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First published by ISS Today Drought, a lack of security and inclusive politics, unemployment and poverty, piracy and the terror group al-Shabaab continue to plague Somalia. And while there has been progress in addressing these challenges, it isn’t enough. To this end a New Partnership for...

BY JOSEPH TREVITHICKMARCH  New policies give troops on the ground – whoever they might be – more authority to call in fire support amid a growing commitment. s Somalia teeters on the edge of famine, the United States has announced plans to expand its secretive war...

President Donald Trump's administration was plunged back into turmoil over its connections to Russia after it was revealed that his attorney general failed to disclose he met Moscow's ambassador twice during last year's election campaign. Following the revelation Jeff Sessions recused himself from any probe...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir met with his Somali counterpart Abdulsalam Hidalia Omer, at the residence of the visiting Somali President, here o Thursday. According to Saudi Press Agency, the two ministers discussed bilateral relations and means to promote...

Bana Alabed, the seven-year-old Aleppo girl known worldwide for her tweets from Aleppo, has written an open letter to Donald Trump. "You must do something for the children of Syria because they are like your children and deserve peace like you," she wrote. Bana escaped Aleppo...

average of 72 bombs every day — the equivalent of three an hour — in 2016, according to an analysis of American strikes around the world. The report from the Council of Foreign Relations comes as Barack Obama finishes up his presidency — one that...

Job Details Employer: CARE Job Title: Conduct context review including operational context; political and socio–economic in Lower Juba region, Somalia Job Type: Full-Time Location: Somalia Category: Other Description: CARE International in Somalia Terms of reference to conduct context review including operational context; political and socio–economic in Lower Juba region, Somalia 1 Purpose of...

Editors from two Palestinian news publications based in the occupied West Bank say their Facebook accounts were suspended last week and that no reason was provided, alleging their pages may have been censored because of a recent agreement between the US social media giant...

MEXICO CITY (The Borowitz Report)—The war of words between Donald J. Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto continued on Thursday as Peña Nieto vehemently asserted that he made the Republican Presidential nominee pay for lunch during his visit to Mexico City. “As soon as...

Fighting Fistula in The Horn of Africa:-Hawa* was just sixteen when she went into labour. As a nomad, living in a rural area, there were no midwives, no doctors, no healthcare professionals to call on. So, when the labour became obstructed, Hawa’s mother piled her...