Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia- Presidential candidate and Upper House Senator Abdirahman Mohamed Farole has announced withdrawal from the presidential race on Tuesday in the capital Mogadishu ahead of tomorrow’s ballot, Garowe Online reports. During a press conference in Mogadishu, Farole noted that he drop out form the...

A traffic ban has been imposed and major roads sealed off in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, ahead of Wednesday's presidential election. Correspondents said most schools and offices remained open but people had had to walk to reach their destination. MPs will gather at the airport on...

Mogadishu and surrounding areas are on lockdown after increase in al-Shabab attacks in lead-up to election Somalia's capital is on lockdown a day before the parliament meets to elect a new president, with ongoing security concerns and warnings of famine expected to top the agenda...

The Somalia presidency will now be contested by 23 candidates after one contender withdrew on Saturday. Mr Abdullahi Ali Hassan pulled out saying the field was too crowded. “I feel that the field is too crowded for a self respecting person to remain in the race,”...

Al Shabaab militants in Somalia publicly beheaded four men accused of spying for the country's Western-backed government, the United States and neighboring Kenya, residents in the south of the Horn of Africa country said. The al Qaeda-linked group confirmed the executions, which took place on...

By ANDREW MBUVA. @andrewsmbuva Two families from Machakos county who lost their relatives in the Kulbiyow attack on January 27 have urged the government to withdraw KDF soldiers from Somalia. Slain soldier Moses Mukie, 52, was buried in Kyaani village, Mwala subcounty, on Saturday. He had...

GEOFFREY YORK JOHANNESBURG — The Globe and Mail With their escape route to the United States endangered by the orders of President Donald Trump, the people of Somalia now face a new threat: a looming famine that could bring starvation to millions. Just six years after a famine killed...

BY:JOSHUA HAMMER In 2000 Andrew Harding became sub-Saharan Africa correspondent for the BBC, based in Nairobi. Soon he was making regular trips to one of the most perilous corners of the continent: Somalia. Wracked by war, famine and clan-based strife since the early 1990s, the...

KAMPALA- Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa, revealed on Friday that government is pushing for a revision of funding for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by the international community. Mr Kutesa, addressing journalists at the Media Centre about resolutions of the just concluded 28th...

By:Presidential Candidate Ali Haji Warsame Somalia will elect a new President on February 8 as the country strives to overcome its history of decades-old conflict. About 24 candidates have been cleared to run for the top post and their fate will be decided by 329...