A key U.S. partner in the fight against terrorism is growing increasingly uneasy about the Biden administration’s new guidance on the use of drones and airstrikes, concerned that the changes are giving an already emboldened al-Qaida affiliate more room to operate. (more…)
In Somalia, a female taxi driver defies convention
At 19 years old, Asha Mohamed is divorced and drives a taxi in Somalia, defying conventions to support her family in one of the world's most conservative and dangerous countries. (more…)
Suicide bomber detonates near Somalia’s presidential palace
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Police say a suicide bomber died and seven civilians were wounded when a vehicle exploded near a checkpoint outside the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. (more…)
EA countries’ commitment key to zero FGM
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) may not end in Kenya unless its counterpart neighbouring countries commit towards the same agenda. (more…)
STATEMENT ON THE OUTCOME OF FEBRUARY 1-6 DHUSAMAREB MEETINGS
Mogadishu – International partners* welcome the efforts made by Somali political leaders to find agreement on implementation of the 17 September electoral model. The talks held in Dhusamareb February 1 – 6 made progress on (more…)
Somali political leaders fail to reach deal on elections
Somalia will likely miss February 8 deadline to elect a new president after negotiations between the central government and federal states reached an impasse. (more…)
In Somalia, health workers, girls and women are experts in preventing female genital mutilation
Hamda Cali, an activist, nurse and midwife in Somaliland, Somalia, often thinks of her sister and cousins when she trains health workers to stop female genital mutilation (FGM) in their communities. (more…)
Somalia Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Somalia, an impoverished, war-torn eastern African country that borders the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, Ethiopia and Kenya. (more…)
Ongoing siege following car explosion at hotel gate in Somalia’s capital
Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN)Somalia security forces are fighting armed gunmen to end a siege at a hotel in the east African country's capital Mogadishu on Sunday that has claimed the life of the country's former defense minister, according to police. (more…)
Parents of Somali soldiers fear sons fighting in Ethiopia
Somalia is under growing pressure to explain the fate of soldiers whose families fear they were secretly deployed from training camps in neighbouring Eritrea to fight in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. (more…)