Living vs death, Somali quarry workers risk all to survive
MOGADISHU —-Crouching under a dark dust-filled 10-meters tall rock, Mohamed Ali anxiously looks at two columns supporting the giant wall from collapsing. He starts pounding...
Category : SOMALIA
EXCLUSIVE: BBC’s Somali Service hits lowest rating in decades
According to the station, it provides a key link between those in Somalia and those elsewhere By Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – For the BBC...
Somalis stage anti-Kenya protest over border spat
Dozens of Mogadishu residents on Wednesday held demonstrations in the streets in support of Somalia’s ongoing maritime case at the International Court of Justice in...
Somali general, 7 bodyguards killed in suspected car bomb attack: police
A Somali general and at least seven of his bodyguards were killed on Sunday when their military convoy was hit by a suspected car bomb,...
A lesson in Somali, Kenya history.
by Sanya Noel Lima Somalia has quite an interesting history. This photo is of Captain Asli Hassan Abade when she became the first female military pilot...
Al Shabaab militants capture key Somali town
Al Shabaab militants have captured a key Somali town near with the border with Kenya, according to witnesses. Residents in El Wak told VOA’s Somali...
EXCLUSIVE: Kenya used IGAD’s Mogadishu summit as leverage to lift Somali khat ban
By Jeff Mwaura,jeff@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – One day before Somalia hosted its first regional summit of African heads of state in 30 years this week, Kenyan...
Somali PM faces sacking prospect amid rifts with president
by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud may sack his prime minister Omar Abdirashid as rifts between the two leaders widened...
As election approaches, public funds’ theft is on the rise in Somalia
by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI– Less than one month before Somalia holds a presidential election, alarms are being raised over abuses by officials in...
Kenya mulls troops pull out from Somalia
By Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – Kenyan government is carrying out a review of its peacekeeping missions in Somalia which could see its troops withdrawn before...
