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Four people were injured in an attack by gunmen on a Chinese road construction site in Shimbirey, about 50 km from Garissa town on Sunday evening, Kenyan police confirmed on Monday. Garissa County »

Somalia and aid agencies operating in the country on Monday launched 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), seeking $1.08 billion to provide support to 3.4 million Somalis. The government and the »

Ms Silvia Constanca Romano who was abducted by gunmen from Malindi, Kilifi County, on November 20, 2018. PHOTO | COURTESY Police have refuted reports that Silvia Romano, the Italian volunteer »

Ramadhan Wario Bonaya alias Rasho who is among several terror suspects being sought by police. /COURTESY Three more suspects in the DusitD2 terror attack have been arrested. Police spokesman »

The U.S. Africa Command said the airstrike occurred near Jilib in the Middle Juba region. There were no reports of Americans killed or wounded. The U.S. statement did not say whether any Somali »

BEIRUT: The plan was that heads of state from the Arab world would arrive in Beirut to discuss economic and social development. But like much in Lebanon at the moment, it did not go according to »

Investigators in Kenya are exploring the possibility that some of the militants who attacked a Nairobi hotel and office complex may not have been ethnic Somalis, stoking fears that militants are »

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA—The Ethiopian National Defence Force on Saturday confirmed an ambush by Al Shabab extremists on an Ethiopian peacekeeping convoy in neighbouring Somalia and said Ethiopian forces »

Among the fifteen dead, identification papers indicated that 11 were Kenyan, one was American and one was British. Gunmen blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital »

Somali government on Tuesday assured the United Nations of increased security following the Jan. 1 mortar attack on its compound that left three injured. Ahmed Isse Awad, minister of foreign »

Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyib - File Photo Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb on Tuesday said that Al Azhar is keen on offering all types of support to the Somali people.  At a »

Nicholas Haysom was asked to leave after he questioned the arrest of Mukhtar Robow (pictured), a former al-Shabaab figure who had defected previously ( AP ) New Year’s Day was greeted »

The UN’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, on Wednesday congratulated the newly-elected president of Puntland, Somalia’s semi-autonomous region in the country’s north east. Mr. Said »

Humanitarian partners in Somalia have urged the nation to overcome possible negative impacts of future climate change. Aid agencies have painted a positive image of the country’s humanitarian »

Canada is reportedly planning to welcome more than 1 million immigrants over the next three years.  The Canadian Parliament announced its plans to bring new permanent residents into the »

Continuing an escalation of US airstrikes in Somalia that’s been ongoing for over a year, Africom says that at least six “militants” were killed on Sunday in Dheerow Sanle, in the Lower »

The Admiralty Court in Mombasa has awarded a Somali shipping company more than Sh10 million for damages incurred on its vessel MV Nasibu that was detained and has been grounded in Kenyan waters since »

Saed Abdullahi Deni has been elected to serve as president of Puntland for the next five years; Deni is a former Federal minister of Planning. The 66 newly sworn in Lawmakers casted their vote in »

Danish shipping line services MAERSK has begun operating in Somali’s Mogadishu Port. Mogadishu Port management announced that the shipping company started operations at the port on Saturday last »

Summary 1) Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas was elected on January 8th, 2014, as the 4th president of the semi-autonomous State of Puntland. 2) Throughout his term as President of Puntland, Gaas, had »

In the wake of the Somali Government's decision last week to expel the head of the UN's assistance mission, UNSOM, the Security Council on Saturday cautioned that 2019 would be "a critical year" for »

Donald Trump's presidency has coincided with a sharp rise in US-led airstrikes in Somalia and the trend is set to continue in 2019. In a speech in December outlining the US' Africa policy, »

Fifa funds intended to help the female game are allegedly not reaching its intended target The head of women’s football in Somalia has urged Fifa to take action after claiming money made available »

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned Tuesday’s attacks against the UN compound in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, saying that intentionally attacking UN personnel »

The Kenyan soldiers killed seven al-Shabaab militants in a military operation in southern Somalia, the army announced Wednesday. “Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers operating under AMISOM (The »

The Somali military has executed six al-Shabab militants without a trial, according to officials and rights activists. "The men have been in prison for the last five months. They were part of an »

On Tuesday, the newly selected Puntland MP’s were sworn in, the 66 members of parliament represent the clans and sub-clan in the region. Only one female member was selected to the new parliament »

British counter-terrorism police were investigating a multiple stabbing in which the suspect reportedly shouted "Allah" at a Manchester railway station on New Year's Eve, officials said Tuesday. A »

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has promised the New Year will bring about economic development, as security forces dispersed anti-government protests in the capital using tear gas and live »