UN: Humanitarians Urge Action to Avert Famine in Somalia and South Sudan
The threat of famine is ‘very real’ in Somalia and South Sudan and urgent action is needed now to avoid a catastrophe, UN humanitarians warned […]
Somalia
Somali PM orders expulsion of AU representative, President objects
Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Thursday ordered the expulsion of the African Union’s representative in the country, triggering a new row with President […]
Shooting at Mogadishu airport
At least three people were killed Wednesday in an attack by Shebab Islamists on the airport of the Somali capital Mogadishu, a heavily protected compound […]
Somalia: New deadline for Parliamentary elections
Somalia’s electoral authorities have extended the deadline for completing parliamentary elections to March 31, giving yet another delay in the process that should lead to […]
Somalia: Incomplete Parliamentary elections by deadline
Somalia failed to complete elections for the lower house of Parliament by Tuesday’s deadline, marking yet another delay in the electoral process that should lead […]
Kenyan Army Eliminates Four Suspected Terrorists
Elements of the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) eliminated four suspected members of the terrorist Al-Shabab group in Lamu County on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense […]
Somalia: Suicide bomber kills six, injures 13 persons in Mogadishu
At least six people were killed and 13 injured in a suicide bombing Thursday in Mogadishu, according to security officials and the city’s ambulance service. […]
Kenya: Six dead in an explosion against a minibus at the Somali border
Six people were killed and seven injured Monday when an explosive device detonated as a minibus passed in northeastern Kenya near the Somali border, a […]
Terrorism: Kenya on high alert after French warning
Kenyan authorities are on high alert after the French embassy warned of an imminent terrorist attack in the country. The French embassy has called on […]
Another kamikaze attack kills at least four people in Somalia
At least four people were killed and more than 10 injured after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in a tea shop outside an […]