US airstrike in Somalia kills 2 al-Shabab extremists
MOGADISHU, — The U.S. military says it has killed two extremists with an airstrike in Somalia. The U.S. Africa Command says the airstrike on Monday...
Category : SOMALIA
OPINION: UAE is using local instability to sow discord in Somalia
The UAE stands accused of encroaching upon the sovereignty of Djibouti, Somalia and Yemen, over disputes arising from its control of regional ports. Tensions between Somalia’s Federal...
Somalia bans UAE’s DP World from operating in country over controversial port deal
The move to ban DP World which has dealt a major blow to the deal follows subsequent warnings by Somali leaders over UAE’s political meddling...
Out of shadow: UAE’s new political war creeps wider into Somalia’s sovereignty
In Somalia, UAE’s latest political moves as seen to be an attempt by the gulf state to perpetuate a ‘divide and rule’ game in violation...
2 blasts, gunfire rock Somalia’s capital; 3 said killed
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two car bomb blasts rocked Somalia’s capital on Friday evening, followed by sustained gunfire, and at least three people were killed, a...
Somalia given greenlight to respond in border case
The International Court of Justice has allowed Somalia to file a response to a case in which it has sued Kenya over a maritime border....
Switzerland to host Somali unity talks
Switzerland is ready to host talks between the Federal Government of Somalia and the breakaway Somaliland, official said. Somaliland Foreign minister Sa’aad Ali Shire told...
New Mogadishu mayor hopes to create new momentum
Mogadishu residents hope that the new mayor can bring the town out of the shadows of corruption and waste no time in getting to work...
Shabaab militants weakened in Somalia, UN official says
Al-Shabaab has been weakened financially, militarily and politically in the past year, the top United Nations official for Somalia said in an interview with the Nation....
US drones ‘wiping out’ Shabaab in Somalia: AU mission head
Drone strikes by the United States military are “wiping out” Shabaab militants in Somalia, the head of the African Union mission in the country told...
