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The European Union (EU) on Friday called on newly elected Somali lawmakers to tackle political and security as well as governance challenges to help rebuild the Horn of Africa nation. Welcoming the election of parliamentarians for both Upper and Lower Houses, ... More »
Waxaa maanta ka furmay Muqdisho fadhi Golaha Shacbigu ku dhegaysanayeen Musharraxiinta u tartamaya xilka Guddoonka Baarlamaanka, waxaana fadhigaas lagu dhegeystay khudbado tartamayaasha Jagada Guddoomiyaha iyo Guddoomiye Ku-xigeenka 1aad, oo ay dad badani u sh... More »
An explosion near the UNDP compound in Mogadishu this morning has left at least four people wounded, according to police and witnesses. “We can confirm that four guards working for the United Nations were injured,” Major Nur Osman, a police officer at the scen... More »
Wednesday, January 04, 2017 By Joshua Meservey Why Its Campaign of Terror Will Likely Accelerate Somali soldiers inspect the scene of a suicide car bomb attack by al Shabab in Mogadishu, September 2016. FEISAL OMAR / REUTERS Al Shabab,the al Qaeda affiliate th... More »
WASHINGTON The United States has fired back at Moscow over its meddling in the presidential election, announcing a series of tough sanctions against intelligence agencies, expulsions of agents and shutting down of Russian compounds on US soil. “I have ordered ... More »
WASHINGTON Russian intelligence agencies over the last two years blanketed Democratic Party targets with malicious emails and have likely continued such efforts after November’s elections, a US federal law enforcement report showed Thursday. The report’s relea... More »
The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States are gravely concerned over a number of decisions announced by the National Leaders... More »
The United Nations is launching a $3 million (Sh300 million) “peacebuilding” initiative in Kenya and Somalia to facilitate the voluntary departure of 3,000 refugees from the Dadaab complex. UN officials describe the 18-month-long pilot project as “unique” in i... More »
An electoral official says Somalia has decided to delay its presidential election for a fourth time amid allegations of fraud and intimidation. The vote had been set for Wednesday, but the official said Monday it likely will be Jan. 24 instead. The official sp... More »
The Swahili are a mixed group of people speaking closely related forms of Bantu speech, living on islands and coastal areas of East Africa from Brava (Baraawe), Somalia, to Kilwa, Mozambique and the Comoro Islands. Not all the dialects are mutually intelligib... More »
Britain made a secret undertaking in 1967 to defend Kenya in case of an invasion by Somalia, declassified documents recently released from the Prime Minister’s office in London reveal. The deal, known as the “Bamburi Understanding”, was a reassurance following... More »
As far as presidential positions go, Somalia must rank as one of the toughest in the world. The Horn of Africa country has been mired in conflict, poverty and Islamist insurgency over the past two decades. Somalia only established its first federal government ... More »