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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called Somalia a country with no state and which lacks “organised authority” in a televised speech in the capital, Kampala.
He said Somalia was one example but stopped at naming other...
Somali politicians have launched frantic efforts to defuse tensions after a damaging feud between the president and prime minister plunged the troubled country into fresh crisis, a lawmaker and multiple officials said Friday.
The very public spat between President Mohamed...
The Bank’s current portfolio in Somalia totals $298 million, covering operations in agriculture, water and sanitation, transport, social and energy, and multi-sectoral projects
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, June 10, 2020/ -- In early 2020, Somalia, with support from the United Kingdom...
Ibado Mohammed Abdulle, who oversees three displacement camps in Somalia’s Sool region, works to prevent violence against displaced women. Photograph: Will Swanson
Ibado Mohammed Abdulle is a counsellor, friend and campaigner for women who have been made refugees in their...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. reconnaissance drone crashed on Tuesday in southern Somalia, where African forces are fighting Islamist al Shabaab insurgents, the rebels and the provincial governor said.
Lower Shabelle region governor Abdikadir Mohamed Nur said that al...
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At least 18 people have been killed in gunbattles in the disputed southern Somalian port city of Kismayu, residents have said.
Hundreds were fleeing the clashes on Saturday, the first since...
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FCO warns that it believes terrorists are in the final stage of planning attacks in Mogadishu.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice on Somalia has been changed to reflect concerns...
Kampala, Uganda: Former Uganda Vice President Dr. Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe has today told Somali Women Parliamentarians that issues of women are the same irrespective of whichever tribe they originate from. She in fact suggested to them that the only ‘tribes’...
Once more the region is haunted by the conjectures of famine. The absence of rainfall, severe climate changes, conflicts and out-of-touch political leadership are the main driving factors.
By Khadra Yasien Ahmed
It’s a pity that people are dying of hunger...
Analysis
"Collateral damage" from the war on terror takes many forms. Civilian deaths from drone or missile strikes are the most dramatic when they come to light. Damage from the "financial war on terror" is less visible but also deadly.
As...