Nearly 100,000 have fled the fighting in Somaliland to Ethiopia
About 100,000 people fleeing fighting in Somaliland, Somalia’s self-declared independent region, have taken refuge in a month in a remote area of Ethiopia already suffering […]
Somalia
Several soldiers killed by Shebab in southern Somalia
Several Somali soldiers were killed Tuesday in an attack on a military base claimed by the Al-Shebab in a town recaptured from the radical Islamists […]
Somalia: recently released journalist jailed again
A Somali freelance journalist who was released in February after being sentenced to two months in prison for threatening national security has been jailed again, […]
Djiboutians go to the polls this Friday to elect their 65 deputies
Djibouti, a small country in the Horn of Africa with a strategic position from a military and commercial point of view, is voting on Friday […]
U.S. strike against Al-Shebab in Somalia
The U.S. military announced Thursday that it killed five Shebab fighters in a strike in a remote region of Somalia, a country that is leading […]
Two months in prison for Somali journalist accused of threatening national security
A Somali court on Monday sentenced a freelance journalist to two months in prison on charges of threatening national security, according to a media association, […]
Sudan: Washington denounces the release of the murderer of a US diplomat
Abdel Raouf Abu Zeid, in his 30s, was released on Monday after Khartoum agreed to pay compensation to Washington. The US State Department said on […]
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: Eight dead in the siege of a hotel attacked by the Shebab
At least eight people were killed during the siege of a hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, occupied since Sunday night by jihadist fighters […]
Kenya’s Dadaab camp braces for increased refugee arrivals from drought-hit Somalia
Tens of thousands of additional refugees from Somalia are expected to arrive in Kenya in coming weeks, aid groups in the country warn, as Somalia […]