Tropical cyclone hits Horn of Africa, kills at least 15 in Somaliland
At least 15 people have died in Somaliland after heavy rains caused by tropical cyclone Sagar which landed in the Horn of Africa over the...
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Officials: UAE resumes Somali charcoal export despite UN ban
NAIROBI – The United Arab Emirates has restarted Somali charcoal exports years after the United found it to be funding militant groups in Somalia and...
Somalia’s al Shabaab stones to death woman accused of having multiple husbands
MOGADISHU – Somalia’s al Shabaab insurgents stoned to death on Wednesday a woman it accused of having multiple husbands, residents of a town in the...
Ethiopia, Kenya leaders vow to pursue peace in Somalia, South Sudan
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday concluded a two-day state visit to Kenya during which he held talks with his counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta at...
8 KDF soldiers killed near Dobley, Somalia
At least eight Kenya Defence Forces have been killed and two injured in a suspected Al-Shabaab attack on Kenya-Somalia border, near the Somali town of...
AMISOM commanders raise concerns over Somali army preparedness
A UN security council resolution requiring the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to withdraw by 2021 is causing a lot of debate among the...
AMISOM courts Somalis with ‘soft power’ tactics
Mogadishu. The African Union Peace-keeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has shifted operational tactic from military engagement to talking with communities in order to win hearts...
Female Somali aid worker shot dead in capital, police say
MOGADISHU, — Gunmen shot dead a female aid worker in Somalia’s capital on Tuesday, police said, in the latest of several targeted attacks against humanitarians...
Somalia’s former defence minister elected new speaker of parliament
MOGADISHU,- Somalia’s parliament elected a former defence minister as its speaker on Monday. Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman resigned as minister earlier this month to stand for...
We’re stuck in Somalia, says Army chief
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen David Muhoozi, has said Ugandan soldiers deployed in Somalia to fight the al-Shabaab are stranded due to underfunding, logistical...
