International community stages ‘coup’ against Somaliland using a Waddani guise
On December 12, a Waddani delegation led by Waddani new “leader”, Hersi Ali Haj Hassan, left for Nairobi, where, ostensibly, they were to join the Somaliland House Speaker, the founder of Waddani Party and its candidate for President in the upcoming elections and its...
Al-Shabab Kills Two Government Soldiers in Somalia’s Mahaday District
Heavily armed al-Shabab fighters in pickup trucks moved into Somalia's Mahaday district in the Middle Shabelle region early Saturday, killing two government soldiers before voluntarily withdrawing, residents and officials said.
The militants attacked about 4 a.m. local time, seizing a police station and administrative offices,...
AU, UN launch Somali operation to restore supply routes
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) have jointly embarked on an operation to open up key supply routes in HirShabelle region in central Somalia.
AMISOM Sector 5 Commander Venuste Nduwayo said the operation dubbed Antelope...
12 killed in Al-Shabaab clashes with locals in Somalia
Twelve people were killed, including nine civilians and three Al-Shabaab militants, in their clashes in south Somalia on Saturday, officials said.
Ahmed Mohamud Ahmed, spokesman for Jubaland State security agency, said their forces backed locals near Kismayo town who were fighting Al-Shabaab.
"Al-Shabaab militants killed nine...
Nadia Hussan’s mother fled war-torn Somalia in the 1980s and now the teenager has won a scholarship to leading private school
A girl whose mother fled war-torn Somalia in the 1980s has won a scholarship to the leading private school that Kate Middleton and Samantha Cameron attended.
Nadia Hassan, 16, a comprehensive school girl from one of London’s poorest areas, has been accepted to Marlborough College.
She...
AMISOM statement on the death of a civilian in Mogadishu
On 15 December 2016, an AMISOM Police vehicle was involved in a fatal road accident along KM4 road, Mogadishu, resulting in the death of a civilian.
Preliminary report indicates that the victim, who was walking on the right hand side of the pedestrian lane, suddenly...
The Story of Village: Life in South Sudan-Ducmentary
Horndiplomat- The Ducmentary it was 2011 after the South sudan's gained its independence from Sudan .
The South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, following a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the vote. It is a United Nations member state, a member state...
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed becomes UN Deputy Secretary-General
Amina J. Mohammed, the minister of environment of Nigeria, has been announced UN Deputy Secretary-General
- Incoming UN Secretary-General António Guterres has also appoined two other women into top UN positions
Amina Mohammed, Nigeria's minister of environment, has been appointed the UN Deputy Secretary-Genera
António Guterres, the...
Somalia: Journalists protest against restrictions to cover upcoming elections
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today expressed concerns and condemned the restrictions to the coverage of the ongoing indirect elections in Somalia by journalists of the independent media.
Presidential elections are due to be held on 28 December 2016 in Somalia, as decided by National Leaders Forum...
Rehabilitation of pirates, jihadists in Somalian prison
The prison in Garowe, Puntland state, in northeastern Somalia, facilitates the rehabilitation of convicted Somali pirates and suspected Al-Shabaab jihadists.
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