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Brasilia: Fires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 detected so far by Brazil's space research centre INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy. (more…)

Doha to enter investment partnership with Mogadishu, according to Qatar's ministry of transportation and communications. (more…)

MOGADISHU- Kismayo airport in southern Somalia refused to allow an Ethiopian plane to land on Monday, a witness said, amid heightened tensions between the federal government and the regional leadership ahead of elections on Thursday. (more…)

Government-run base in Awdheegle, in Lower Shabelle region, hit by car bombs and gunfire. (more…)

Somali military officers say at least four soldiers and a photographer embedded with the army were killed in an attack by Islamic extremists on an army base in the town of Awdhegle, southwest of the capital. (more…)

A group of Muslims thwarted a terrorist attack planned against Christians in Northern Kenya, saving nearly two dozen believers from death, a persecution watchdog has revealed. (more…)

Children in Somalia suffer from one of the highest rates of abduction, recruitment, and conflict-related sexual violence in the world, analysis from Save the Children reveals. (more…)

MOGADISHU-- Somalia and the United States have agreed to intensify security operations to flush out al-Shabab militants in the Horn of Africa nation. (more…)

With three weeks to the elections, Jubaland has seen heightened political temperatures as political leaders and former army chiefs battle the end of Sheikh Ahmed Madobe’s eight-year reign. (more…)

Abdi-Mahad Osamon, who hails from Somalia, finally earned the right to work in the UK after a five-year struggle (more…)