MOGADISHU—Hundreds of Al shabab militiamen have taken control of a strategic town in Somalia’s south-western region of Bakool located near Ethiopian border without any resistance after government soldiers withdrew earlier today.
Residents of Qurac-Jome said ,the rebels after capturing the...
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By Abdi Aynte, 22 August 2013
analysis
Higher education institutions have proliferated in Somalia during two decades of civil war. More than 50,000 students are attending some 50 universities across the country.
This exponential growth has happened largely without government oversight and...
A pirated fishing vessel that could be housing dozens of hostages is once again on the move and has been spotted close to the Somali coast, the European Union’s Naval Force Somali said Thursday.
In an update, EUNAVFOR said that...
The brother of Abdirahim Hassan, who was murdered on Wednesday in Somalia, told Swedish press that the young politician had died for his "belief in a peaceful world" in the shooting that also wounded his Swedish colleague.
"My brother stood...
Recently elected government in Mogadishu, has managed less than a year reduce to high hopes to hopelessness, suppress dissent voices, turn optimism to despair, trust to abuse , division among fallow Somalis, as it escalated civil war to new...
Ali Khaliif Galeydh who is the member of the parliament of Somalia accused the president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud having link with the outlawed organization of Somalia, Alshabaab.
Mr Galeydh who have had a long political rift with the...
Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013
NAIROBI - Abducted, drugged and gang raped in Somalia: a young mother details the most brutal of allegations against African Union troops and Somali soldiers in a case causing widespread anger.
"The soldiers raped me... I tried...
Barclays Bank recently decided to withdraw its banking services from 250 UK money transfer companies including my local Dahabshiil - severing the remittance lifeline for millions of Somalis.
This sent shock waves through my local east London Somali community because...