Amid funding challenges, the African Union (AU) will deploy a reconfigured force of the continental body’s peacekeeping outfit in Somalia for a proposed five-year period after the expiry of the current mandate at the end of this year. (more…)

Uganda said Friday it had foiled a suicide bomb attack against the state funeral of a top police and army commander who led a major African Union offensive against Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. (more…)

The foreign-led nation-building experiment in Somalia will collapse, just like in Afghanistan, unless a different approach is taken. W Bush explained his rationale for the decision to invade Afghanistan in the following words: (more…)

The foreign-led nation-building experiment in Somalia will collapse, just like in Afghanistan, unless a different approach is taken. (more…)

Media outlets affiliated to Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab have cheered the collapse of Afghanistan’s internationally recognised government and the Taliban's seizure of the country. (more…)

A horrifying video filmed by Taliban fighters, showed them cruelly executing a police chief, despite their promise not to seek retribution. (more…)

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is considering making investments in different economic sectors of Somalia. Officials from the Saudi Public Authority for Foreign Trade (GAFT) and their Somali counterparts held a meeting in Muscat, Asharq Al-Awsat reported. (more…)

Xudur – Seated outside her makeshift home in the Madaxwaarabe internally displaced people’s site in Xudur, 80-year-old mother of five Fatuma Nishow Aliyow does not know where her next meal will come from. (more…)

Kenya and Somalia have agreed to “reset” their relations as the two countries seek to chart a new path. (more…)

The Liberal Party has dropped its candidate for a federal seat in Melbourne’s north-east because she receives payments from her uncle who is a minister in the Somali government. (more…)