Tensions in strategically located Somalia illustrate how far the political ripples from the Gulf dispute have spread. (more…)
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Ohio Somali Community Shocked by Teen’s Slaying
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy has shaken Columbus' community of Somali refugees. (more…)
Somalia: AU Police Hands Over Office Equipment to the Somali Police Force
The Police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) today handed over an assortment of critical office equipment to the Somali Police Force. (more…)
Somalia: Somali Forces Carry Out Security Operation in Mogadishu
The forces of Somalia's Federal Government have conducted a massive security operation in Mogadishu on Monday morning, following assassinations. (more…)
Somalia parliament opens probe into handover of citizen to Ethiopia
Somalia’s parliament, the House of the People, has instituted a body to investigate the government’s decision to handover a Somali national to neighbouring Ethiopia. (more…)
Nine killed during ‘mistaken’ combat between Somali security forces
Fighting between the military and police backed by intelligence forces killed nine people in the Somali capital on Saturday, police said. (more…)
Somalia: In midst of bomb attacks and famine, African nation welcomes foreign writers for annual book fair
Long associated with pirates, famine and bombs, Somalia showed a different face to the world this week as it welcomed foreign writers for the first time to its annual book fair. (more…)
Somalia, Comoros are new African members of the UN world tourism body
Somalia and Comoros have gained entry into the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) as the 157th and 158th Member States and the 50th and 51st African countries to be admitted. (more…)
What is behind clashes in Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regions?
Thousands of people have fled Ethiopia's Somali region following deadly clashes in recent days between ethnic Somalis and Oromos. The BBC's Kalkidan Yibeltal looks at the cause of the conflict and whether it can be stopped. (more…)
Somali journalist dies after suicide bomber targets café
Nairobi - Somali broadcast journalist Abdullahi Osman Moalim died yesterday from injuries sustained on September 10 when a suicide bomber attacked a café in Beldweyne where members of the press gather, Somalia's Minister of Information, Abdirahman Omar Osman, and the journalist's colleagues, told CPJ. (more…)