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Two months in prison for Somali journalist accused of threatening national security

February 14, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

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

February 2, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

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

January 13, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

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

November 29, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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

November 12, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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 […]

Somali government announces killing of 21 members of Al-Shebab extremist group

November 7, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

Somali intelligence service (NISA) agents killed 21 members of the extremist group Al-Shebab and wounded ten more in an operation carried out this Sunday in […]

Somalia: A double attack in Mogadishu kills a hundred people

October 31, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

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 […]

At least nine dead in new suicide attacks by Shebab jihadists in Somalia

October 18, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

At least nine people were killed, including local officials, and 10 others wounded in two suicide attacks claimed by radical Islamist Shebab in central Somalia, […]