In the Valley of Death: Somaliland’s Forgotten Genocide

Human remains in Somaliland's Valley of Death. (Photo courtesy of the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team, led by Franco Mora)
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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...

Berbera Port Brewing Tension Between Somaliland and Somalia

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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...

Somalia: US air strike ‘kills 60 al-Shabab fighters’

Al-Shabab still controls parts of Somalia's south and central regions after being chased out of Mogadishu [File: AP]
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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...

Statement by the AU Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira, on the first anniversary of last October’s heinous bomb attack on Mogadishu

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Today is a special day of remembrance and prayer, for the more than 587 fallen Somali brothers and sisters; and the 316 who sustained...

At Least 11 Dead in Restaurant Suicide Bombing in Somalia

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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...

UAE violating Somalia arms embargo: Report

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Abu Dhabi also accused of building an army base in Somaliland, according to an unpublished UN report seen by Al Jazeera.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...

Somalia:NGOs urge opposition to election of rights abusers at UNHRC

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Six candidates deemed "Unqualified": Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Eritrea, Philippines & Somalia GENEVA, October 8, 2018 - Ahead of Friday's UN election of 18 nations to...

UK Minister for Africa makes maiden visit to Somaliland and Somalia

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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...

European dream costs arm and leg

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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...

Somalia stalemate likely to go on despite Hirshabelle relenting

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By FRED OLUOCH More by this Author The political stalemate in Somalia is likely to continue despite the state of Hirshabelle announcing that it will co-operate...