Deadly attack on Mogadishu military training camp comes a week after twin explosions in the city killed at least 116 people. (more…)
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UAE and Egypt recruiting and training secret Somali forces
Nearly 3,000 young Somali men being trained in Somalia and Egypt as part of clandestine initiative bankrolled by the UAE (more…)
WAR MURTIYEED
War muriyeed ka soo baxay Golaha Wadatashiga Qaranka. (more…)
Car bombs shake Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Two car bomb explosions targeting Somalia's education ministry rocked the capital Mogadishu on Saturday and blew out windows of nearby buildings, witnesses said. (more…)
Death Toll Climbs to 11 Following al-Shabab Hotel Attack in Somalia
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — The siege at the Tawakal hotel marked al-Shabab's second major attack in Somalia this month amid an offensive against the group by the Somali National Army and allied militia in central Somalia. (more…)
Climate Change Leads Somalia To A 2011 Famine Scenario
More than a quarter of a million people died of starvation in Somalia in 2011, half of them children under the age of five, and the situation in the coming months could be much worse, according to a report by Joshua Hallwright, deputy director of the Center for Humanitarian Leadership...
UN warns of unprecedented famine threat to Somalia
Spokesperson for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) James Elder said in a press statement that 44,000 children were admitted to health facility in Somalia due to severe malnutrition since August. (more…)
Somalia drought: Witnessing a two-year-old’s death from hunger
After two days in a small Somali hospital, Abdiwali Abdi seemed to be groping his way towards some sort of recovery. (more…)
Former Islamic center director pleads guilty to embezzling funds, committing fraud
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The former director of a local Islamic center pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to embezzling funds from the mosque, defrauding public housing, and filing for fraudulent COVID assistance funds. (more…)
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) salutes Uganda military, police for role in pacifying Africa
MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 12, 2022/APO Group/ -- The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has paid glowing tribute to the Ugandan military and police for contributing to the restoration of peace and stability in Eastern Africa and the Great Lakes region of Africa. (more…)