BAIDOA, Somalia — This town was liberated from the control of al-Shabab (an Islamist insurgent group) five years ago. But “liberated” is a relative term. The security bubble created by the presence of United Nations and Ethiopian military forces reaches less than 10 miles outside of town, leaving just a...
Three Kenyan men sentenced to death for stripping woman
Three Kenyan men who stripped and attacked a woman in a bus have been sentenced to death by a magistrate in the capital, Nairobi. (more…)
Minneapolis Somali community braces for backlash after officer shoots Justine Damond
When Mohamed Noor joined the Minneapolis police force and was assigned to patrol the city's southwest corner, the Somali community there - the nation's largest - threw a party for him to celebrate. (more…)
Minneapolis Somali community braces for backlash after officer shoots Justine Damond
When Mohamed Noor joined the Minneapolis police force and was assigned to patrol the city's southwest corner, the Somali community there - the nation's largest - threw a party for him to celebrate. (more…)
Social media star sparks furious calls for her arrest in Saudi Arabia after filming herself walking around in a T-shirt and short skirt
A model named Khulood shared a video on Snapchat walking through Ushaiqer, she was dressed in a short skirt, black crop top and sneakers as she was filmed (more…)
Somalia restores internet connection after weeks of outage
MOGADISHU - Somalia has restored its internet connection after repairing a severed undersea cable, a telecoms official said on Monday, after an outage that the government said had cost the economy millions of dollars a day. (more…)
Internet Outage in Violence-Plagued Somalia Is Extra Headache for Businesses
MOGADISHU — A severed marine cable has left Somalia without internet for weeks, triggering losses for businesses, residents said, and adding a layer of chaos in a country where Islamist insurgents are carrying out a campaign of bombings and killings. (more…)
AU denies its convoy killed woman in Mogadishu
The AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Sunday denied reports that its convoy killed a woman in Albao area, about 20kms northwest of Mogadishu on July 9. (more…)
UN warns of worsening hunger in East Africa
The third consecutive failed rainy season in East Africa has seriously eroded families’ resilience, and urgent and effective livelihood support is required, the United Nations agricultural agency has warned. (more…)
Somalia: Dividing By Factions
It was recently revealed that two known pirate gangs in the north (Puntland) which were suspected of having switched to smuggling (between Somalia and Yemen) had used contacts with Islamic terrorists (developed while operating as pirates) to later get work smuggling weapons and people for both al Shabaab and the...