Somalia: Federal Troops Seal Off Mogadishu's Siinaay Market in Pre-Dawn Operation, Forcing Civilian Evacuation

Somalia: Federal Troops Seal Off Mogadishu's Siinaay Market in Pre-Dawn Operation, Forcing Civilian Evacuation

MOGADISHU -- Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) forces launched a massive crackdown in the Siinaay neighborhood of Mogadishu early this morning, shutting down the popular Siinaay Market and triggering fresh displacement of residents in an already fragile city.

Journalists targeted and arrested in Mogadishu for reporting on Hassan Sheikh’s forced evictions

MOGADISHU, Somalia 6 August 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the abduction-style arrest of three journalists in Mogadishu on Sunday, 3 August 2025, by armed officers from the Turkish-trained Haramcad police unit. At exactly 5:07 PM local time on Sunday, armed officers from the Haramcad police, arriving in two vehicles marked with police logos and a Toyota Prado Land Cruiser, came to the front gate of SMS Somali TV …