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Aid slow to arrive for people in northern Somalia fleeing Las Anod fighting
Hundreds of thousands of people are stranded in Somalia’s drought-hit countryside after fleeing fighting in the disputed northern city of ...AU Military Staff Committee concludes fact-finding mission to Somalia
A delegation from the African Union (AU) Military Staff Committee who form part of the AU Peace and Security Council ...Eritrea rejoins East African bloc 16 years after walkout
Eritrea has rejoined the East African bloc, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), nearly 16 years after the politically isolated ...Ugandan soldiers mistook Al-Shabaab attackers for farmers in Buulo-Mareer attack
Ungandan soldiers who survived the recent Al-Shabaab attack on their base in Somalia said they mistook Al-Shabaab militants for local ...UNICEF ‘horrified’ as unexploded ordinance kills 22 children in Somalia
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it is “horrified” by the killing of 22 children by unexploded ordinance in Somalia’s ...Al-Shabaab kidnap healthcare workers in Somalia’s Hiiraan region
Al Shabaab terrorists kidnapped five healthcare professionals and a civilian man in Somalia’s central Hiiraan region on Tuesday afternoon, according ...Ten Al-Shabaab members defect to Somali gov’t
Ten Al-Shabaab members have surrendered to the Somali intelligence officers in South West regional state amid an anti-terror offensive against ...Somalia’s president in Ankara for his Turkish counterpart’s inauguration
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is in the Turkish capital Ankara for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s inauguration ceremony. The Somali ...Puntland soldiers protest over unpaid salaries
Soldiers in Somalia’s Puntland regional state on Wednesday staged a protest in Garowe, the capital of Puntland, over unpaid salaries ...Somali army repels Al-Shabaab attack, kills 30 terrorists
The Somali National Army (SNA) on Tuesday repelled an Al-Shabaab attack on the central town of Masagaway killing 30 of ...
