Too weak to cry: famine looms over Somalia’s children
Mogadishu – As flies buzz over his tiny body, two-year-old Sadak Ibrahim barely whimpers, too weak to cry or... Read more
20 Sep, 2022
Somalia on the brink of famine: aid efforts risk failing marginalised communities yet again
Nisar Majid, London School of Economics and Political Science Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis of enormous severity and... Read more
16 Sep, 2022
Somalia president urges citizens to avoid Al-Shabaab territory
Cape Town – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged citizens to stay away from areas controlled by Al-Shabaab jihadists as... Read more
14 Sep, 2022
UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia
Nairobi – The UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned on Monday that Somalia was on the brink of famine... Read more
5 Sep, 2022
Al-Shabaab kill at least 19 Somali civilians
Mogadishu – Fighters from the Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab have killed at least 19 civilians in a night-time attack... Read more
4 Sep, 2022
Somalia president vows ‘all-out war’ against al-Shabaab
Mogadishu – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday pledged “an all-out war” to eliminate Al-Shabaab in his first... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Somalia PM vows accountability over deadly hotel
Mogadishu – Somalia’s prime minister said the government would be held accountable over the deadly Mogadishu hotel siege by... Read more
22 Aug, 2022
Death toll in Somalia hotel siege climbs to 21
Mogadishu – The death toll from a devastating 30-hour siege by al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia’s capital... Read more
22 Aug, 2022
Somalis anxiously await news of loved ones as hotel siege ends
Mogadishu – Somalis anxiously waited to know the fate of their missing relatives on Sunday as emergency workers attempted... Read more
21 Aug, 2022
Somali forces end jihadist hotel siege, security commander says
Mogadishu – Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu... Read more
21 Aug, 2022
