Lawyers representing 92 Somalis who sued the U.S. government for a botched deportation flight say they lack privacy when speaking to their clients in a Florida detention center. (more…)
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German military to end role in EU training mission in Somalia
BERLIN: The German military will stop participating in a European Union training mission in Somalia at the end of March, a Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday, expressing frustration at the pace of progress. (more…)
UN support for cholera-stricken Somalia includes raw sewage runoffs, hazardous waste dumps
More than a year after United Nations peacekeepers were condemned by their own auditors for heedlessly dumping sewage, untreated waste water, garbage, medical waste and other dangerous materials in a wide array of war-torn countries, the same horrific health practices have surfaced again, in battered Somalia. (more…)
Somalia, UN launch initiative to improve lives of IDPs
MOGADISHU -- Somalia and the United Nations on Wednesday launched a major innovation challenge to seek ideas from young Somalis on improving the living conditions of people in internally displaced persons (IDPs) communities. (more…)
Mapping the devastation of Somalia’s drought
Over the past 25 years, Somalia has experienced a cycle of protracted droughts, culminating in the most recent one in 2016 and 2017, when rains failed for three seasons in a row. (more…)
Somali leaders, international partners and UN determined to make Somalia famine resistant
Four-year-old Faylow is one of the 160,000 children treated for severe malnutrition by UNICEF in Somalia in 2017. Photo: UNICEF Somalia-Makundi (more…)
Somalia: Thousands Homeless as Settlements Razed
(Nairobi) – Somali security forces using bulldozers have demolished dozens of informal settlements in Mogadishu since late December 2017, leaving thousands homeless. (more…)
US drones ‘wiping out’ Shabaab in Somalia: AU mission head
Addis Ababa - Drone strikes by the United States military are "wiping out" Shabaab militants in Somalia, the head of the African Union mission in the country told AFP in an interview on Friday (more…)
Trump sends letter to African leaders in wake of reportedly comparing nations to a ‘dirty toilet’
President Donald Trump in a new letter to African leaders says he "deeply respects" the people of Africa and that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will make an "extended visit" to the continent in March, his first in that role. (more…)
Viral Video From A Somali Comic Conquers The Internet
The music video went up on December 22. It's got all the ingredients to go viral: a catchy beat, smooth vocals and easy-to-copy dance moves. (more…)