Shabaab claims detaining “enemy spies”
Somalia’s militant group al-Shahaab has said its militias are holding ten “enemy spies” alleged to have been involved in providing...
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Al-Shabab and army ‘kill women’
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 advertisements A soldier in Somalia has avenged the killing of his wife by shooting dead five...
Zimbabwean appointed UN deputy envoy to Somalia
December 5, 2014 (JUBA) – UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment Zimbabwe’s Raisedon Zenenga as his deputy special...
Al-Shabaab is failing in Somalia, but Kenya’s chaotic response could keep it alive
On December 2, 2014, gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab crept into a labourers’ camp in Mandera in Kenya...
China helps fight piracy off Somalia
A senior US State Department official praised China’s efforts in global counterpiracy in the waters off Somalia, a busy sea...
Somalian Women’s Rights Activist Receives Germany’s FES Human Rights Award 2014
Fartuun Adan has spent decades campaigning for the rights of traumatized women in war-torn Somalia. Germany’s Friedrich Ebert Foundation is...
Somalia’s PM ousted in no confidence vote
Published: 3:48 pm, Sunday, 7 December 2014 Somalia’s prime minister has lost a confidence vote in parliament after months of...
Somali President pledges to appoint new PM soon
The outgoing premier called on the Somali government and the international community to remain committed to stabilizing the troubled Horn...
Two journalists killed and three others wounded in a suicide attack in Baidoa
Two journalists ; Abdikadir Ahmed Mayow working for Somali Channel and Mohamed Isak Barre of Kalsan TV were killed and...
Kenyan military plane crashes in Somalia, rebels say shot down
(Reuters) – A Kenyan warplane crashed in southern Somalia on Thursday, with the Kenyan military saying the crash was due...
