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Somali Islamist group al Shabaab bombed a restaurant frequented by members of the security forces in Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least three people, officials and the group said. Police said a suicide car bomb rammed the Blue Sky restaurant in the capita... More »
An air strike in northern Somalia left as many as 22 soldiers dead overnight, local officials said on Wednesday, and one region said the United States had been duped into attacking its troops. Galmudug’s Security Minister Osman Issa said 22 of his region’s sol... More »
The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern after a new delay in Somalia’s presidential and legislative elections, which the nation’s foreign minister blamed on political issues and threats from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group Al-Shabaab. Due to start... More »
Earlier this year, global security expert Robert Muggah released a report that outlined the most “fragile” cities in the world — basically, cities that were flirting with economic or physical collapse. Muggah ranked fragility based on a scale of 0-4, with 0 be... More »
Somalia’s Attorney General Ahmed Dahir put up a spirited case at the International Court of Justice against Kenya’s attempts to discredit a border row case it has petitioned the court to resolve. Kenya’s Attorney General Githu Muigai slammed Somalis as ‘ingrat... More »
Kenya is eying a free visa pact with Somalia as part of a diplomatic offshoot of the recent miraa export row with the Horn of Africa nation. At the moment, Kenyans and Somalis have to pay Sh5,000 ($50) to obtain visas that allow them to visit or to engage in c... More »
Mahakama ya Kimataifa ya Haki (ICJ) inaungwa mkono na Umoja wa Mataifa imeanda kusikilidha kesi ya ndhodho wa mpakani kachi ya Kenya na Somalia. Kesi hiyo inasikidhwa myini The Hague, Uholanzi. Mataifa hayo yanadhodhana kuhusu mpaka kachika Bahari ya Hindi. Mw... More »
Kenyan lawyers led by Attorney General Githu Muigai yesterday turned the heat on Somalia and accused the war-torn nation of ignoring a pact to resolve a boundary row. Somalia has sued Kenya at the International Court of Justice seeking fresh delimitation of th... More »
A maritime border case between Kenya and Somalia begins Monday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in what could define the ownership of an area with oil and gas potential. The ICJ will hold hearings up to Friday to consider submissions on the c... More »
A Somali National Army general and at least seven of his bodyguards were killed when a car bomb targeting their convoy detonated, a police colonel said. Abdikadir Farah , a senior police officer told Reuters that “”Military General Mohamed Roble Jimale (Goobaa... More »
Kenya could forfeit three of its 20 oil blocks in the Indian Ocean to Somalia if it loses a maritime territorial dispute brought against it. Tomorrow, Kenya begins an epic fight at the international justice city of The Hague, Netherlands, to fight claims of gr... More »
Mogadishu – Somali government troops backed by African peacekeepers have retaken control of a town close to the Kenyan border hours after its seizure by heavily-armed Shabaab jihadists, officials and witnesses said. “Somali government forces and Amisom peaceke... More »