51% of U.S. Muslims Want Sharia; 25% Okay with Violence Against Americans
The Center for Security Policy released a poll Tuesday that should give all Americans pause. The results show that a startling number of American...
SNA Kill 10 Al-Shabaab Militants in Goof-gaduud, Bay Region
Somali National Army on Thursday thwarted what would have been a large-scale attack by Al-Shabaab in Goof-gaduud locality of Bay region Somalia. Idale News...
Somali-American lawmaker says she was harassed by cab driver
The nation's first elected Somali-American lawmaker says she was harassed and called "ISIS" by a taxicab driver in Washington, D.C.
Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar detailed...
AMISOM convoy targeted in deadly blast in Somalia
A roadside bomb explosion has ripped through a military convoy carrying African Union soldiers serving with AMISOM near Bulo-Mareer district in Somalia’s southern Lower...
UN: Fighting near Qandala town displaces 25,700
Heavy fighting between pro-Islamic State (IS) militants and Somalia’s Puntland state forces for the control of the port town of Qandala has displaced 25,...
Al Shabaab seizes Goofgaduud following attacks
Militant fighters linked to Al Shabaab have retaken control of Goofgaduud village, located 35 km north of Baidoa town, regional capital of Southwest state,...
Somaliland delegates to elect 11 MPs tomorrow as poll resumes
Somaliland Lower House elections will resume tomorrow, Friday, December 9, 2016, 11 seats will be contested:
The following 11 seats will be contested:
Arab (Abaddala...
Warplanes invade village near Al-Shabab stronghold
Foreign warplanes, thought to be belonging U.S. military are reported to have bombed a rural area near an Al-Shabaab camp in middle Jubba region...
Election for Somaliland’s lower house seats delayed
The ballot to elect 11 new federal lawmakers for the Lower House chamber seats allocated to the clans hailing from Somaliland has been postponed...
Somali president welcomes the conclusion of lower House election in Southwest
Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has commended government of Southwest; a regional state in Somalia’s southwestern on its commitment to conclude the month long...
Puntland President’s influence over the tender process of EU funded road project [Report]
In the coming days a selected bidder is expected to be announced to implement the “Sustainable Road Maintenance Project” for the highway connecting Garowe...
25 dead, dozens feared trapped in Indonesia quake
At least 25 people died and hundreds were injured after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, local...
Almost 60 people missing after ship sinks off Yemen
Nearly 60 people are missing after a ship sank off Yemen's Socotra island, its fisheries minister said on Wednesday, with state media reporting that...
President seeks votes of the MPs from Jubbaland
The outgoing president of the federal government of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has paid one-day visit to the capital of the southern semi-autonomous Jubbaland...
Heavy fighting in Southern Somalia kills at least Three
At least three people are reportedly killed, and several were injured in a heavy battle between Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers and Al shabaab...
Al shabaab says killed 3 Somali soldiers in attack
The Al Qaeda-linked Al shabaab militants claimed killing at least 3 Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers in an ambush attack on a small village...
Puntland forces recapture Qandala from IS militants
Puntland state forces have wrested full control of the Qandala coastal town of Bari region following days of battle with pro-Islamic state militants, according to...
Berenika Stefanska obituary
My friend Berenika Stefanska, who has died aged 33 in a light aircraft accident in Kenya, was a freelance journalist and modern-day adventurer. Living...
China calls on US to bar transit of Taiwan president
China has urged Washington to block the president of Taiwan from passing through the US, after reports saying she may stop in New York...
Binyamin Netanyahu is in a commanding position
THESE should be the best of times for Binyamin Netanyahu. At no point in the Israeli prime minister’s almost 11 years in office has...