MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - Authorities in Somalia have installed security cameras on major roads in the capital, Mogadishu, in an effort to deter ongoing attacks by the Islamist militant group Al-Shabab. Residents and business owners have welcomed the stepped-up security. But, as Mohamed Sheik Nor reports from Mogadishu, some analysts doubt...
Turkey’s police special operations chief in Somalia
Selami Turker, chief of Special Police Unit of Turkish National Police, met with Somali officials and exchanged views (more…)
Five killed, six injured in hotel attack in central Somalia
MOGADISHU-- At least five people were killed and six others injured in an explosion on Saturday night in Galkayo town in Somalia's central region of Mudug, an officer confirmed on Sunday. (more…)
After drought, floods compound Somalia’s year of climate misery
As Somalia withered from drought early this year, and her goats dropped dead from thirst, Maka Abdi Ali begged for rain. (more…)
Somalia hit by worst desert locust invasion in 25 years
ADDIS ABABA - Desert locusts are destroying tens of thousands of hectares of crops and grazing land in Somalia in the worst invasion in 25 years, the United Nations food agency said on Wednesday, and the infestation is likely to spread further. (more…)
Yemen Unrest Makes Somalia Unlikely Safe Haven for Refugees
Four years of a brutal civil war in Yemen has forced more than 4.3 million people to leave their homes. Many of the Yemenis desperately seeking safety are turning to neighboring Somalia. (more…)
UN agencies return home 5,087 Somali refugees from Yemen in 2 years
MOGADISHU-- Two UN agencies said Friday some 5,087 Somali refugees have so far returned home from Yemen since it started an Assisted Spontaneous Return (ASR) program in 2017. (more…)
5 die in militant attack on Somalia army
MOGADISHU — Four civilians and a soldier were killed when heavily-armed Somali militants attacked an army base north of the capital, military sources and witnesses said on Thursday. (more…)
US airstrike kills extremist rebel in Somalia, say officials
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Intelligence officials in Somalia say an airstrike conducted by the U.S. military in the country’s south killed a senior extremist of the al-Shabab rebel group. (more…)
Manchester coroner considers bullying claims in death of Somali schoolgirl
Twelve-year-old Shukri Abdi drowned in June in the River Irwell in Bury, Lancashire (more…)