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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…)

Tensions between Nairobi and Mogadishu soar as they accuse each other of encroaching on border territory. (more…)

MOGADISHU -- A Somali and U.S. airstrike killed an al-Shabab terrorist and wounded two others in the southern region. (more…)

MOGADISHU, Somalia-At least 10 people were killed and several others wounded when a fierce fighting between the military forces and a militia took place in Somalia's southwest, an official said on Monday. (more…)

Somalia’s 2-million strong diaspora has a huge role to play as the Horn of Africa country rebuilds its economy and resets ties with major international institutions after three decades as a “failed state,” Somalia’s finance minister said. (more…)

ADDIS ABABA -- The African Union (AU) has welcomed the efforts and significant progress made by the government of Somalia (FGS) in the implementation of the legislative agenda, amid deep concern over the continuous and indiscriminate attacks by al-Shabab. (more…)

A child at the same school as a 12-year-old Somali refugee who drowned told an inquest on Tuesday that hours before her death the girl had been “pushed around” by one of the children who went with her to the river. (more…)

Landmark law expected to replace clan system and lay groundwork for long-awaited ‘one person, one vote’ poll (more…)