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Somalia journalist dies following shelling
A Somali reporter shot by unknown gunmen last week has died from his wounds, colleagues said Monday.
Mohamed Mohamud Turyare, who was shot as he...
Somali militia threaten the UK with attacks
Somalia's Islamist Shabaab armed forces warned Britain on Monday that they were going to pay heavy prices for organising a war against Islam and...
Somalian journalist suffer serious injury from gunmen
A journalist from Somalia's private radio station Radio Shabelle receieved serious wounds on Sunday by unidentified gunmen as he left a mosque after evening...
Suspected Al-Shabab weapon seized in Puntland
A suspected Islamist militant batch in the North-East of Somali coming from Yemen has been detained says the regional governor Abdisamad Gallan.
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Rebels report to have resumed the shelling of Kordofan
Rebels report they have shelled the main city in Sudan's oil-producing in South Kordofan state near the border with South Sudan on Wednesday
It is...
Somalia’s Shabaab rebel banned Islamic agency relief
Somalia's Shabaab rebel banned aid of the Islamic agency on Monday which was one of the very few groups who were able to work...
The Somali National Army take hold of kasmayo
The Somali National Army and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) now holds the port of the city of kasmayo, day after they...
African Union Force incarcerate part of kismayo
The African Union force soldiers have successfully entered the port city of Kismayo on Friday and have been surrender the area after a serious...
Somalia: Sheikh Mohamoud Hassan takes refuge in a bunker
Mohamoud Sheikh Hassan fled on Wednesday evening at Villa Somalia, a kind of bunker hosting some Somalians institutions and still home to the former...
Somalia: Rebuilding a stateless country’s piracy-driven economy
Maritime piracy costs the global economy between $7 billion and $12 billion annually, and since January 2010 pirates working from ports in Somalia have...
Uganda police warns of planned Somali terror attacks
The assistant Inspector General of Police in Uganda, Abasi Byakagaba who doubles as director for counter-terrorism, has cautioned the general public following threats of...
Privatizing Somalia’s war on Piracy
Over 2,000 Somali nationals have been recruited to fight pirates who are terrorizing the African coast under a multimillion-dollar program financed by several Arab...
Piracy in Somalia and Nigeria cause collapse of financial institutions
Somalia, Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea, and the Malacca Straits cost the Global economy about $12 billion a year from piracy operations, experts...
Uganda Will Not Abandon Somali Brothers and Sisters
Uganda will not abandon its Somali brothers and sisters, even if terrorists who hit Uganda on July 11, 2010 and those threatening to hit...
Somalia: Battle for control of capital intensifies as rebels join forces
The Somali government’s control of a major part of the capital city Mogadishu may be short-lived as the merging of two of the major...
Somalia: Government gradually takes over capital
United Nations-backed-Somali government is prepared to reclaim control of the entire country as Al-Shabab rebels continue to lose grounds to African Union troops known...
Somalia’s anti-piracy war triggers UN and US concern
The United States has expressed concerns over secretly funded anti-piracy militia training to battle pirates and stop criminal activities in Somalia. The U.S State...
An Eurocentric Nobel Prize and African literature
African literature is generally ignored by the Nobel committee. Since 1901, only four writers from the continent have been rewarded, two of whom...
Somalia: U.S. to work with Puntland and Somaliland
The United States has decided to work closely with semi-autonomous Somaliland and Puntland states in Somali as a means to defeat Islamist extremists.
The...
Africa: Behind the race for Education for all by 2015
African countries have the unhealthiest environment for school-age children a new report has claimed. Children in Somalia, Eritrea, Comoros, Ethiopia, Chad, Burkina Faso, Central...
Ethiopia: Nowhere to hide for insurgent forces
At least 123 militiamen of the Ogaden National Liberation Front- the rebel forces fighting the Ethiopian government have been killed by Ethiopian army....
Uganda wants support against al-Shabab as soldiers’remains arrive
The government of Uganda has today afternoon received the bodies of four
Ugandan Peace-keepers who were killed by Al Shabab militants in Somalia on Monday.
Uganda...
Somalia: Ethiopia troops move in as AU-Shabab conflict intensifies
The battle for control of Mogadishu has intensified and the African Union, backing the Somalian government, has suffered a loss of four of its...
Somalia: Al-Shabab in ‘the end of the aggressors” war
Al-Shabab have begun their 'new massive war' against the UN-backed Somali government, killing 32 people; including parliamentarians in a hotel assault close to the...
Japan reveals military plan in Djibouti to fight Somali pirates
The Japanese government is to build its foreign military base in Djibouti. The plan is aimed at strengthening and sustaining its fight against Somali...
Somali terrorists training in Uganda
The Uganda inspector general of police, Kale Kayihura, has revealed that terrorists are using the eastern and northern districts of Uganda as training grounds.
While...
Al-Shebab extends Uganda-Burundi threats abroad
Al-Shehab, the notorious Somali Islamist rebel group, will strike Ugandan and Burundian targets around the world. The announcement which was made Friday seeks to...
Antique Dutch law for Somali pirates: Could this be the way out?
Some people accuse us old guards of not adopting new ways and new solutions even to old and persistent problems and I think it...
African Union summit ends with anti el-Shabab plan
As the 15th AU summit closed today in Kampala, African Union chairman, also president of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika said that the big turn...
Somalia: Africa unites against al-Shabab extremism
The African Union has embarked on an all out offensive against al-Shabab militia in Somalia in order to bring an elusive civility and stability...