By Mehdi Hasan IN 2005, Steven Rosen, then a senior official with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, sat down for dinner with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, then of the New Yorker. “You see this napkin?” Rosen asked Goldberg....
Friday, February 28, 2014 The unethical practice of UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) to leak disputed allegations to the media for vilification of Somali leaders and clans has done huge disservice to the efforts of statebuilding in Somalia...
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MOGADISHU- A suicide car bomber killed at least 10 people on Monday in the worst attack in the Somali capital this year when he tried to kill Mogadishu's security chief near the presidential palace, police and rebels said.Al Qaeda-linked...
Nairobi, September 27, 2016 -- Somali authorities should thoroughly and credibly investigate this evening's fatal shooting of radio journalist Abdiaziz Ali and swiftly bring his killers to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The BBC reported that gunmen on motorbikes...
Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam, who was the leader of the Ras Kamboni Brigade— a paramilitary group in Kismayu— has been elected President of the new Jubaland State of Somalia. A General Fartag from Gedi region was elected Vice President. Sheikh Islam,...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A militant official and a Somali resident say al-Shabab fighters have stoned to death a man for carrying out a homosexual sex act. The resident, Yusuf Abdi, said the group buried a blindfolded man to his waist last Friday and threw stones at...
Lieutenant-General Vincenzo Coppola, former Deputy Commanding General of the Italian Carabinieri, visited Somalia in his capacity as the EU Civilian Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Mission Operation’s Commander (CivOpsCdr) from 10-12 February. Discussions were held with Somali authorities, international partners,...
Trafficking cartels are minting millions of shillings from desperate Kenyans looking for work in foreign capitals especially in the Gulf countries. With promises of well-paying jobs in security, hospitality or domestic work, the hopes of many are being dashed when...
Mogadishu, 1 March 2019 - The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, strongly condemns the terrorist attack in the Somali capital yesterday. On Thursday night, vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) targeting...