Countries Bomb kills top Somali police officer Mogadishu – A top Somali police official was killed Friday in a bombing claimed by Al-Shabaab while carrying out... Read more 1 Oct, 2022
Countries Somali, Ukrainian activists win Right Livelihood Prize Stockholm – Two Somali human rights activists and a Ukrainian human rights lawyer won Sweden’s Right Livelihood Award on... Read more 30 Sep, 2022
Countries Somalia facing ‘very alarming’ situation, says UN Abuja – Somalia is facing a “very alarming” situation after more than four years of drought have devastated livestock... Read more 28 Sep, 2022
Countries Al-Shabaab suicide attack kills 7 in Somalia Mogadishu – A suicide attack claimed by the Somali Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab killed at least seven people and... Read more 25 Sep, 2022
Countries Presidential poll postponed in separatist Somali region Mogadishu – A presidential poll in the separatist Somali region of Somaliland has been postponed for “technical and financial... Read more 25 Sep, 2022
Countries 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
Countries 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
Countries 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
Countries 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
Countries 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