At sunset on Friday last week in Somalia’s capital, an evening at a hotel turned […]
Somalia president vows ‘all-out war’ against Al-Shabaab
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Mukhtar Robow, formerly a leader of the rebel group, has been appointed as a minister. […]
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From al-Shabab to the cabinet: Somalia’s move fuels debate
Somalia names former al-Shabab spokesperson as religion minister
The co-founder and former spokesperson for al-Shabab have been under house arrest since 2018. Somalia’s […]
Suicide bombing in Somalia kills at least 11 including local official
Witnesses say at least 11 people are dead after a suicide bomber blew himself up […]
Somalia’s PM was given 10 more days to form a government
Somalia’s parliament agreed on Monday to give Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre more time to […]
The US says it killed two al-Shabab fighters in a Somalia air raid
US Africa Command says the strike in the southern Lower Juba region was carried out […]
Somalia authorizes first foreign banks in decades
Somalia announced Sunday that it has granted banking licenses to two foreign institutions, opening the […]
Somalia swears in Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as President
Somalia’s newly-elected president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, used his inauguration speech on Thursday to appeal to […]
132 asylum seekers in Rwanda after evacuation from Libya
The asylum seekers are from a variety of African countries including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan […]
Famine risk worsens in Horn of Africa
The risk of famine in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia keeps getting worse with the prospects […]