Somalia: Ensure Justice in Health Worker Massacre
(Nairobi, November 23, 2020) – Authorities in Somalia should intensify their investigation into the abduction and apparent summary execution of seven health workers and a pharmacist...
IGAD endorses Somalia and Djibouti to deploy troops to S. Sudan The East African
Regional bloc IGAD has mandated Somalia and Djibouti to deploy troops to South Sudan to safeguard security and the implementation of the peace agreement.
The...
Coronavirus Invades Saudi Inner Sanctum
The senior Saudi prince who is governor of Riyadh is in intensive care with the coronavirus. Several dozen other members of the royal family...
Kenya-Somalia diplomatic feud major concern for AUC- Faki The Star
The African Union Commission now says the current diplomatic tiff between Kenya and Somalia is a major concern.
Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said the diplomatic...
Six African peacekeeping soldiers killed in Somalia
At least six soldiers from East African country of Burundi, were killed in an attack near Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said.
The soldiers were...
Brexit’s done. The UK has left the European Union
he United Kingdom has officially left the European Union more than three years after a referendum that left the country bitterly divided.
The departure brings...
Inside Shabaab’s gruesome abduction syndicate
In November 2008, al-Shabaab commander Mohamed Toora-Toorow, in the company of 24 men, left Somalia at 11pm and walked several kilometres into Kenya.
The mission...
Extremists kill 4 African Union soldiers in southern Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamic extremists on Sunday launched an attack on a base for African Union troops in country’s south, killing four...
Ethiopian Airlines CEO wants rigorous review of Boeing 737-MAX planes following fatal crash
Two months after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed, killing all 157 people on board, the CEO of the airline said his crews and passengers...
12 Dead in Central Somalia as Villagers Resist Al-Shabab Taxes
Clashes in central Somalia between Somali army troops and al-Shabab militants have left at least 12 people dead, witnesses say.
The clashes Thursday started after...