Thirty years ago, the US-backed Somali government slaughtered an estimated 200,000 people. Now survivors want US help uncovering the crimes.
By Ismail Einashe and Matt Kennard
On a hot...
The expansion of the Somaliland’s port of Berbera is brewing tension between the Somaliland government and Somalia over the ownership of the territory.
But Somaliland...
![Al-Shabab still controls parts of Somalia's south and central regions after being chased out of Mogadishu [File: AP]](https://i0.wp.com/www.somalilandcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/afb468d4a03548f1aeb222de6cd8a0c6_18.jpg?resize=696%2C385&ssl=1 "Somalia: US air strike ‘kills 60 al-Shabab fighters’")
Friday's air strike in Mudug province is the deadliest US attack since a November 2017 attack, which killed about 100.
A US military air strike against the al-Shabab group...
Today is a special day of remembrance and prayer, for the more than 587 fallen Somali brothers and sisters; and the 316 who sustained...
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which controlled Baidoa between 2009 and 2012 before being...
Abu Dhabi also accused of building an army base in Somaliland, according to an unpublished UN report seen by Al Jazeera.
A new report by...
Six candidates deemed "Unqualified": Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Eritrea, Philippines & Somalia
GENEVA, October 8, 2018 - Ahead of Friday's UN election of 18 nations to...
The UK’s Minister for Africa, Harriett Baldwin MP, made her first trip to Somaliland and this weekend, visiting Hargeisa and Mogadishu
Minister Baldwin used her...
Trafficking cartels are minting millions of shillings from desperate Kenyans looking for work in foreign capitals especially in the Gulf countries.
With promises of well-paying...
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The political stalemate in Somalia is likely to continue despite the state of Hirshabelle announcing that it will co-operate...