Somalia

In this extract from his book, The World’s Emergency Room, Dr Michael Vanrooyen recalls the menace and mayhem of his first humanitarian mission The moment the back hatch of the C-130 cargo opened at the militarised airport in Mogadishu , a wave of intense heat...

Suicide bombers attacked the main peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital on Monday, killing at least three Somali security officers, police said. Islamist al Shabaab militants, who want to topple the Western-backed government, said they carried out the assault near Mogadishu's main airport, an area used...

By Bashir Goth Africa’s First Democrats: Somalia’s Aden A. Osman and Abdirazak H. Hussen by Abdi Ismail Samatar, 308 PP. Indiana University Press, 2016 “To hold a pen is to be at war.” --- Voltaire   Why I review this book As a firm believer in democratic principles and an...

By Habib Toumi Employment will be sponsored by recruiting agencies Manama: The general understandings of the convention regulating the recruitment of Somali citizens to work Saudi Arabia have been completed, a Somali diplomatic source said. “The Somali labour minister will visit the kingdom soon to finalise the...

The United Nations has confirmed that a Somali-born official who has been doing humanitarian work for 25 years will be the UNHCR’s director for global emergencies, staff security, safety and supply services effective next month. Ahmed Warsame has been a representative of the United Nations...

A search was being conducted for a suspect in Somalia after a presidential guard turned his gun on a colleague Saturday, killing the senior official and wounding a second person inside the presidential compound, witnesses and authorities said. Shador Haji, the Presidential Palace communications director,...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi’s president on Friday threatened to pull out almost 5,500 troops contributing to the African Union mission in Somalia over nearly a year of unpaid allowances, in another sign of tensions with the force’s largest donor, the European Union. If there...

By James Jeffrey 2016 saw the EU cutting back funding to the AMISOM mission fighting jihadists in Somalia. Ethiopia has pulled back some 4,000 troops the country considered unnecessary. Ethiopian troops previously assisting the internationally-funded African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) were suddenly withdrawn to Ethiopia a...

NAIROBI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The UN refugee agency said it has repatriated some 38,159 Somali refugees in Kenya since the return exercise began in December 2014. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in its bi-weekly update received in Nairobi on Thursday...

Horndiplomat- Galkacyo is the capital of the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. According to UNHCR report "The city of Galkacyo is divided into two areas". These two areas are separated by a distinct boundary, with the northern districts governed by the Puntland State and southern...