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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was elected America’s 45th president Tuesday, an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters’ economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexua... More »
Somalia’s legislative elections missed a key deadline two weeks ago, risking a third delay and raising more serious questions about whether the deeply troubled country will ever make it out of its open-ended transition phase to become a real democracy. Four of... More »
Donald Trump on Sunday warned darkly of the danger posed by Somali migrants in Minneapolis, a deeply segregated city that has the largest Somali-American community. “Here in Minnesota, you’ve seen first hand the problems caused with faulty refugee vetting, wit... More »
Ilhan Omar is poised to make history. On Nov. 8, she is set to become the first elected Somali-American woman in the country. She’s running for a seat in the Minnesota House, and with no opponent on the ballot, is virtually assured victory. She won her August ... More »
Saturday November 5, 2016 photoj1Fighting between forces from Somalia’s Galmudug and Puntland states broke out in the central town of Galkayo earlier this week despite a ceasefire, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on S... More »
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group remains capable of launching large-scale attacks despite claims that the insurgency is weakening, a UN report warned Friday. The Islamist group carried out six sophisticated hotel attacks in Mogadishu from November 2015 ... More »
Abdi Aden, a herder in Halwa village in north-eastern Somalia’s Bari region, is feeding his 20 remaining sheep, 35 goats and nine camels on cardboard soaked with water. There is no pasture in the area, after two virtually dry years. The anticipated ‘deyr’ rain... More »
More than 800 soldiers have left the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) since the Somalia operation began in 2011. KDF Director of Prosecution Brigadier Kenneth Okoki Dindi told a Mombasa court that the soldiers left for various reasons, including desertion. In a swor... More »
With militant group al-Shabaab waging war and the government suppressing press freedom, being a journalist in Somalia is a difficult, and even life-threatening, job. The Committee to Project Journalists’ 2016 Global Impunity Index “spotlights countries where j... More »
e man sentenced to 16 years and two to eight years after girls as young as 14 were subjected to ‘degrading and violent’ abuse Three men have been jailed for their part in an inner-city sex ring involving the abuse, rape and trafficking of young girls. Victims ... More »
Mogadishu, 30 October 2016 — The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United Statesare deeply concerned over continuing allegations of corruption in Soma... More »
he president of the region, Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, said his administration would push back against the militants, who faced little opposition when they took over Qandala. “Puntland always defended itself, and is going to defend itself,” he said. “Daesh cann... More »