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Mogadishu, 4 February 2016 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, welcomes the reaction…
Mogadishu – 3 February, 2016 – Today the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for political affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, visited Somalia and held…
An explosion blasted a hole into the fuselage of a commercial airplane as it flew over Africa on Tuesday, forcing an…
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An aviation official in Somalia says a passenger jet has made an emergency landing at Mogadishu’s…
A passenger plane has made an emergency landing in Somalia’s capital with a gaping hole in its fuselage. The hole…
COMMUNIQUE OF THE 55THEXTRA-ORDINARY SESSION OF THE IGAD COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, JANUARY 30 – 31, 2016 The…
As starting point, states are often assessed against universally agreed indicators – like GDP per capita income, UNDP Human Development…
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for a review of the African Mission in Somalia (Amisom)’s mandate to change its rules…
The head of the African Union Mission in Somalia expressed “grave concern” on Thursday regarding the European Union’s recent 20…
28 January 2016 – The Security Council heard today from the top United Nations official in Somalia that success in…
Mogadishu, 28 January 2016 – Somalia’s international partners welcome the decision taken by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) on an…
A group of Somalis have held a peace rally at the site of last week’s militant Islamist attack in the…
President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday Kenya was committed to remaining part of an African Union-led peacekeeping force in Somalia,…
COMMUNIQUE ON THE ELECTORAL MODEL FOR 2016 Mogadishu, 27th January 2016—–The National Leaders Forum (NLF) was reconvened in Mogaishu on…
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari and his Somalia counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Kenya on Wednesday for an interdenominational memorial…
Attacks on aid workers delivering supplies in Somalia almost doubled in 2015 and the number killed jumped to 17 from…
Kenyan forces have pulled out from two military bases in Somalia, including one attacked by militant Islamist group al-Shabab, residents…
Preliminary findings showed the local clan might have played a role in the attack’s planning and execution. The Marehan clan…
By WAGA ODONGO Here is a growth statistic for you. In 2012, it was 51; in 2013 it was 88;…
Somalis reacted with grief and defiance on Friday after a bomb and gun assault by al-Shabaab militants on a popular…
