The fishermen’s release was negotiated by a former British army colonel who has made a mission of working to free ‘forgotten hostages’ (more…)
UN report on Somalia piracy highlights illegal fishing link
Somali pirate gangs are holding 39 hostages, five of them from Kenya, according to a United Nations Security Council report that highlights the continued role of illegal fishing and its links to piracy risks.The annual update on piracy and security interventions off the coast of Somalia listed the Kenyan hostages as...
11 Dead, 50,000 displaced in Somali bloodshed
MOGADISHU: A week of violent clashes between rival forces in northern Somalia has killed 11 people and forced more than 50,000 to flee, the UN humanitarian agency said on Saturday.Tensions between the rival regions of Puntland and Galmudug soared last month after Galmudug said 13 of its soldiers were killed...
11 dead, 50,000 displaced in Somali bloodshed
MOGADISHU: A week of violent clashes between rival forces in northern Somalia has killed 11 people and forced more than 50,000 to flee, the UN humanitarian agency said on Saturday.Tensions between the rival regions of Puntland and Galmudug soared last month after Galmudug said 13 of its soldiers were killed...
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Kenya forcing refugees back to Somalia – NGO
Kenya is violating international law by forcing residents of the world's largest refugee camp to return to Somalia, an aid agency said Monday.Kenya insists the emptying of Dadaab -- home to hundreds of thousands of mostly Somali refugees -- is being carried out in line with international law but the...
UK SFO Told Soma No Evidence of Crime Found in Bribe Probe
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office told Soma Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd. in August it had found "insufficient evidence of criminality" in its probe of possible illegal payments to Somali officials, according to a letter cited in a London court judgment.The letter from the SFO was referenced in a ruling...
Alleged Canberra sex worker rapist refused bail after booking flight to Somalia
It's alleged he was in the company of two other men, who have also been charged, when they attacked the two women in a Reid apartment on March 12.Police allegations tendered in court alleged the sex workers were threatened at knifepoint, stripped of their clothes and repeatedly raped during the attack,...
Al Jazeera meets Kenya’s foreign minister Amina Mohamed
Amina Mohamed responds to questions on ethnic Somalis facing discrimination in Kenya, and the war against al-ShababReports that suggest ethnic Somalis living in Kenya are being increasingly targeted, detained, and tortured are entirely false, the country's foreign minister says. (more…)