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Meet the khat-chewing, rifle-toting volunteer army that forms Kenya’s first line of defense against the Somali terrorist group. BY WILL…
Few countries have done more to provide a safe haven for refugees than Kenya. And few countries have suffered the…
Mogadishu, 22 May 2016 – The United Nations, the African Union (AU), the Inter-GovernmentalAuthority on Development (IGAD), the European Union…
Kenya will proceed to shut down the Dadaab refugee camp as a matter of national security, United Nations Security Council…
The wall the Government is building along the Kenya-Somalia border is not aimed at deterring movements of people but to…
19 May 2016 – The United Nations Security Council concluded a one-day visit to Somalia today by reaffirming its solidarity…
Somali forces have launched air and ground assaults on an Al-Shabab base in southern Somalia. Somalia’s intelligence agency tweeted on…
Starting in autumn 2017 the University of Helsinki will offer Somali philology as a full study programme, complete with a…
Mogadishu, 14 May 2016 – The United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the…
Dadaab was meant as a temporary home for Somalis fleeing their country’s civil war. Twenty five years later, it’s home…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion of the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) has expressed its grave reservation…
The government has announced it will spend Sh1 billion to repatriate refugees, as the country enhances its fight against terrorism.…
The United States has raised concern over the Kenyan government’s declaration last week that it will close the Dadaab and…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comparison of southern Kerala state with Somalia has angered politicians and social media users. Mr…
The UN Refugee Agency is calling on the Government of Kenya to reconsider its recent announcement that it intends to…
A suicide car bomb at Mogadishu’s traffic police headquarters killed at least two officers on Monday, Somali police said, and…
MOGADISHU, Somalia — For years they were children at war, boys given rifles and training by al-Qaeda-backed militants and sent…
Pro-Islamic State Somali militants have grown in numbers and are receiving financial and military support from Yemen, a top intelligence…
The UN Security Council will travel to Somalia this month to show support for elections scheduled in August, Egypt’s UN…
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has confirmed a 21-year-old Somali female refugee has set herself alight on Nauru.…
