Kenya-Somalia agreement to gradually reopen their land border
Kenya and Somalia announced Monday an agreement to reopen at three points by July 1 their land border, officially closed since 2011 due to the […]
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Somalia: Regional anti-Shebab summit in Mogadishu
Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia: the heads of state and government of the countries involved in the fight against the Somali Shebab jihadists met on Wednesday 1 […]
Kenya: $10 million for the “mastermind” of an attack in 2019
The United States announced Thursday it is offering up to $10 million for information leading to the capture of a man touted as the “terrorist […]
Somalia: A double attack in Mogadishu kills a hundred people
In Somalia, another deadly attack hit Mogadishu on Saturday, October 28. According to the latest official report from President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, at least 100 […]
Nine dead in suicide attack in southern Somalia
At least nine people, including a senior local politician, were killed on Wednesday in the southern Somali city of Marka by a suicide bomber who […]
First Shebab attack in Ethiopian territory
Now that the dust has settled, a little more is known about the heavy fighting that has been going on in the remote Somali region […]
Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud elected President of Somalia
Five years later, he returns to power: Somalia elected Sunday for the second time Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud as its president, after a vote under high […]
Somalia election 2022: 39 candidates in the lineup
A record 39 candidates have been registered for the presidential election scheduled for Sunday in Somalia, announced Tuesday the parliamentary committee in charge of organizing […]
Shebab attack on African Union base in Somalia
Heavily armed radical Islamist Shebab militants attacked a military base of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia on Tuesday, causing casualties, a local military […]
Shebab claim responsibility for attack on Somali Parliament on Monday
Mortar fire claimed by the radical Islamist Shebab targeted Somalia’s Parliament on Monday as lawmakers gathered for an election process to choose a new President. […]