Browsing: Somalia

Ten journalists have been arrested and detained in Hargeisa, Somaliland, the self-declared independent region of Somalia, a press freedom lobby said on Thursday. The reporters working…

After a long-delayed and turbulent election process marked by a power tussle between the president and his prime minister, Somalia’s newly elected MPs have been sworn…

Somalia’s prime minister on Thursday expelled an African Union representative Francisco Madeira because of acts incompatible with his status though Somalia’s president rejected the order, signalling…

Al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group, has denied reports that it was plotting an attack on Somalia’s president and prime minister. Pro-al-Shabab Somali Memo website quoted an…

Somalia’s spy agency has issued a warning about an alleged conspiracy by al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabab Militants to assassinate the president and prime minister. In a tweet, the…

A Kenyan court sentenced a Somali man to life in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of two Cuban doctors by Al Shabaab in April 2019.…

Two suicide explosions in Beledweyne, central Somalia, killed at least 15 persons, including a female member of parliament in the country. Amina Mohamed Abdi was assassinated,…

Somali security forces shot dead two assailants who attempted to infiltrate a Military camp near the international airport in Mogadishu on Wednesday. Earlier on Wednesday, security…

Said Abdullahi Deni, the leader of Puntland, confirmed on Saturday what had been rumoured for months, that he will run for the Somalia Presidency in the…

Four Turkish Nationals were injured on Thursday in Mogadishu when a roadside bomb exploded as their vehicle drove through the Taleh district, according to police. A…