Somalia

By: AFPPrime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre also vowed that Somalia would defend its territory by "all legal means possible" following Monday's agreement that gives landlocked Ethiopia long sought-after access to the Red Sea. The government said it was appealing to international bodies including the...

The Somali capital Mogadishu, where at least 18 people died Wednesday in attacks on two restaurants, has suffered repeated attacks since Islamist fighters were driven out of the city in August 2011. Here is a recap of the biggest assaults since 2015: – 2017 – – May...

Somalia’s intelligence chief fired 1,500 intelligence officers including the Mogadishu chief in a new major shakeup of the country’s spy agency which is struggling to contain a deadly insurgency by al-Shabab militants, sources told Alleastafrica Saturday. Gen. Abdullahi Gafow told the officers to abandon their...

By: Staff reporter At least 6 people were killed and 4 others injured in a suicide bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday evening, police and witnesses said. Police said four youths and a child were killed in the attack which occurred at 7:00...

Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to increase Britain's support for Somalia in the fight against militant group Al-Shabaab. In her maiden speech to the General Assembly in New York, Mrs May said that Britain had played a "leading role" in the fight against the...

By STEPHEN ASTARIKO @stephenastariko  Northeastern regional coordinator Mohamud Saleh on Monday warned Garissa residents against housing refugees fleeing repatriation to Somalia. Northeastern regional coordinator Mohamud Saleh.FILE He spoke at the end of a capacity-building workshop on citizen participation in security in Garissa town. Saleh said the government is...

  Hundreds of soldiers went on strike in the Somali capital on Sunday, blocking roads and forcing businesses to close in protest over unpaid salaries, a challenge for the new president who has vowed to defeat Islamist militant group, al Shabaab. Reuters witnesses saw soldiers -...

President Uhuru Kenyatta today made an appeal to the international community to act right to fully bring back Somalia into the fold of the international community of nations as he rooted for durable solutions to the Somali refugees problem. President Kenyatta said the recent presidential...

By: ANADOLU AGENCY Somalia's president expressed his deep appreciation to Türkiye on Monday for continuing to support his country’s development, security and humanitarian needs. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the remarks after he met with Turkish Ambassador...

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...