Somalia: Car bomb attack near presidential palace kills 5
Five people have been killed after a car bomb exploded close to the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, police said. The blast […]
Somalia
Al Shabaab seizes towns in Somalia, continues onslaught
The Islamist militant group Al Shabaab took control of a sizeable town in central Somalia on Sunday after African Union forces left the area. It […]
Somalia: Al Shabab militants attack A.U. peacekeepers’ base
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab group rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union army base in southern Somalia, AMISOM, early Tuesday and stormed inside, an […]
Somalia’s imports must grow by 25% – IMF
The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that Somalia’s imports must grow by about a quarter over the next three years to support a recovering […]
Somalia to resumet livestock exportation to Egypt
An agreement on the resumption of Somalian livestock exports to Egypt has been reached recently between the two governments which also decided to bolster exchanges […]
Somalia: US to return to Somalia after 24year absence
The United States is preparing to return to Somalia as President Obama nominates Katherine Simonds Dhanani as US ambassador to the country. The state department […]
Somalia: Mujahedeen are safe and didn’t face any Kenyan attack, Al-Shabab
Somalia’s rebel group, al-Shabab, has refuted claims by Kenya that more than 100 of its militants were killed after a raid on its hideouts. Al-Shabab […]
UAE : ISIS and al-Shabab collaboration poses big threats
United Arab Emirates foreign minister, Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has warned that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) could join hands […]
Qatar and Kenya intensify their relations
Qatar and Kenya have increased the bilateral exchanges between them during the visit of the Kenyan head of State, Uhuru Kenyatta. Four agreements in different […]
Piracy acts in Horn of Africa waters fall in 2012
Piracy acts off the Horn of Africa have fallen sharply to 46 pirate attacks in 2012, compared with 222 acts in 2011 and 239 in […]