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Fighting in south Somalia between al Shabaab militants and government forces killed at least 24 people, while a rebel attack in the capital killed three Transport Ministry workers and a lawmaker, officials and the group said on Saturday. Al Shabaab launched an... More »
HATUTAKIWI tuwe wachoyo tunapojifunza lugha. Kile tunachofahamu tuwamegee na wengine ili kuwasaidia kuwa bora zaidi. Labda yafaa nitoe mfano uliotokea hivi karibuni huko Uingereza. Wabunge wa Bunge la Uingereza ambao ni weledi wa lugha ya Kiingereza hawaridhi... More »
Solar Seawater Distiller Turns Salt Water into Drinking Water Using Only Sunlight A genius yet very simple way to produce healthy, bacteria-free water. Italian designer Gabriele Diamanti (@GabDiamanti) has invented Eliodomestico, an eco-distiller running on so... More »
A new international bank has been launched in Mogadishu, a latest sign of life in the city after more than two decades of civil war which engulfed the bright lights of the town, making it one of the most dangerous on earth. The commencement of this new idea ha... More »
Memorandum of Conversation, East German Official with Soviet Ambassador to Ethiopia Ratanov Date: 12/07/1977 Source: SAPO-BArch, DY30 IV 2/2.035/126 Description: The memo details a conversation between Ratanov and an East German official. The talk covered the ... More »
After years in Dadaab, Ibrahim Hussein is one of many refugees facing a return to Somalia after the Kenyan government’s order to close the camp For Ibrahim Hussein, it was the final blow. When the Kenyan government ordered the closure of the Dadaab refugee cam... More »
“Of course, I think about the instability, I think about the insecurity, I think about the challenges that lie ahead, but I think these challenges face women wherever they are,” said future Somalian presidential candidate Fadumo Dayib, who is graduating from t... More »
U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM AGENCIES have long been preoccupied with the threat posed by the recruiting successes of the Somali terrorist group al Shabaab in Western countries. The group has managed to lure hundreds of foreign fighters — including some 40 Americans ... More »
Baidoa is not the Somali capital (Mogadishu), which was taken by the UIC in July. But it is the home of the UN-sponsored transitional federal government (TFG), formed in 2004 in Kenya. The transitional administration could never establish itself in Mogadishu, ... More »
Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Peace and Security Council on Somalia. I am glad to be doing so with my friend and colleague, Ambassador Maman Sidikou. Tomorrow we will be briefing the UN Security Council together. The AU-UN partnership in Somalia... More »
Madaxweynaha maamulka Jubbaland Axmed Maxamed Islaam ayaa isku Shaandheyn ku sameeyay qaar ka mid ah golahiisa wasiirada, waxaana qaarkood look ala wareejiyay xilalka ay kala hayeen wasiirada. Isku shaandheynta ayaa lagu sameeyay wasaaradaha kala ah wasaaradda... More »
One of the most senior figures to defect from Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab has urged his former colleagues to stop targeting civilians and to begin negotiations with the Somali government. In his first interview with a foreign journalist,... More »