Somalia

By ABDILATIF ADAN Elections are always intense, starting from the campaign period to the balloting day, and so is Somalia’s indirect electoral process. The campaigns for various positions are underway in the capital Mogadishu and the various regional capitals. On the streets of Kismayo and...

Somalia, has became “The new Syria in the Horn of Africa” where organised religious warlords and clan politicians created enclaves that they control to the detriment of Somali Republic. As presidential candidate in 2016, I want to re-unite our country and its people based on...

By Ludovica Iaccino Ethiopia has blamed a perceived lack of support from the international community for the withdrawal of troops from parts of Somalia. Earlier this month, Ethiopian soldiers abandoned areas of south-western Somalia, including the strategic town of Tiyeglow, where they were helping in...

Pro-Islamic State militants have seized their first big town in the Puntland region of Somalia, officials and residents told VOA. The militants moved into the Red Sea town of Qandala, 90 miles east of Bosaso, in the early hours of Wednesday without any confrontations. Officials from...

By:Jean-Jacques Cornish The United States is being increasingly drawn into a clandestine war in Somalia. It is a battle that will embroil the next occupant of the White House, whomever he or she may be. The US was at pains to stay out of Somalia following the...

By:Laetitia Bader Researcher, Africa Division LaetitiaBader “We can’t afford to keep fleeing,” said “Halima,” a 35-year-old mother of four who recently fled fighting in the contested town of Galkayo in central Somalia. “Those fighting might have big houses to hide in, but we live in tents and...

Suicide bombing of "Djiboutian military base" in central Beledweyne region is latest in a campaign of deadly attacks. A suicide bomber has driven a vehicle loaded with explosives into an African Union military base in central Somalia, according to a Somali security official. Tuesday's attack in...

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times - - Monday, October 24, 2016 MOGADISHU, Somalia — Staring at trucks festooned with campaign signs winding their way through the streets of the capital, Hawa Mahamoud was disappointed that she would not have a chance...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Following more than four years in captivity, 26 Asian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates have been released from their captors, China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday. The sailors arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, and international mediators said the action the...

Hopelessness is a dangerous dead-end. As in people, nations need sense of hope to exist and to deal with inevitable challenges throughout their development and indeed existence. But that sense of hope must be grounded on reality; otherwise, it turns into delusion. With the so-called...