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[VOA]- The Somali government said this week that it was ready to send troops to help with security and enhance peace in South Sudan, where officials and opposition groups recently signed an agreement »

According to a recent World Bank Report, Somalia has one of the most active mobile money markets in the world, outpacing most other countries in Africa. The report says: “Approximately 155 »

Conflicts between Eritrea, Djibouti, and Ethiopia have dramatically shifted in recent months, giving hope for an end of hostilities in the region. It's just five months since Abiy Ahmed took »

Ethiopian officials led by Ahmed Shide, Federal communication minister & Chairman of the Somali People’s Democratic Party (SPDP), and representatives of the the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) »

Fierce clashes between Somali regional forces of Jubaland and al-Shabab fighters erupted on Monday in Gedo region of southern Somalia, killing at least 16 from the both sides, officials confirmed on »

Joint forces looking for Islamic militants broke into the family home of a revered leader and detained three teenagers US and Somali forces who raided the family home of a former president and »

He's a Somali singer living in London with a European fan base, so what's Aar Maanta doing as a Minnesota artist-in-residence? Walking from the Cedar Cultural Center to his favorite »

The United States conducted an airstrike in Somalia Tuesday after U.S. and partner troops came under attack. The incident occurred 37 miles west of Mogadishu, the country’s capital, in the central »

WASHINGTON — As the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) prepares to implement the planned phased withdrawal of more than 21,000 troops fighting militant groups, including al-Shabab and the »

Voters handed Sweden's ruling party its worst-ever election result Sunday and delivered a parallel lift to a far-right party with white supremacist roots, leaving the ideological outline of the »

The Ethiopian Roads Authority on Sunday revealed its plan to renovate the disused roadway that connects Ethiopia with its long-time foe Eritrea and reopen the long-abandoned lane to travelers. The »

Somalia-based rebel group al-Shabab has been on the offensive in recent months retaking strings of towns in south and central Somalia. Since the start of this year the group which is linked to »

Hours after National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich opened a three month duty free window for the importation of sugar into the country special gazette notice dated October 4, duty free sugar »

The United Kingdom has committed £7 million to fund the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) that is fighting jihadist group Al-Shabaab. UK Prime Minister Theresa May, during her visit to »

China has always supported Somalia in preserving its national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday, pledging China's support for Somalia's »

Some 500 Somalis have graduated from a British Security Training Centre located in southern Somalia Baidoa, Forces Network reported yesterday. British forces have been providing training to the »

The Ethiopian Federal High Court on Thursday denied bail to former President of the Ethiopian Somali regional state, Abdi Mohammed Omer, a.k.a Abdi Illey, and three other former senior officials of »

A foreign national says he lost a lot of money when his shop was looted in Zola 1, Soweto. Abdur Rahim said his supermarket was attacked around 1pm on Wednesday when a mob came in, saying they were »

A US airstrike has killed at least three people in southern Somalia, with the US Africa Command claiming the victims were members of al-Shabab terrorist group. The Africa command, which »

Ethiopia’s eastern Somali regional state has been a political hotbed in the past weeks with major developments unfolding in the wake of an army backed ouster of its long serving president Abdi »

US soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division, based out of Ft. Drum, New York, recently completed training with soldiers from Somalia’s Danab (Lightning) Advanced Infantry Battalion in the country’s »

NAIROBI — The number of Somalis left homeless has surged this year as thousands who had already fled war, drought and floods were forcibly evicted from mostly makeshift homes, the Norwegian Refugee »

US defence secretary says US support for Saudi Arabia and UAE-led coalition is not unconditional, 'constantly reviewed'. US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said his country's support for the »

Somalis in Ethiopia's eastern region have welcomed the arrest Monday of their former leader, Abdi Mohammed Omar. The former strongman is accused of stoking deadly ethnic clashes in the Somali region, »

The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) peacekeepers have handed the Mogadishu Stadium to the government. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and his top officials received the keys to the »

[VOA] A U.S. delegation is heading to Ethiopia on Wednesday to talk about the country's reform efforts since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in April. Republican Congressman Christopher »

[AP] Saudi Arabian prosecutors were seeking the death penalty for a human rights activist who may be the first woman in the country's history to face execution over her cause, human rights campaigners »

Mustafa Muhumed Omer, 45, has been nominated as acting president of the Somali region until the next party congress 2020, it was announced. The Ethiopian-Somali People’s Democratic Party (ESPDP)’s »

The US military killed two Shabaab fighters in an airstrike north of Kismayo, Somalia. The strike was the second against Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, that has been reported by US Africa »

IT SEEMED an irrational decision 20 years ago. DP World is one of the world’s largest maritime firms. From a squat office overlooking Dubai’s bustling Jebel Ali port, it directs operations in 40 »