At least six people have been killed and 20 others injured in an attack at the port city of Kismayo in Somalia. Authorities revealed that among the dead was the chairperson of Jubaland Chamber of Commerce, Shafi’i Rabi Kahin. The suicide bomb attack took place outside a mosque as congregants were leaving...

MOGADISHU -- The collapse of the central government in Somalia in the early 1990s affected farming adversely as extension services and export of produce came to a halt. (more…)

A taxi driver wanted on suspicion of murdering his teen daughters has been arrested after 12 years on the run. (more…)

Confirmed daily COVID-19 cases declined during the reporting period. Somalia has confirmed 3,265 with 2,396 recoveries as of 21 August but the number of deaths has remained at 93 for several weeks. Most cases are 20 to 60 years old, and 74 per cent are male. (more…)

Confusion surrounds the 1994-built 8,100 dwt chemical tanker Aegean II with security firms having differing views whether or not this vessel is the first ship to be boarded by pirates in Somali waters for three years. (more…)

Chemical tanker AEGEAN II has been hijacked by armed men in Somali waters. According to a report by maritime consultancy Dryad Global, the 1994-built 8,100 dwt vessel is believed to have been attacked by six pirates approximately 180 nautical miles southwest of Socotra, after having mechanical issues when it was...

MOGADISHU — Hafsa was married off at 13 by her father to a man who paid $100. She and her mother say she was beaten and raped for two years before they convinced him to divorce her. (more…)

Mogadishu. Somalia has expressed anger over Taiwan's move to open a representative office in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. (more…)

The United States has effectively been at war with the Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin (known as al-Shabaab ) for well over a decade, but the costs and risks are rising and there is no end in sight. My research suggests the United States should stop framing its strategic goal as victory...

Addis Ababa. Ethiopia on Monday warned Egypt to refrain from establishing any military base that would pose a security threat to the East African region. (more…)