Authorities in Somalia\u2019s Puntland region have accused the federal government in Mogadishu of smuggling weapons into the state to fuel instability and provoke internal conflict.<\/p>\n
Puntland\u2019s Ministry of Security warned in a Wednesday statement that the alleged weapons smuggling risked further destabilising Somalia\u2019s already fragile security situation.<\/p>\n
The ministry accused Mogadishu of channelling arms into the territory to deliberately provoke inter\u2011clan conflict, allegedly working through sympathetic politicians and ex\u2011officials.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a major coordinated plan between four foreign nations and the federal government, which is executing it,\u201d the statement said, noting that the objective was to arm clans to fight each other and destroy the peace of Puntland.\u201d<\/p>\n
Puntland has responded by banning all non\u2011local security forces from operating in the region and prohibiting federal appointees from entering its territory.<\/p>\n
Relations between the central government and federal states have reached a breaking point after the federal administration\u2019s mandate lapsed on 15 May 2026, triggering a surge in political and security tensions.<\/p>\n
Leaders of Somalia\u2019s Future Council opposition bloc last weekend urged broad international involvement in resolving the escalating dispute over the country\u2019s electoral process, saying no single actor should be allowed to mediate between the opposition and the federal government.<\/p>\n
The appeal came as Turkey seeks to take a leading role in facilitating talks, with Ankara\u2019s intelligence agency reportedly spearheading efforts to broker a political settlement between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud\u2019s administration and opposition groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Authorities in Somalia\u2019s Puntland region have accused the federal government in Mogadishu of smuggling weapons into the state to fuel instability and provoke internal conflict. Puntland\u2019s Ministry of Security warned in a Wednesday statement that the alleged weapons smuggling risked further destabilising Somalia\u2019s already fragile security situation. The ministry accused Mogadishu of channelling arms into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":5,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","source_name":"APA News","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,2362,33,1129],"tags":[2292,189],"class_list":["post-21225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-africa","category-featured","category-politics","category-security","tag-puntland","tag-somalia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21226,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21225\/revisions\/21226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}