Burkina Faso UN calls for urgent help to combat acute child malnutrition Geneva – The United Nations called on Thursday for urgent funding to help 30 million children suffering from acute... Read more 13 Jan, 2023
Countries US offers reward for Shabaab militant over Kenya attack Washington – The United States on Thursday offered a $10 million reward to find a leader of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab... Read more 6 Jan, 2023
Countries Somaliland withdraws troops from contested town after unrest Mogadishu – Government forces in the self-declared Somaliland republic have withdrawn from a contested town near the border of... Read more 6 Jan, 2023
Countries 19 killed in central Somalia car bombings claimed by Al-Shabaab Mogadishu – Nineteen people have been killed in twin car bombings in central Somalia claimed by Al-Shabaab, a local militia... Read more 4 Jan, 2023
Countries Several killed in Somaliland protests against government Mogadishu – Several people have been killed and others injured in anti-government protests in the southeast of the breakaway... Read more 1 Jan, 2023
Countries First lot of Somali soldiers come home from Eritrea Mogadishu – The first batch of 5 000 Somali men sent to train as soldiers in Eritrea returned home... Read more 22 Dec, 2022
Countries Somalia president says soldiers in Eritrea to return home this month Mogadishu – Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Monday that soldiers training in Eritrea will begin returning home... Read more 20 Dec, 2022
Countries Aid staves off Somalia famine, for now: UN Geneva – Humanitarian aid and support from local communities have helped avert a dreaded famine declaration in Somalia this... Read more 15 Dec, 2022
Countries Somalia forces recapture key town from jihadists, says president Mogadishu – Somali government forces and allied militias have recaptured a strategic town held by Al-Shabaab jihadists since 2016,... Read more 7 Dec, 2022
Countries Eight civilians killed as hours-long Somalia hotel siege ends Mogadishu – Somali security forces on Monday ended an hours-long siege by Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents who killed eight civilians after... Read more 29 Nov, 2022