MOGADISHU (AFP) –  At least one person was killed Saturday when a car bomb exploded in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, the latest in a string of attacks, a local official said. The car, a government vehicle, exploded near the Sanca intersection...
MOGADISHU (AFP) –  At least one person was killed and several others were wounded Wednesday when a car bomb exploded in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, the latest in a string of attacks, police said. The blast targeted a car belonging to...
AAIB Insurance has become the first insurance broker to receive a licence to trade in Somalia. The company received its 'Special Permit And Service Certificate Of Registration As A Business' from the Somali Ministry of Commerce and Industry in June. The...
Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost two years ago in Kenya and then held in Somalia have been freed, their employer Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday. Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut, 40 and 30 respectively at the time of...
Nairobi, July 18, 2013-Two Somali journalists were wounded, one critically, when they came under fire on Wednesday while covering the aftermath of a landmine explosion in the southern port city of Kismayo, according to news reports and local journalists....
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has dropped significantly for the first time since 2006 due to preventive measures deployed by the foreign warships to thwart such attacks, a global maritime body said. The report by International Chamber Commerce (ICC)...
Western commercial oil exploration in disputed areas of Somalia and discrepancies over which authorities can issue licenses to companies could spark further conflict in the African nation, U.N. monitors warned in a confidential report. In the U.N. Monitoring Group's latest...
Barclays bank plans to close about 100 UK accounts held by cash transfer businesses. These services have provided a vital lifeline for an estimated 42% of the Somali population that depend on remittances sent from families living abroad. The funds...
The government of the semi auotomunuos region of Puntland has today in a press release announced the indefinite suspension of the local government elections which were due to begin today the 15/7/2013.   The suspension of the local government elections came...
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