DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – Djibouti’s president was unhurt when a member of the Republican Guard shot and wounded his doctor and…
August 26, 2014 | by Abdirisaq Shino
African Union and Somali government troops have seized a key town from militant group al-Shabab in southwestern Somalia. The AU…
Recent executions in Somalia put the quality of justice delivered by military courts into question. Somalia’s military court sentenced three…
A boat carrying at least 150 migrants has sunk off the Libyan coast. Most are missing, feared drowned. Fishermen are…
Aid agencies are urging the world to act to prevent a famine in Somalia. The UN estimates nearly three million…
Somali and African Union troops are preparing for a fresh assault on Islamist-held ports to end a multi-million dollar charcoal…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a new initiative to facilitate the voluntary repatriation of Somali…
UPDF soldiers keeping peace in Somalia have not been paid for six months, The Observer has learnt. Frustrated, the soldiers…
Inside the small office, the line of sweating clients waiting to renew their satellite TV subscriptions keeps growing. Technicians crimp…
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali police official says security forces arrested a senior pirate commander in Mogadishu. Capt. Mohamed Hussein…
An international human rights group says there is strong evidence that Kenya’s anti-terrorism police unit has carried out a series…
Khat – a plant used as a stimulant – was banned as a class C drug in the UK earlier…