Five al Shabaab abductees on police radar after escaping from Somalia
Security agencies are hunting for five al Shabaab abductees who escaped from cells in Somalia. Sources within the security circles said the five were due to...
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UN pleads for Sh160bn to avert famine in Somalia
The United Nations has said Sh160 billion is needed to respond to severe drought that has been ravaging Somalia since January last year. According to...
“America is home”: How Trump’s immigration policies are upending Somali lives in the US
Maruf Sharif was shackled in the plane, which was flying him over the Atlantic Ocean to a country he hadn’t seen for almost three decades....
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The Al-Shabab’s first response of Muktar Robow defection released.
In what seems to be the first-ever lasting response since the fate of Sheikh Muktar Roobow known as abu Mansur had gone out of their...
Somalia: Al-Shabab Demanding Children
The Islamist armed group Al-Shabab has threatened and abducted civilians in Somalia’s Bay region to force communities to hand over their children for indoctrination and military...
Residents desert border village after al Shabaab attack, put up flag
Residents fled Ishakani village on the Lamu-Somalia border after al Shabaab militants attacked early Sunday morning. The entire village has been deserted, with residents putting...
If Somalia is too dangerous for travel, why not for deportation?
One of the countries President Trump presumably had in mind when he disparaged Africa is Somalia, a country that he has included in several iterations of his...
Renovated International Airport Opens in Garowe, Somalia with IOM Support
The newly renovated Garowe International Airport opened its doors on 8 January in the capital of Puntland state, Somalia. The airport had been closed since...
Why grassroot reconciliation can speed up rebuilding of Kenya’s neigbour Somalia
I was at a restaurant in Mogadishu in 2014 when a man approached me and unexpectedly confessed to having been part of the gang that...
UNICEF and Save the Children call for action to help children affected by mass IDP settlement evictions in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, 11 January 2018 – The recent unannounced destruction of several informal settlements on the outskirts of Mogadishu, together with the forced evictions of thousands...