once again returned to the ...