The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned all US airlines from flying over Somalia deeming it too dangerous. Federal Aviation Administration has cited threats from armed group Al Shabaab to the airlines using the route saying similar attacks like... More »
Mohamed Khadar is one of the many young Somalis who are ready to join the mass immigration across the Mediterranean Sea despite the perils he will face. “Going to Europe is a means to escape from poverty,” the 19- year-old old Khadar told Xinhua in Mogadishu o... More »
Kenya should invest more in community engagements to win war on extremism, British High Commissioner to Nairobi Christian Turner has said. Dr Turner believes involving communities will be “critical part” in the war against terrorism. “This war will not be won ... More »
The United Nations refugee chief has completed a visit to Kenya and Somalia where he held successful meetings with the Presidents of both countries and discussed issues related to refugees and returnees, particularly regarding the hundreds of thousands of peop... More »
Friday, May 15 A local official in southern Somalia says al-Shabab militants have captured two government bases in the Lower Shabelle region. Lower Shabelle Governor Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur told VOA Somali service that heavily armed militants launched attacks o... More »
Somali officials say their forces have retaken two towns that al-Shabab militants briefly captured late Friday. The governor of the Lower Shabelle region, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, tells VOA’s Somali service that government troops launched a counterattack and re... More »
MOGADISHU — A UAE-funded military training centre has been opened in Somalia’s capital, with the aim of building a brigade to protect the country. Hassan Mohamud, Somalia’s president, and Mohammed Al Othman, the UAE’s Ambassador to Somalia, opened the centre f... More »
The central government of Somalia faces tough choices in dealing with regional states whereby some regional states’ leaders call the Somali President as their ‘counterpart’. The issue has also created a hot debate among Somalis who took to the social media to ... More »
Roobab ay ku diirsadeen dadka iyo duunyada ayaa siweyn uga da’ay qeybo badan oo ka tirsan gobolka J/hoose iyadoo roobabkani ay sababeen in ay istaagaan isu socodkii gaadiidka ee gobolka J/hoose. Roobabkan ayaa waxa ay siweyn uga da’een gobolka J/hoose, gaar ah... More »