The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland. Any British nationals in Somalia should leave.
There is a high threat from terrorism, including kidnapping, throughout Somalia, including Somaliland. Terrorist groups have made threats against...
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive
UNITED NATIONS, June 22 – In Somalia the UN Mine Action Service is passing along genetic information from bombings to US intelligence agencies, in a move some say has endangered the lives of UN personnel.
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The EU will accept the request of the Federal Republic of Somalia to accede to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement ("Cotonou Agreement"), was decided at the last foreign affairs Council of the European Union the Union, held on 27-28 May...
Fate of Somali government affairs has taken a sharp turn towards deeper, dysfunctional, darker and bottomless hole; instead of cultivating collaboration with fallow brothers and sisters in just short time they managed to further divide the country, alienate dissent...
Twenty killed during gun battle with Somali militants as staff try to flee to secure bunker
The United Nations' gradual, peaceful return to Somalia was shattered this morning as a truck full of explosives was detonated at the front gates...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pick-up truck rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N. compound in Somalia's capital Wednesday, launching a bombs-and-gunfire assault that saw militants pour into the complex, killing at least...
CPJ launches 2012-2013 Journalists in Exile special report
New York, June 19, 2013-Fifty-five journalists from 21 countries fled their homes due to violence, imprisonment, and death threats in the past year, according to a new report from the Committee to Protect...
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Brief History of Somalia
It is incredible, if l inform you this proclamation, that Somalia tribes are not actuality, the way established,...
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Britain has made a special effort to forge a close relationship with Somalia's new government which came into power in September 2012. This year Britain has already pledged to donate...
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At least 18 people have been killed in gunbattles in the disputed southern Somalian port city of Kismayu, residents have said.
Hundreds were fleeing the clashes on Saturday, the first since...