Al-shabaab rebels close 16 aid agencies’ offices in Somalia
Region: Somalia
Somalia’s Al-shabaab fighters banned several aid groups working in famine-hit areas under their control. According to witnesses the militants stormed aid offices in Beledweyne and Baidoa towns in the southern... more
Views: 880The top Somali leaders commit to end child soldiers
Region: Somalia
The Special Representative of the Secretary- General of United Nations Radhika Coomaraswamy secured from top officials of the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) a process to end the use of children or the... more
Views: 762Eight people were killed in Mogadishu by a roadside explosive device
Region: Somalia
At least seven people were killed and four injured on Tuesday afternoon in Wadajir district, located south west of the capital Mogadishu. The main bases for 9,000 African Union Force and International airport are i... more
Views: 659Somalia's Shabaab declare to defeat Ethiopian forces
Region: Somalia
Somalia’s militant Al-shabaab warned Ethiopian troops on Sunday that they would break the necks of their soldiers if they remain inside Somalia. This came after several hundred Ethiopian soldiers crossed into t... more
Views: 812Ethiopian troops cross into Somalia: witnesses
Region: Somalia
Several hundred Ethiopian soldiers crossed on Saturday into southern and central Somalia, local elders said, but Addis Ababa dismissed the reports as"absolutely not true." "There are several hundred Ethiop... more
Views: 652Ethiopia may join the war game in Somalia conflict
Region: Somalia
East African countries are considering having Ethiopian military join the conflict in Somalia tocreate a third front against Al-shabaab insurgents. The African Union peacekeepers are fighting in Mogadishu, the Keny... more
Views: 885The widespread looting of relief aid, is a big business in Mogadishu
Region: Somalia
The looting of relief aid at the distribution centers in Mogadishu by state security agents,undermines efforts to help more than 300, 000 people. Most of these refugees fled from every part of Somalia seeking help ... more
Views: 857Agreement between Kenya, Somalia and Uganda to undertake Al-shabaab
Region: Somalia
Somalia and Uganda have agreed on a coordinated approach with Kenya in fighting Al-shabaab militia to maintain peace in the Horn of Africa. The pact was reached at the meeting between Kenya’s president Mwai K... more
Views: 697Journalists are in hiding after police have raided their houses overnight
Region: Somalia
The Puntland police have raided the house of two journalists, both working for Somali Channel Television in Garowe, capital of semi- autonomous region of Puntland. Around 2:00 AM Tuesday morning, the police went i... more
Views: 513Britain to host international conference on Somalia
Region: Somalia
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the UK government will host a conference on Somalia next year. In his speech to the Lord Mayor’s banquet on Monday, the Prime Minister said that Somalia is a fa... more
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