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Somalia: Car bomb targets Mogadishu restaurant

Casualties feared after a suspected suicide car bomb rams into a restaurant popular with security forces.Casualties feared after a suspected suicide car bomb rams into a restaurant popular with security forces. A suspected suicide car bomb has struck a restaurant in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, police...

EU Training Mission in Somalia suffers another setback

The Netherlands is set to withdraw from the EU Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM-S) by April. It currently has 15 soldiers serving with the mission, which was set up in 2010 and trains and advises the Somali National Army (SNA) and Ministry of Defence. “Scarcity...

Somaliland and Somalia humanitarian crisis rapidly growing-OXFAM Press Release

Poor rains, persisting drought deepens crisis in Somalia and Somaliland Photo Via OXFAM
HARGEISA, 20 March – sporadic, below average rains and persistent drought since 2016 sees an estimated 1.7 million people in critical need ofhumanitarian assistance in Somaliland, a figure ballooning by hundreds ofthousands in recent months. Communal water resources are drying up at an alarming rate,...

Turkish embassy in Somalia to control Gulen-run schools

Horndiplomat-Apart from 3 schools, a hospital linked to Gulen network will also be operated by embassy Three schools and a hospital belonging to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization-linked Nile Academy in Somalia will now operate under control of Turkey's Mogadishu embassy, according to a diplomatic source. The...

Somalia Says Ready to Send Troops to South Sudan for Security

FILE - Somali army soldiers are seen near Barawe, Somalia, Oct. 4, 2014. Somalian soldiers might soon join peacekeeping forces in South Sudan. Share Print
The Somali government said this week that it was ready to send troops to help with security and enhance peace in South Sudan, where officials and opposition groups recently signed an agreement to end a five-year civil war. The statement came days after the Intergovernmental...

Somalia Supreme Court rejects Fahad Yasin’s appeal to restore election result

Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir
Somalia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal on Tuesday from former national intelligence director Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir to overturn the federal election commission's cancellation of his electoral victory. The Supreme Court agreed with the Attorney's General Office, who argued the court has no jurisdiction...

Freed from Pirates, Hijacked Dhow Returns to Sea

On Thursday, the Indian Navy took custody of the Indian dhow Al Kausar, which was hijacked by Somali pirates off Socotra Island on April 1. Somali security forces recaptured the dhow and freed the hostages in a series of operations and arrested as many as...

UK announces support to BBC media action project to amplify Somali women’s voices, build community resilience, and promote female participation

UK announces support to BBC media action project to amplify Somali women’s voices, build community resilience, and promote female participation
By: British Embassy Mogadishu On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the British Embassy in Mogadishu has announced more than US $1 million dollars of Conflict Security and Stability Funding (CSSF) to a BBC...

Somalia President meets U.S. Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon

Somalia President meets U.S. Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon
By: Mohamed Selh Somalia president met with the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin on Thursday, the meeting was focused on strengthening the capacity of Somalia's military to battle Al Shabaab, which US generals have described as...

At Least 20 Killed in Triple Car Bombings in Central Somalia

By: VOA At least 20 people were killed in a triple car bombing attack Monday in central Somalia, among them two local government officials. Witnesses said two vehicles loaded with explosives detonated in the morning, and a third in...