As smoke and flames engulfed the 17th floor, bride-to-be Husna Begum, 22, and her brothers, Hanif, 26, and Hamid, 29, explained their decision to stay to relatives on the phone (more…)
Somaliland calls for talks with Somalia
Somaliland wants to reopen talks with the newly elected government of Somalia on security, economic cooperation and development, according to the autonomous region’s foreign minister. (more…)
Car bomb in Somalia capital kills at least 15 people
Mogadishu: At least 10 people were killed when Shabaab militants drove an explosives-laden minibus into local government offices in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, according to the security ministry. (more…)
Man attacked at gunpoint outside local mosque caught on camera
The incident happened in the 3500 block of Mynders Avenue in the University of Memphis area (more…)
Traffic mess in Nairobi next week
Nairobi is expected to face major traffic snarl-ups from 6.00pm on Saturday June 24 to 25 following closure of some roads to allow for the offloading of transformers and cable wire among other apparatuses that will be used to upgrade Cathedral Kenya Power Station along Uhuru highway. (more…)
Somali Youth volunteer to clean up bombed Pizza House
Mogadishu youth on Sunday joined hands to volunteer for a clean up exercise at the Pizza House two days after the eatery was attacked by militant group Al-shabaab. (more…)
Somali street kids recruited to Al-Shabaab
From SAAD MUSE in Mogadishu, SomaliaMOGADISHU, (CAJ News) – VULNERABLE Somali street children are falling prey to terrorist groups who forcibly recruit them entice them into their ranks using money. (more…)
Somali soldier sentenced to death for mistakenly killing minister
A Somali soldier was sentenced to death on Monday for killing a government minister after mistaking him for an Islamist militant, an army officer said. (more…)
Drought in Somalia
Over the last 2 years photographer Nichole Sobecki and journalist Laura Heaton have documented the devastating impact of climate change on one of the most unstable places in the world, Somalia. (more…)
Djibouti accuses Eritrea of occupying disputed area
Official says Eritrean soldiers occupied moved contested border territory, days after Qatar pulled its peacekeepers out.Djibouti's foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of occupying a disputed territory along their border shortly after Qatar peacekeepers left the location this week. (more…)