Somalia

Somalia beefs up security ahead of first local elections in decades

Mogadishu – Somalia will deploy more than 10,000 security personnel in the capital, Mogadishu, ahead of next week’s local... Read more

20 hours ago

Mogadishu – Somalis responded with a mix of resentment and resignation on Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s tirade against... Read more

4 Dec

Nairobi – Kenyans in a border region expressed fear on Wednesday over an influx of Somali regional fighters, pushed... Read more

4 Sep

Mogadishu – Three African football legends – Samuel Eto’o, Emmanuel Adebayor and Jay-Jay Okocha – took to the pitch... Read more

29 May

Nairobi – Six Kenyan police officers were killed by suspected Al-Shabaab Islamist militants who overran a reservist base early... Read more

24 Mar

Nairobi – Somaliland’s leader of the opposition has won the breakaway region’s presidency, the election commission said on Tuesday,... Read more

19 Nov, 2024

Hargeisa – Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia at the centre of a diplomatic storm, holds a presidential election... Read more

13 Nov, 2024

Ethiopia — Ethiopia on Wednesday warned that a new African Union-led mission for Somalia could worsen tensions in volatile... Read more

29 Aug, 2024

Somalia — Chanting “down with Al-Shabaab, down with the enemy”, hundreds of Somalis joined a rally Monday against the... Read more

6 Aug, 2024

Somalia – The death toll from a car bombing at a cafe in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu that was packed... Read more

15 Jul, 2024