The Askar family matriarch has landed in Winnipeg. (more…)
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A 14-year-old Somali refugee raped two Utah women in 2011. Six years later, a judge gives him probation instead of prison time.
“I was a monster,” now-20-year-old Mohammed Ali Mohammed tells judge. (more…)
Werribee man charged with terrorism offences over alleged Federation Square massacre plot
Ali Khalif Shire Ali, 20, from Werribee, was arrested at a home in Melbourne's south-west just before 3:00pm on Monday. (more…)
Somali PM appoints new defense minister
MOGADISHU, Nov. 26 -- Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire on Sunday appointed Mohamed Mursal Sheikh as the new minister of defense following the resignation of former defense minister Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed in October (more…)
Oromia – Ethiopian Somali conflict: Over 100 suspects arrested – govt
The Ethiopian government says 103 people have so far been arrested in connection with deadly regional conflict in the eastern part of the country. (more…)
Migrant crisis: Boat sinks off Libya, killing at least 31
At least 31 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Saturday. (more…)
Ethiopia arrests 103 relating to regional states conflict
ADDIS ABABA — The Ethiopian government has arrested 103 individuals relating to recent conflict along the border of Somali and Oromia regional states, an official said on Saturday. (more…)
Al-Shabaab recruits flee Somalia over U.S. airstrikes: Kenyan official
MOMBASA, Kenya, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Kenyans who have been recruited by Al-Shabaab are fleeing Somalia following sustained airstrikes by the U. S. forces, officials said on Friday. (more…)
US airstrike in Somalia kills more than 100 al-Shabaab militants
(CNN)More than 100 al-Shabaab militants were killed Tuesday in a US airstrike on a camp in Somalia, US Africa Command said in a statement, the latest in a series of strikes against the al-Qaeda-affiliated group and ISIS fighters in the war-torn country. (more…)
Somali pirates caught at sea, transferred to Seychelles
An armed pirate on the coastline in northeastern Somalia. Italian navy have arrested six suspected Somali pirates. (more…)