NISA Delivers Compensation to Families after Deadly Galmudug Clan Clashes

GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOGADISHU: TheNational Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has handed compensation to the families of four people killed during deadly clashes in central Galmudug State earlier this year, in a move aimed at reinforcing a locally brokered peace agreement.

Colonel Hussein Farah Elmi, known as “Dubbad”, the NISA commander for Galmudug who represented NISA Director General Mahad Mohamed Salad at the ceremony, presented a total of $80,000 to the families of the four victims. Each family received $20,000, NISA officials said.

The payments fulfil a commitment announced by the NISA chief during a reconciliation conference held in Ali Ganey following the violence, which erupted in June in the neighbouring communities of Ali Ganey and Xirsi-Lugey.

Local officials, including Guriceel District Commissioner Farah Abdi Macallin and Balanballe District Commissioner Abdiaziz Hashi Ali, attended the handover ceremony.

The June clashes were among a series of localized conflicts that periodically affect parts of central Somalia, where disputes over land, grazing rights, water resources and longstanding clan grievances have at times turned violent despite broader efforts to stabilize the country.

Community leaders involved in the Ali Ganey peace process have said the agreement helped reduce tensions in parts of western Galmudug and neighbouring areas stretching toward Ethiopia’s Somali Region. Local authorities say residents have gradually resumed normal economic and social activities, although independent verification of the longer-term impact remains limited.

Successive Somali administrations have increasingly relied on traditional elders, local authorities and security agencies to mediate communal conflicts, arguing that resolving local disputes is essential to broader efforts to improve security and support operations against the militant group al Shabaab.

Security analysts say sustaining peace agreements in central Somalia remains a challenge, with many requiring continued dialogue, compensation for victims and close cooperation between communities and government institutions to prevent renewed violence.