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
22 million face starvation in Horn of Africa, says WFP
Nairobi – The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to... Read more
20 Aug, 2022
Eight dead as Somali forces battle al-Shabaab at besieged hotel
Mogadishu – At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist militants on a hotel... Read more
20 Aug, 2022
Hadraawi, ‘Shakespeare of Somalia’, dies aged 79
Mogadishu – Award-winning Somali poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, better-known by his pen name Hadraawi, died Thursday aged 79, prompting... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Pope urges help for drought-hit Somalia
Vatican City – Pope Francis on Sunday called for international help for Somalia to fight a “deadly” drought that... Read more
15 Aug, 2022
