Welcoming the launch of a national policy for young people in Somalia, the United Nations Youth Envoy expressed hope that with the new policy, young Somalis will be able to contribute to peacebuilding efforts in the country. (more…)
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South Africa’s ANC prepares to elect new leader
Soweto, South Africa - Voting for the next leader of South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is expected to commence later on Sunday, the ANC has announced. (more…)
AU trains Somalia police on countering explosive devices
MOGADISHU, Dec. 17 -- The African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) forces ended a ten-day training course on Sunday in a move aimed at stepping up efforts to counter widespread use of explosives. (more…)
African asylum seeker, 72, who scammed taxpayers out of £40,000 of benefits after he fled BACK to his Somali homeland because he ‘missed the sunshine’ is jailed
A Somalian refugee, who continued receiving nearly £39,000 in benefits after returning to his homeland because he missed the sunshine, has been jailed for fifteen months. (more…)
US orders new probe on alleged massacre in Somalia
The head of the US Africa Command on Thursday ordered a new investigation of claims that US troops massacred 10 civilians in an August raid on a farm in central Somalia. (more…)
US Suspends Aid to Much of Somali Military
PENTAGON — The United States is suspending aid for much of Somalia’s armed forces over corruption concerns, U.S. officials confirmed to VOA on Thursday. (more…)
Somalia suicide bomber kills police at Mogadishu academy
A suicide bomber has killed at least 18 police officers during a parade at a training centre in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. (more…)
Somalia: Suicide bomber hits Mogadishu police academy
At least 10 people were killed in a suicide blast at a police academy in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, officials said. (more…)
Somali journalist killed by car bomb in front of his children
Residents walk at the scene of a blast on October 29, 2017, a day after two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia. A Somali television journalist was killed in front of his children on December 11, 2017 by a bomb planted under the driver's seat of his car. (more…)
Kenya disputes UN claim that KDF killed 40 Somali civilians
This photo taken on October 15, 2017 shows Somali soldiers patrolling the scene of the explosion of a truck bomb in the centre of Mogadishu. A UN reports says Al-Shabaab has been responsible for 2,723 civilian casualties in the last 22 months, while Amisom is responsible for 4,585 civilian casualties....