North London community believes police cannot protect teenagers against county lines gangs. (more…)
UN salutes Somali women for reconciliation, peacebuilding efforts
MOGADISHU-- The United Nations communications group in Somalia on Friday saluted Somali women for their robust contribution to peace-building, reconciliation and the promotion of gender equality in their country. (more…)
Al-Shabab car bomb attack kills seven in Somalia
The group claimed responsibility for the blast in a heavily guarded area of Mogadishu near the presidential palace. (more…)
Al Shabaab claims car bombing that killed 4 in Somalia capital
Four people were killed and nine wounded when a car bomb exploded near a restaurant in central Mogadishu on Thursday, March 7, police said, as the Al-Shabaab jihadist group claimed responsibility (more…)
Trump attacks Democrat Ilhan Omar over comments questioning US-Israel relationship
Donald Trump has said Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s latest controversial comments about the US-Israel relationship represent a “dark day” for the Middle East country. (more…)
Ethiopia PM to mediate between Kenya and Somalia
Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday, accompanied his Somalian counterpart Mohamed Farmaajo to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, where the former will lead efforts to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries. (more…)
Somali forces arrest three al-Shabab militants
MOGADISHU— Somali security forces have arrested three al-Shabab militants in the Amniyat, al-Shabab’s intelligence wing in an operation in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, officials said on Sunday evening. (more…)
Five Men Sentenced to Death in Somalia Rape Case
A court in Garowe, in northern Somalia, Saturday sentenced five male teenagers to death for the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Galkayo last month, officials said. (more…)
Deadly siege in Somalia’s capital ends, attackers killed
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A nearly day-long siege in the heart of Somalia's capital ended with all of the al-Shabab extremist attackers killed, police said Friday, as the death toll was at 24 and expected to climb. (more…)
At least 19 dead as Somali siege ends
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bombing targeting a Mogadishu hotel by the Islamist group Al Shabaab on Thursday killed at least 10 people and destroyed buildings in the Somali capital’s busiest street, police said. (more…)