The editor-in-chief of a newspaper in southern Sweden has explained to The Local how a fake news story about a fictional rape was packaged up to look like it was published in the paper's name. (more…)
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Somali Pro-IS Group Chief Survives US Strike, Says Regional Leader
The leader of the Pro-Islamic State group in Somalia has survived U.S. airstrikes which targeted caves in a remote mountainous area in Puntland, the region’s president told VOA Somali. (more…)
US Africa Command conducts air strikes in Somalia
The US army says it has conducted two separate air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in northeastern Somalia, killing several members of the group. (more…)
Israel to African refugees: You’re not welcome here
TEL AVIV, Israel — In a dusty detention center in Israel’s Negev desert, Tomas Yomani, an asylum seeker from Eritrea in East Africa, has been biding his time for nine months while under the watch of Israeli guards. (more…)
Thousands of Ethiopian Troops Enter Somalia to Hunt Al-Shabab
Thousands of Ethiopian troops enter Somalia to join new offensive against al-Shabab extremists. (more…)
Thousands of Ethiopia Troops Enter Somalia to Hunt Al-Shabab
Thousands of Ethiopian troops enter Somalia to join new offensive against al-Shabab extremists. (more…)
US funds for Somalia could be diverted to Shabaab, watchdog warns
A Somali soldier on guard on the beach in the coast of Qaw, in Puntland, north-eastern Somalia on December, 18, 2016. (more…)
Somalia: Unidentified Gunmen Kill a Civilian Man in Somali Capital
Unidentified gunmen thought to be Al Shabaab assassins have shot and killed a civilian man in Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Tuesday morning, witnesses said. (more…)
Woman’s body discovered during search for missing woman Naima Hassan
POLICE have declared there were no suspicious circumstances to a Brisbane woman’s death, after her body was found on the city’s bayside yesterday. (more…)
Mogadishu restricts movement of trucks, tankers after attacks
MOGADISHU: Somali authorities imposed a daytime ban on Monday on the movement of large trucks and road tankers inside the capital Mogadishu in an attempt to improve security following a wave of devastating attacks by militants. (more…)