Death toll in Hayat Hotel attack in Mogadishu rises to 21
The death toll from a 30-hour attack on a Mogadishu hotel by radical Islamists, which ended around midnight on Saturday, has risen to 21 civilians […]
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Kenya “regrets” the presence of a Somaliland flag in Nairobi
Mogadishu accuses Kenya of “violating its sovereignty”. At issue: the presence of a flag of the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland, during a diplomatic ceremony held […]
Somalia Elects a Somali-American as New President
Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a veteran diplomat and former Prime Minister has been declared Somalia’s new president after two rounds of voting on Wednesday. Incumbent President […]
Somali Lawmakers to Elect New President Today
The 275 Somali MPs and 72 senators are electing this Wednesday a new president after several postponements since last year. There are 23 candidates in […]
Somalia: 283 Members of Parliament Sworn in
Forty one MPs elected to senatorial seats in the Upper House and the 242 deputies of the Lower House have taken their oaths of office […]
Somalia: Presidential elections postponed for the third time
Presidential elections scheduled for Wednesday November 30 in Somalia, have been postponed to a later unspecified date, local media reports on Monday. This is the […]
Kenya, Somalia Start Talks on Refugee Camp Closure
Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalian counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met on Tuesday to agree on the impending closure of the world’s largest refugee […]
Boko Haram Fighters Trained in Somalia, Somalian President
Somalia’s President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on Sunday, said members of the extremist Islamist Boko Haram group were trained in Somalia before returning to West Africa […]
Somalia’s Al-Shebab warns members against joining IS
The Al-Qaeda linked Shebab fighters have warned they will “cut the throat” of members who pledged allegiance to Islamic State. “If anyone says he belongs […]
Somalia: Al Shabaab kills 13 in hotel attack
At least a dozen people have been killed on Sunday at a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in an attack by Al-Shabaab Islamic militants. […]