26 December 2013 An independent United Nations expert today urged the Somali Government to finalize and carry out a human rights roadmap endorsed by the cabinet in August. Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia Shamsul Bari...
By Abdullahi Kulane December 24, 2013 Somalia turmoil has taken deep root. The current trend of fragile governing structure, corruption, lack of reliable justice system among many other challenges will reverse the progress made thus far by the government. These daunting...
Monday, 23 December 2013 Press Release: IFRC Nairobi, 22 December 2013 – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency appeal of 2.4 million Swiss Francs to assist 23,100 people affected by a tropical...
Dozens of families have been moved out of the ruined building A project has been launched in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to rebuild the country's national library. Dozens of displaced families had been sheltering inside the building which has been...
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• Somali men carry the body of a Syrian doctor for transport to Madina hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. A Somali official says suspected al-Qaida-linked militants have ambushed a convoy carrying doctors near Somali capital, killing six...
MOGADISHU, Somalia—The top United States State Department official for Africa is urging Somalia's government to do more to protect its most vulnerable people, especially women, and to respect the rule of law. Assistant Secretary of State Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who is...
December 14, 2013 As al Shabaab is cleared from more parts of Somalia more information is getting out about how the Islamic terrorists operated when they controlled most of southern Somalia after 2009. As long suspected, al Shabaab financed its...
EU Commissioner said , "EU doesn't trust the corruption overburdened regime in Mogadishu" Somalia, ex-Italian Somalia, is the most corrupt state in the world, according to the latest index compiled by the Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International. U.N. and EU are...
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