On June 26, 2021, assailants kidnapped 24-year-old Ikran Tahlil Farah, a cyber-expert in Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), near her home in Mogadishu. Her captors tortured and murdered her. Intelligence chief Fahad Yasin blamed Al-Shabaab terrorists for the murder, but Ikran’s family accused Yasin and his inner circle. Most Somalis believed Ikran’s family. Somali analysts noted that...
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More than 95 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Somalia
MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - The ministry of health said a total of 17,726 cases have been confirmed since mid-March when the country recorded its first case. (more…)
Somali Security Agency Blames Employee’s Disappearance on al-Shabab
Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency said Thursday that the terrorist group al-Shabab had killed a female employee who was abducted in Mogadishu in June. But close family members questioned the claim. (more…)
Turkey-trained female Somali commandos arrive in Mogadishu
ATurkish military aircraft carrying the first batch of Somali female police commandos to complete special training in Turkey landed at Aden Adde International Airport in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday. (more…)
AU eyeing reconfigured Amisom to continue Somalia mandate till 2027
Amid funding challenges, the African Union (AU) will deploy a reconfigured force of the continental body’s peacekeeping outfit in Somalia for a proposed five-year period after the expiry of the current mandate at the end of this year. (more…)
Uganda says foils attack on funeral of ‘Lion of Mogadishu’
Uganda said Friday it had foiled a suicide bomb attack against the state funeral of a top police and army commander who led a major African Union offensive against Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. (more…)
Somalia is walking in Afghanistan’s footsteps
The foreign-led nation-building experiment in Somalia will collapse, just like in Afghanistan, unless a different approach is taken. W Bush explained his rationale for the decision to invade Afghanistan in the following words: (more…)
Those working to help Somalia should pay attention to Afghanistan
The foreign-led nation-building experiment in Somalia will collapse, just like in Afghanistan, unless a different approach is taken. (more…)
Somali militants hail Afghanistan’s Taliban takeover
Media outlets affiliated to Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab have cheered the collapse of Afghanistan’s internationally recognised government and the Taliban's seizure of the country. (more…)
Afghanistan: Taliban execute police chief despite promising not to seek retribution
A horrifying video filmed by Taliban fighters, showed them cruelly executing a police chief, despite their promise not to seek retribution. (more…)