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World
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Africa
5/6/2021 6:29:12 PM
Somalia said in a statement it and Kenya were resuming ties on the basis of 'non-interference in each other’s affairs'
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World
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Africa
5/1/2021 7:25:49 PM
The crisis has raised fears that al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents could exploit a security vacuum if state forces split along clan lines and turn on each other
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World
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Africa
4/29/2021 8:38:21 PM
One of the two refugee camps in northern Kenya, Dadaab, close to the sensitive border with war-racked Somalia, was set up in 1991. In 2011, amid famine and chaos in Somalia, it was the world's largest camp
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World
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Africa
4/28/2021 3:19:37 PM
Earlier this month, the lower house of parliament voted to extend his four-year term by another two years. The Senate rejected the move, provoking a political crisis
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World
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Africa
4/26/2021 8:51:22 PM
The presidential term extension has also irked foreign donors, who have backed his fragile government in the hope of bringing long-needed stability to the Horn of Africa nation largely in turmoil since a 1991 civil war
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World
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Africa
4/26/2021 8:14:36 PM
The clashes came after President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed failed to hold scheduled elections and instead extended his mandate by two years
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World
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Africa
3/25/2021 2:55:25 PM
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab has, in the past, conducted similar attacks on the base and airport
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World
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Africa
3/24/2021 1:32:00 PM
The Dadaab and the Kakuma refugee camps in northern Kenya together host more than 410,000 people, a small proportion of whom are from South Sudan
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World
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Africa
3/13/2021 10:14:38 AM
Somalia missed a deadline to hold an election by February 8, when President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, better known by his nickname Farmajo, was due to step down, sparking a constitutional crisis in the already-fragile state
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Opinion
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Test Page
3/10/2021 9:26:00 PM
The aggressive tone of Ethiopian diplomacy with regard to Sudan or the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in no way serves the best interests of the Ethiopian people
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Egypt
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Politics
3/7/2021 10:56:00 AM
A statement by the foreign ministry offered condolences to the families of the dead and wished a speedy recovery for the injured
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World
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Africa
3/6/2021 9:52:41 PM
On Friday al Shabaab said they had freed 400 prisoners in a raid on the main prison in Bosaso, Puntland's largest commercial city, in the early hours of Friday
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World
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Africa
3/6/2021 12:58:00 PM
Police spokesman Sadiq Ali Adan blamed the attack on the local al-Shabab extremist group, which is linked to al-Qaida and often targets Mogadishu with bombings. The Luul Yamani restaurant also was attacked last year
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World
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Africa
3/5/2021 2:50:38 PM
Al Shabaab said it had freed at least 400 prisoners, many of them its members, in its assault on the main prison in Bosaso, Puntland's largest city, in the early hours of Friday. The authorities did not confirm that figure
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World
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Region
2/25/2021 9:00:16 PM
Many countries in the region are intensifying their counterterrorism efforts, the report noted
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Egypt
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Politics
2/20/2021 3:22:43 PM
Egypt called on the conflicting parties “to hold free and transparent elections at the earliest opportunity"
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World
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Africa
2/19/2021 9:52:12 AM
Somalia's minister of security, Hassan Hundubey Jimale, accused the opposition of starting the fighting
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World
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Africa
2/16/2021 12:52:03 PM
The name alone is enough to stir biblical fears of devastation and famine -- an insect foe that breeds prolifically and eats its own weight in food every day
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World
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Africa
2/9/2021 9:22:32 PM
'We call on Somalia's leaders to resume their dialogue urgently so that national elections can take place now,' State Department Spokesman Ned Price told reporters
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World
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Africa
2/7/2021 3:54:36 PM
A roadside bomb went off just outside the central Somalia town of Dhusamareb on Sunday, killing 12 agents working for the National Intelligence and Security Agency
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