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Heavy fighting was reported Wednesday after al-Shabab militants attacked two Somali towns along the border with Ethiopia. (more…)

FOCUS: World Bank Project : Project No. P165497 (SEAP ) Somalia Electricity Access Project. (more…)

A passenger plane has crashed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu with the 30 people on board safely evacuated (more…)

Somalia has allowed the resumption of miraa exports from Kenya and permitted Kenya Airways to start scheduled flights to Mogadishu in the latest sign of improving ties between the two neighbouring countries. (more…)

“He was killed while searching for firewood,” said Abdi, a resident of the drought-stricken town of Bilcil, Somalia. “People are fighting over trees.” (more…)

Generally, Somali women have been under-represented at all levels of government administration since the Somali Republic was established in 1960. In 2012, (more…)

Miraa farmers and traders will have to wait longer before securing the lucrative Somalia market after it emerged that the trade deal that was to be inked on Tuesday did not take place. (more…)

Three prominent human rights organisations have petitioned the African Court for Human and Peoples Rights to hasten the resolution of a two-year-old case seeking to scrap Tanzania's controversial directive that in 2017 banned pregnant teenagers, child brides and teenage mothers from going back to school. (more…)

A Kingston man accused of selling half a pound of crystal methamphetamine to an undercover police officer over the weekend was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail, following his arraignment Monday in Ipswich District Court, located in Newburyport. (more…)

The international community is well acquainted with Somalia’s many challenges. However, rumors that the country experienced environmental crimes at the hands of external companies and international criminal elements should be taken seriously and thoroughly investigated. (more…)