‘Kenya has suspended direct flights from Somalia’s capital Mogadishu to Nairobi for security reasons but Somalia has asked for reconsideration, saying the decision was politically motivated.
The BBC reported on Friday that the flights had been suspended and that planes will now...
New reports show an escalation in civilian casualties from U.S. operations in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia — and a pattern of U.S. denial about the scale of the problem.
By Phyllis Bennis
“There is no military solution” is an often-heard saying...
By US Africa Command
In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia's continued efforts to degrade violent extremist organizations, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting an ISIS-Somalia encampment in the Golis Mountains, Somalia, on May 8, 2019.
In coordination with...
Introduction
Save the Children (SC) is the world's leading independent organization for children. As part of the organisation’s contribution towards ensuring every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation, Save the Children has been working with armed...
The Kenyan government has ordered the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to close the Dadaab refugee camp. It has not stated its reasons for this, but in the past it ordered similar closures on security grounds, claiming Dadaab could host terrorists from...
Doha: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Ahmed Isse Awad, underlined that his country will not enter into any alliance or bloc of any kind against Qatar and Turkey, noting that this position has made...
Mogadishu, 3 May 2019: On May 1-2, 2019, AMISOM troops in a joint military operation with the Somali National Army launched an offensive and liberated the strategic town of Bariire from the extremist group, Al-Shabaab.
The agricultural-rich Bariire, which lies...
Somali businessman Farhan Warfaa, 48, was a victim of torture when he was 17. It’s been over thirty years since he last saw his abuser. Now Warfaa will finally face him in a US court thanks to universal jurisdiction...
Puntland witnessed fourth peaceful transfer of power in January 2019 since the federal member state was created as an autonomous administration in August 1998. The new Puntland President, Mr Said Abdullahi Dani was a Planning Minister of the Somali...
Kenya needs workers. Kenya has Somali refugees who want to work. If only the government would get out of the way
The dusty streets and patchwork buildings of Ifo, one of the camps that make up Dadaab Refugee Complex in...