Mogadishu (WDN) – Credible sources from multiple channels have indicated that Somalia’s opposition has adopted a new security strategy that is reportedly causing concern among government security planners as political tensions continue to escalate in the capital.

According to the sources, heavily armed forces loyal to opposition leaders have established positions across several strategically important neighborhoods in Muqdisho, marking what observers describe as a significant shift in the opposition’s security posture.

The largest concentration of opposition-aligned forces is reportedly located in the Abdiasis District, where security arrangements linked to former President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and former Somali National Army Chief General Odawaa Yusuf Raage have been coordinated into an interconnected defensive network covering a substantial section of the district.

Sources indicate that opposition positions now extend from the coastal road near the residence of former President Ali Mahdi Mohamed, through areas surrounding the home of Sheikh Soomow near the Marina junction, and further inland toward neighborhoods associated with General Odawaa and the district market area. The deployment is said to form a continuous defensive corridor across key parts of the district.

At the same time, the Federal Government has reportedly reinforced its own security presence around areas where Sheikh Sharif is currently residing, creating an increasingly tense standoff that has heightened concerns about the possibility of armed confrontation.

With only hours remaining before the opposition’s planned demonstrations, senior opposition figures have also repositioned themselves across strategic locations in the city. Former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire is stationed at the Sayidka area of the Howlwadaag District, near the Presidential Palace. Meanwhile, MP Abdirahman Abdishakur, Senator Abdi Hassan “Qeybdiid” and MP Abdirahman Odowaa, and several other opposition figures have reportedly moved to the Soonakey area in Hodan District.

Sources further claim that some politicians aligned with the government who previously lived in these areas have temporarily relocated elsewhere, while strict security measures have reportedly been introduced, including restrictions on weapons entering certain opposition-controlled zones.

The developments underscore the rapidly escalating political crisis in Somalia, where both government and opposition forces appear to be preparing for a potentially volatile confrontation. As the planned demonstrations approach, concerns are growing among residents and observers that Muqdisho could be entering a new and uncertain phase of political instability.

While neither the Federal Government nor opposition leaders have officially commented on the reported deployments, the concentration of armed forces on both sides has intensified fears that the political dispute could spill beyond rhetoric and into a direct security confrontation.

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