At least six people were injured following a roadside landmine explosion outside a restaurant in Somali capital Mogadishu's Wardhigley district Thursday evening. (more…)
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East Africa Refugee Crisis
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East Africa Refugee Crisis
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Somalia: Swedish Soldiers to Fend Off Pirates Near Somalia
Thirty-four Swedish soldiers are heading to east Africa as part of international efforts to prevent attacks from Somali pirates. (more…)
Minnesota man throws pig’s foot at Somali-American, police say
WILLMAR – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations wants a western Minnesota man charged with a hate crime after an incident at a farmers market last weekend. (more…)
One killed in gun attack in Mogadishu
One person was shot dead and another injured in a drive by shooting in Mogadishu's Hodan district Tuesday, police said. (more…)
Thousands dead in Somali disease outbreaks
MORE than 200 people have died after raging outbreaks of cholera and measles in drought-stricken Somalia. (more…)
Somalia: Car bomb blast hits near Mogadishu airport
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A huge explosion was heard around the heavily fortified Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport vicinity on Monday morning, the latest in a series of assaults in the seaside capital. (more…)
Al-Shabaab’s former deputy leader defects to government – military
A former Somali insurgent leader, Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, has defected to the government, a military official said on Sunday, severing ties with Islamist group al Shabaab. (more…)
The Latest: Threat of ethnic violence looms in Nairobi slum
Witnesses in Kenya say machete-wielding members of two rival ethnic groups are confronting each other in a Nairobi slum following days of election violence. (more…)