Thirty-four Swedish soldiers are heading to east Africa as part of international efforts to prevent attacks from Somali pirates. (more…)
Minnesota man throws pig’s foot at Somali-American, police say
WILLMAR – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations wants a western Minnesota man charged with a hate crime after an incident at a farmers market last weekend. (more…)
One killed in gun attack in Mogadishu
One person was shot dead and another injured in a drive by shooting in Mogadishu's Hodan district Tuesday, police said. (more…)
Thousands dead in Somali disease outbreaks
MORE than 200 people have died after raging outbreaks of cholera and measles in drought-stricken Somalia. (more…)
Somalia: Car bomb blast hits near Mogadishu airport
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A huge explosion was heard around the heavily fortified Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport vicinity on Monday morning, the latest in a series of assaults in the seaside capital. (more…)
Al-Shabaab’s former deputy leader defects to government – military
A former Somali insurgent leader, Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, has defected to the government, a military official said on Sunday, severing ties with Islamist group al Shabaab. (more…)
The Latest: Threat of ethnic violence looms in Nairobi slum
Witnesses in Kenya say machete-wielding members of two rival ethnic groups are confronting each other in a Nairobi slum following days of election violence. (more…)
Former Somali insurgent leader defects to government
Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur has been in hiding from al-Shabaab since 2013 (more…)
Somali refugee arrested over pirate attack on Italian oil tanker in 2011
Italian police have arrested a 24-year-old Somali asylum seeker on charges of being one of a gang of jihadist pirates who seized an Italian oil tanker in the Persian Gulf in 2011. (more…)
Somalia: Al Shabaab publicly executes two men accused of spying
The Al Qaida-linked Al Shabaab group has publicly executed two men accused of spying for the Intelligence of southern semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on Saturday, Garowe Online reports. (more…)