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Suspected Somali pirates have again hijacked a vessel on one of the world's crucial trade routes, authorities said Saturday night, the latest in a string of attacks after several years of silence. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations piracy watchdog said on its website it...

By:Mohammed Dahir Ahmed Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean started in 2005 by Somalia parities and reached its climax in 2011 when they have attempted to hijack 237 vessels and at year’s end, seized 11 vessels, keeping a total of 216 people...

The Stakeholder Consultative meeting was organised by AU-IBAR with an aim of assuring sustainable livestock exports from all Somali regions. A total of 36 Somali participants from various Somali institutions participated in the discussions. Leading the delegations were the respective Livestock Ministers from Republic of...

Ethiopia has declared an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea, also known as AWD, in the country's Somali region, where people are already struggling to cope with a persistent drought. Dr. Akpaka Kalu, the World Health Organization representative to Ethiopia, told VOA on Friday that 16,000...

Horndiplomat-The Uk's Member of Parliament Lord Luce asked Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Question about the British government  support they are providing to Somaliland that to enhancing  political stability in Somaliland. Question:Asked by Lord Luce: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they...

A court in  breakaway of Somaliland has sentenced a journalist to two years in prison after he was arrested for meeting Somalia's new president. Abdimalik Muse Oldon was charged with engaging in anti-national activities, spreading "false" news and disturbing public order. Oldon, an online journalist, was...

The U.S. military should make avoiding civilian casualties in Somalia “a top priority” after President Donald Trump signed a directive loosening restrictions on airstrikes in the country, Somalia’s former president tells Newsweek. Trump approved a U.S. military request to provide “additional precision fires” targeting al-Shabab,...

Minibus runs over explosive device in Somalia's Lower Shebelle region, killing passengers including women and children. A land mine explosion has killed at least 19 passengers of a minibus in Somalia hours after the troubled nation's president declared a new war against the al-Shabab armed...

DUBAI-P&O Ports has been awarded a 30-year, $336 million concession for the management and development of a port project in Somalia, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The approximate investment for the modern multi-purpose facility at Bosasso in Puntland, Somalia, will be $336...

Ethiopian authorities have failed to hold accountable a paramilitary force that killed at least 21 villagers in the Somali region of Ethiopia in June 2016. The government should promptly grant access to independent international monitors to investigate these killings and other reported abuses by this...