Somalia orders top UN official to leave
Somalia’s government has ordered the top United Nations official in the country to leave, accusing him of interfering with national sovereignty days after he raised...
Category : SOMALIA
Somali death toll rises to 26 from weekend blasts in capital
MOGADISHU,— The death toll rose to 26 from Saturday’s twin bombings in Somalia’s capital, police and hospital sources said Monday. The number rose because several...
African Union asks Burundi to cut force in Somalia
The African Union has asked Burundi to reduce its contribution to the African peacekeeping force in Somalia by a thousand men under a progressive pullout...
US conducts 6 airstrikes against Somalia extremists, 62 dead
JOHANNESBURG — The U.S. military says it has carried out six airstrikes in the Gandarshe area of Somalia which killed a total of 62 al-Shabab...
US says new airstrike in Somalia kills 8 al-Shabab fighters
JOHANNESBURG — The U.S. military says it has killed eight members of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike south of Somalia’s capital. The U.S....
Somalia uproar continues after former al-Shabab No. 2 seized
NAIROBI, — A third day of protests began Saturday in Somalia over the arrest of the former No. 2 leader of the al-Shabab extremist group,...
AU force in Somalia says not involved in ex-al-Shabab arrest
NAIROBI, – The African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia says it had no part in the arrest of the former No. 2 leader of the al-Shabab...
Ethiopia troops raid, torture ex-Al Shabaab deputy – Somali media
Media outlets and journalists in Somalia are reporting that Ethiopian forces in the country had arrested the former al-Shabaab leader, Mukhtar Robow during a raid....
Eritrea president in Somalia for official visit, will proceed to Kenya
President of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki, is expected in Somalia today, December 13, 2018; on an invitation by his counterpart, Mohamed Abdulahi Farmaajo. The presidency, Villa...
