Iran is new transit point for Somali charcoal in illicit trade taxed by militants:...
Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually...
AMISOM Police hands over refurbished police station to Somali Police authorities – AMISOM
Residents of Dayniile district in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, can now enjoy better policing services closer to their homes, following the renovation of a...
Somalia stalemate likely to go on despite Hirshabelle relenting – The East African
The political stalemate in Somalia is likely to continue despite the state of Hirshabelle announcing that it will co-operate with the central government.
Puntland, Galmudug,...
UN says 8 aid workers killed, 12 others injured in Somalia by September –...
Attacks on aid workers delivering supplies in Somalia resulted in the death of eight staff and injuries of 12 others between January and September,...
Ethiopia government failing to protect people from ethnic violence: rights commission – reuters
HAWASSA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s government is failing to protect its citizens amid escalating ethnic violence that has displaced nearly a million people in...
As Somalia marks horrific attack, a book explores al-Shabab – AP
"Inside al-Shabaab: The Secret History of al-Qaeda's Most Powerful Ally" (Indiana University Press), by Harun Maruf and Dan Joseph
The deadliest terror attack in Africa's...
First Somali-Swedish Woman Lawmaker Triggers Debate About Tribalism, ‘Ethnic Voting’
A Muslim politician little-known even within her own party has surprisingly made her way into the Swedish parliament owing to a clever campaign reaching...
A Somali National Economic Board – Dr. Suleiman Walhad
This is part of an upcoming book I am working on. I thought it may be useful to present it today in view of...
Three die after Somalia car bomb strikes EU convoy: police
Three people were killed in a suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab which hit a European Union armored convoy in Somalia’s capital...
EPRDF Dislodges Abiy after he becomes Inimical!
The ruling party in Ethiopia EPRDF is going to bow out the slash leader in Ethiopia Atto Abiy, after he fails to run the...