WASHINGTON - Ten years ago on December 3, a suicide bomber attacked a graduation ceremony at Shamo Hotel, one of Mogadishu’s main hotels. (more…)
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Save the Children: Climate Crisis Causing Hunger for Millions of Africans
LONDON - Millions of people in southern and eastern Africa are facing emergency food insecurity partly caused by climate change, half of them children, according to the charity Save the Children. (more…)
AMISOM commits to peaceful 2020/21 polls in Somalia
MOGADISHU-- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Somalia holds peaceful parliamentary and presidential elections in 2020/2021. (more…)
Somali Refugee Leads US Pediatric Clinic that Gave Her a Healthy Outlook
Dr. Anisa Ibrahim, who came to the United States as a child refugee, this fall became medical director of a pediatric clinic in Seattle, Washington. (more…)
East Africa Struggles With Heavy Rains, With More to Come
NAIROBI - Flash flooding has hit the small but strategic East African nation of Djibouti, where the government and United Nations said the equivalent of two years' rain fell in a single day. Several regional countries including Kenya are struggling after heavy rains, with more to come. (more…)
‘Devastating’ fire swept through Minneapolis apartment building, killing 5 and injuring 3
MINNEAPOLIS — A fire swept through a Minneapolis high-rise apartment building early Wednesday, killing five people and sending three others to the hospital, officials said. (more…)
Somali, AU call for an end to violence against women in conflict
MOGADISHU-- A public awareness forum held in Mogadishu on Tuesday called for an end to violence against women in conflict in Somalia. (more…)
Somalia, UN launch campaign to vaccinate 1.7 mln children against measles, polio
MOGADISHU-- The Somali government and two United Nations agencies have launched a five-day campaign to vaccinate 1.7 million children against measles and polio in five regional states across the country. (more…)
Toxins Increase in Somali Crops Under Climate Shocks
Somalia is one of the world's countries worst affected by global warming, suffering near-constant droughts, heat waves and floods. Recent flooding in south central Somalia affected 547,000 people, according to U.N. estimates, at a time when more than 2 million are food-insecure. (more…)
Family of slain young activist wants Somali-Canadian probe
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The family of a young Somali-Canadian peace activist shot dead in Mogadishu is calling for an investigation by the two countries and says a statement blaming a stray bullet is “premature.” (more…)