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A Toronto woman is calling on the Canadian government to bring her ailing father home from Somalia, a country already ravaged by civil war, floods and famine that is now also struggling to cope with an outbreak of COVID-19. (more…)

Somalia has launched a portal to publicise information how donor money is utilised in a bid to raise the transparency in the eyes the public and the international community. (more…)

Protests in Somalia after fatal shooting of at least one person by police enforcing coronavirus-related restrictions. (more…)

Mogadishu,In mid-March, Somalia’s council of ministers held a special meeting on Covid-19, as it became clear that the pandemic was soon to hit country. (more…)

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe reflects on the impact that coronavirus is having on the Somali community in London. (more…)

Government rejects claim by militant groups that the virus does not harm Muslims and imposes night-time curfew. (more…)

While much of the world tries to fight a global pandemic that has already killed thousands, the U.S. military has been secretly stepping up its war in Somalia, killing civilians in the process. (more…)

Since 2011, Kenya has been fighting Al Shabaab inside Somalia alongside Amisom troops. (more…)

Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* express grave concern at the build-up of security forces in the Gedo region of Jubaland, Somalia, and clashes in the vicinity of Belet Hawo on 2 March that have resulted in the displacement of civilians and casualties. (more…)

Hundreds of residents of Mandera in north-eastern Kenya near Somalia have fled the area in the aftermath of clashes between warring troops across the border. (more…)