By Ibrahim Hassan Gagale
In the Forum of UN Human Rights Commission held recently in Nairobi in December 2021, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of Somalia openly supported the genocide that Abiy Ahmed committed against his people, particularly against Tigray people, by...
BY AMANDA SPERBER
In 2013, Somalia’s federal government wanted to create a counter-terrorism combat force to take on Islamist militants al-Shabab, which seeks to overthrow the government. After negotiations with the United States, an elite special forces unit was created...
Somalia's al-Shabab fighters claim to have executed a captured Kenyan soldier and have repeated threats to kill five other hostages.
The claim of the al-Qaeda-linked group, made on Friday, could not be independently verified.
"While the mujahedeen have executed the serving...
The Italian foreign minister has made a surprise visit to Somalia in an effort to renew ties, news agencies have reported.
Giulio Terzi's visit to the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday is the first high-level visit from an official from Rome in two decades.
Welcoming Terzi, Somalia's...
PRESS RELEASE
Mogadishu, Somalia - 13 August 2014: The Acting Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Honorable Lydia Wanyoto Mutende has expressed her satisfaction at the achievements made by AMISOM in support of...
This week marks the 32nd anniversary of the the gruesome killing of 5,000 Somalis, most from the Degodia sub-clan. Writer and researcher SALAH ABDI SHEIKH argues that the massacre was a premeditated act of genocide, not a military operation...
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The Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu where a 30-hour Al-Shabaab siege left 21 people dead in August 2022. Hassan Elmi/AFP via Getty Images
By Daisy Muibu
In response to external – and at times internal – pressure, Al-Shabaab’s insurgency in Somalia has evolved...
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Mogadishu 22nd April: Burundi President, His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, today made a historic visit to Somalia to check on his forces serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission as well...
In Somalia’s complex context, a very small Christian community continues to live notwithstanding the various difficulties and challenges.
Agenzia Fides – Mogadishu, Somalia
For thirty years Somalia has been a divided country, without stable institutions, crossed by fundamentalist turmoil. In this...