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While most coverage of Somalia focused on civil war, militancy and famine, Hodan Nalayeh made it her mission to show another side to the country - its beauty and that of its people. Nalayeh - seen »

By John Sudworth, BBC News, Xinjiang China is deliberately separating Muslim children from their families, faith and language in its far western region of Xinjiang, according to new »

Abdulaziz Billow, CGTN Correspondent in Mogadishu, Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia, 2 July, 2019 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the physical assault and threats against TV journalist »

The United States will partially resume the provision of security assistance to non-mentored units of the Somali National Army (SNA).  This resumption will be implemented on a pilot basis with »

A top Sudanese general said Sunday that snipers shot at least five civilians and three members of a paramilitary force as vast crowds of protesters demonstrated in Khartoum demanding civilian »

James Swan arrived in Mogadishu today to take up his duties as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia and Head of Mission for the United Nations Assistance Mission »

Ethiopian security forces have killed the man accused of orchestrating a failed coup d'etat over the weekend. General Asamnew Tsige allegedly led the coup attempt in the northern Amhara »

At least two senior Ethiopian officials were killed during an attempt by an army general to seize power in Ethiopia’s northern state of Amhara, state television reported on »

  A two-day congress of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) which was held at Hayat hotel in Mogadishu between 21-22 June 2019, concluded with a launching ceremony on Saturday with a call to »

The 3rd International Somali Global Diaspora Conference, which brings together Somalis from home and abroad, ended in Istanbul Monday. The three-day conference organized by Global Somali Diaspora »

The AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. TigabuYilma Wondimhunegn on Monday visited the AMISOM and the Somali National Army (SNA) troops in the recently captured town of Bariire. The Force Commander »

The blood bank at AMISOM Level II hospital serves both AU Mission personnel and residents of Somalia. Globally, blood transfusion saves millions of lives; however, in a country like Somalia »

The Minister of Education and Higher Education in the Somali state of Puntland Abdullah Mohammed Hassan opened the Dar es Salaam Primary School, which was built by Qatar Charity in the city of Garowe, »

The United States on Tuesday vowed to intensify its security operations against al-Shabab to help stabilize Somalia. A joint statement was issued following a meeting between top Somali »

More than 2 million people in Somalia face the threat of starvation this summer, unless an urgent humanitarian response is facilitated. The warning comes from United Nations aid chief, Mark »

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Sunday vowed to continue with stabilization and early recovery efforts in Somalia to help provide quick impact projects and basic infrastructure in »

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 9 June, 2019 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the act of shooting, threats to kill and harassment by Somali military soldiers against Radio Kulmiye reporter and »

Many Somali refugees have decided to return home from Yemen because of the worsening security situation, the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR reports. Last week, 125 refugees boarded a ship to return to »

The relationship between Kenya and Somalia continued to deteriorate even as a verdict on the maritime boundary dispute between the two neighbours draws nearer. In a diplomatic letter sent to »

Kenya has banned fishing activities off the Coast near the Somalia border over security concerns. Lamu County Commissioner Joseph Kanyiri says all fishermen are prohibited from carrying out »

The United Nations Security Council decided Friday to cut 1,000 troops from a regional peacekeeping force in Somalia, despite a rise in attacks by the Al-Shabaab militia in »

The US goal in Somalia is to weaken al-Shabaab militarily in order to achieve a political settlement, senior officials of the US Africa Command said on Wednesday. “We're not talking about »

The Kenyan government now says it will not allow any unaccompanied baggage to be ferried into the country on flights from Somalia. Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma for Foreign Affairs In a »

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 28 May, 2019 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) calls Somali government for the immediate and unconditional release of Goobjoog TV and Radio reporter, Ali Adan Mumin who was »

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was addressing hundreds of Somalis living in South Africa Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has called on Somalis to unite and avoid tribalism, which »

Col. Faadumo Ali, 33, of the Somali military spent her life trying to bring peace and security back to her home country. She was killed May 22 while standing guard at a Mogadishu checkpoint. Col. »

Somalia's militant Islamists remain relatively undiminished, despite a 12-year UN-backed campaign against them, largely thanks to its sophisticated web of spies, writes the BBC's Mary »

GAROWE, PUNTLAND -Just one in four children in Puntland, Somalia, have access to sufficient food, a new assessment by Save the Children reveals today--meaning three in four children are far more »

MOGADISHU (AP) A former Somali foreign minister was among five killed Wednesday when a car bomb exploded in the capital Mogadishu, according to the country's information minister. The bombing was »

A US court has found that a former Uber driver living in Virginia committed acts of torture during Somalia's civil war in the late 1980s. Farhan Tani Warfaa who claims he was tortured by former »