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In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to female genital mutilation, or FGM. Despite the practice having devastating health ramifications for women and girls - including pain, bleeding, permanent disability and even death - discussion over how to end the harmful tradition,...

Seattle-based relief and development organization World Concern is launching a drought response in the Lower Juba region of Somalia, as the nation once again teeters on the brink of famine. Three successive years of extreme drought have resulted in widespread food insecurity and alarming rates of malnutrition. (more…)

NAIROBI — Kenyan police say one suspect has been arrested after an improvised explosive device killed at least 13 passengers and injured others in a bus traveling in northeast Kenya near the border with Somalia. (more…)

A man has been shot by police after allegedly threatening them with a hammer this morning in the Melbourne suburb of Meadow Heights. (more…)

AFRICAN AIR CHIEFS SYMPOSIUM, KIGALI, Rwanda—Somalia Air Force Brig. Gen. Sh Ali Mohamed Mohamud last sat in the cockpit of a Somali MiG fighter jet in March 1978. (more…)

The more than 1.5 million farmers and herders affected by the drought in the Horn of Africa need “urgent help” to avoid “a hunger crisis”in the region that has also suffered plagues and covid-19. This has been alerted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (more…)

Ethiopia's military is planning to enter the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle and "eliminate" rebellious forces, a top military official said late on Friday amid diplomatic efforts to end conflict in the country's north. (more…)

Somalia is embroiled in a political crisis as tensions soar between its president and prime minister. With parliamentary elections slated to end on February 25, the political environment remains uncertain. (more…)

The self-proclaimed state of Somaliland seeks American recognition as it presents itself as a counterweight to Chinese influence in the Horn of Africa. (more…)

Wuxuu ahaa mid ka mid ah dooliyada dunida ugu caansan, wuxuuna xitaa shaqadiisa ku muteystay abaalmarin, balse maanta ayuu dhintay isaga oo 8 sano jir ah. (more…)