Saturday November 5, 2016 photoj1Fighting between forces from Somalia’s Galmudug and Puntland states broke out in the central town of Galkayo earlier this week despite a ceasefire, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on S... More »
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group remains capable of launching large-scale attacks despite claims that the insurgency is weakening, a UN report warned Friday. The Islamist group carried out six sophisticated hotel attacks in Mogadishu from November 2015 ... More »
Abdi Aden, a herder in Halwa village in north-eastern Somalia’s Bari region, is feeding his 20 remaining sheep, 35 goats and nine camels on cardboard soaked with water. There is no pasture in the area, after two virtually dry years. The anticipated ‘deyr’ rain... More »
More than 800 soldiers have left the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) since the Somalia operation began in 2011. KDF Director of Prosecution Brigadier Kenneth Okoki Dindi told a Mombasa court that the soldiers left for various reasons, including desertion. In a swor... More »
With militant group al-Shabaab waging war and the government suppressing press freedom, being a journalist in Somalia is a difficult, and even life-threatening, job. The Committee to Project Journalists’ 2016 Global Impunity Index “spotlights countries where j... More »
e man sentenced to 16 years and two to eight years after girls as young as 14 were subjected to ‘degrading and violent’ abuse Three men have been jailed for their part in an inner-city sex ring involving the abuse, rape and trafficking of young girls. Victims ... More »
Guddiga Federaalka Hir-gelinta Doorashooyinka Dadban ee 2016-ka, ayaa ka hadlay kormeerro ay ku tageen qaar ka mid ah deegaannada ay doorashooyinku ka dhici doonaan iyo sida ay u socdaan diyaar-garowga doorashada. Haddaba, War-saxaafadeed uu Guddigu soo saaray... More »
Wararka naga soo gaaraya degmada Qandala ee gobolka Bari ayaa sheegaya in wali halkaa ku sugan yihiin xoogag sheegtay in ay ka tirsan yihiin ururka Daacish oo dhawaantan la wareegay. Guddoomiyaha degmada Qandala Jaamac Maxamed Kaarshe ayaa isaga oo jooga maga... More »
Wararka naga soo gaaraya degmada Qandala ee gobolka Bari ayaa sheegaya barqanimadii maanta laga maqlay madaafiic ilaa iyo hadda dhab ahaan aan la ogeyn halka laga soo tuuray. Ilaa iyo hadda waxaa soo baxaya warar kala duwan oo la xiriira duqeynta iyo madaafiic... More »