Direct flight to Kismayu sparks another Somalia-Kenya row
Somalia has protested what it said is the violation of its airspace by Kenya after an aircraft flew from Nairobi directly to Kismayu instead of...
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Extremists attack US military base in Somalia
MOGADISHU, — A Somali official says a suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives at the gate of a military airstrip which is...
Kenya, Somalia presidents hold talks at UN convention
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and Mohamed Farmaajo of Somalia have agreed to normalise relations between the two countries, but fell short of a deal on...
UN, World Bank call for sustained funding to end Somalia crises
With the latest analysis showing that Somalia’s main harvest was the worst since the famine in 2011, humanitarian agencies are calling for sustained funding for...
Car bombs, gunfire hit military base in Somalia: residents
Mogadishu, A government military base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire on Wednesday, residents said, and the al-Qaeda-linked...
UN: Fewer refugees willing to leave Kenya’s Dadaab for Somalia
Insecurity in Somalia is diminishing the numbers of refugees willing to return home from the Dadaab camps in northern Kenya, the United Nations said recently....
Deaths as bomber detonates in Mogadishu mayor’s office
MOGADISHU, — A suicide bomber walked into the office of Mogadishu’s mayor and detonated explosives strapped to his waist, killing six people and badly wounding...
Ordeal of Kenyans ‘slaving’ on Somali fishing vessel
Fifteen Kenyan fishermen are stuck on a vessel owned by a Somali fishing company forced to work under gunpoint without pay, seafarers lobby has said....
Somalia executes 3 over deadly 2017 hotel attack
MOGADISHU— Somalia’s military says it executed three men convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a hotel in the capital in 2017. A statement...
Somaliland accuses Somalia and Italy of frustrating its recognition status
NAIROBI – Somaliland is now accusing Somalia and its former colonial master Italy of working together in frustrating her quest for international recognition. Somaliland President...
