30 Ethiopian troops killed in attack by militants
Friday June 10, 2016
By Abdi Guled and Elias Meseret
At least 30 Ethiopian troops were killed Thursday in an attack on a base for African...
Somalia: Omenous Portents
Somalia is passing through a crucial and critical times as the country prepares to undergo a complicated and less well organized parliamentary and presidential...
Somali Youth ready to take part in the country’s policy and politics.
Somali Youth ready to take part in the country’s policy and politics.
Somali students from around Turkey have gathered in Istanbul, where a large conference...
Halgan village commissioner: we have killed more than 200 Alshabab fighters
The commissioner of Halgan village which Alshabab militants attacked early hours of this Thursday says they have literally massacred Alshabab.
Guhad Abdi warsme in an...
AU Chairperson condemns attempted attack against AMISOM in Somalia
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, condemns in the strongest terms the failed attack carried out by...
Somali Govt says 240 militants killed in Halgan attack
The defense minister of Somali federal government Gen Abdulkadir Sheikh Ali Dini said SNA and AMISOM forces have killed at least 240 Al shabaab...
Ten suspects arrested in murder of female activist
The local Security forces of Somalia’s northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland have on Thursday arrested ten suspects linked to the murder of female activist.
Puntland...
Woman peace activist shot dead in central Somalia
Unidentified assailants have shot and killed a regional peace activist and the head of Mudug Women Association Dhudi Yusuf Adan in central Galkayo town on Thursday , Idale Online reports.
Adan was gunned down home...
African force in Somalia says kills 110 militants when its base raided
The African Union AMISOM force fighting in Somalia said on Thursday its troops repelled an attack on one of its bases by the al...
Al-Shabab claims killing 43 soldiers at Ethiopian base
Somali rebel group al-Shabab said it has killed 43 soldiers in an attack on a base of Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union’s...
United Nations to spend Sh3.8b in training Kenyan soldiers
The training is being conducted by military personnel from the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force.
The United Nations will spend more than Sh3.8 billion to strengthen...
UN plan to end Aids by 2030 despite Russian resistance
Thursday, June 09, 2016
A file picture taken on July 23, 2012 shows Indian HIV-infected women posing with her antiretroviral drugs at her home in...
US confirms 2 al-Shabab leaders killed in Somalia operations
Thursday June 9, 2016
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The U.S. Africa Command is confirming the deaths of two senior commanders of the al-Shabab extremist group in...
UPDATE: Al Shabaab launches suicide and gun attack on AMISOM base
Heavy fighting has been reported at a military base run by Ethiopian troops serving as part of the African Union force in a Somali...
US election 2016: Clinton hails ‘milestone for women’
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Media captionHillary Clinton: "Tonight's victory belongs to generations of women and men who...
ONLF says Ethiopia killed over forty people village Somali-Ethiopia border
Ogaden liberation front rebels (ONLF) have accused Ethiopian government of being killing more than 40 Somali civilians in Northern part of Somalia.
Sheikh Abdullahi, who...
Uganda investigates its troops over sale of military equipment in Somalia
The Ugandan military on Monday said it had started investigations into reports that some of its peacekeeping troops in Somalia were involved in the...
Ethiopian troops meet Elders in Gal’ad to mobilize anti-militant push
Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) met Wednesday elders in Gal’ad village, in a bid to mobilize for a...
Former MP Says the Government Failed to Keep the Security
Salad Ali Jelle, one of the former Somali MPs said that Somali government had failed to secure the country’s capital city, Mogadishu.
Jelle said that...
Kenya reduces security checks for passengers from Somalia
Passengers travelling to Nairobi will undergo security checks only in Wajir in a bid to ease movement of people between the two cities, unlike the...