UN: Fewer refugees willing to leave Kenya’s Dadaab for Somalia
Insecurity in Somalia is diminishing the numbers of refugees willing to return home from the Dadaab camps in northern Kenya, the United Nations said recently....
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Deaths as bomber detonates in Mogadishu mayor’s office
MOGADISHU, — A suicide bomber walked into the office of Mogadishu’s mayor and detonated explosives strapped to his waist, killing six people and badly wounding...
Ordeal of Kenyans ‘slaving’ on Somali fishing vessel
Fifteen Kenyan fishermen are stuck on a vessel owned by a Somali fishing company forced to work under gunpoint without pay, seafarers lobby has said....
Somalia executes 3 over deadly 2017 hotel attack
MOGADISHU— Somalia’s military says it executed three men convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a hotel in the capital in 2017. A statement...
Somaliland accuses Somalia and Italy of frustrating its recognition status
NAIROBI – Somaliland is now accusing Somalia and its former colonial master Italy of working together in frustrating her quest for international recognition. Somaliland President...
Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Guinea over Somaliland
MOGADISHU — Somalia has cut diplomatic relations with Guinea after the head of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland visited the West African country, the foreign...
Official Kenyan tweet refers to Somaliland as a ‘country’
Kenya’s foreign ministry has referred to Somaliland as a “country” in a controversial tweet. Since Somalia’s civil war and the collapse of government in 1991,...
Al Shabaab executes man who married mother and daughter
Militant Islamist group al-Shabaab has executed a man in his seventies in southern Somalia for allegedly marrying a mother and her daughter, pro-al-Shaabab Somali Memo...
Kenya-Somalia sea row threatens terror, piracy war
Somalia has launched a diplomatic offensive against Kenya in their dispute over the Indian Ocean waters prompting the Arab League to condemn Nairobi for annexing...
Somalia: Calls for dialogue to solve maritime dispute
A group of maritime experts in Kenya have appealed to the government to shift from aggressive reaction against Somalia over the maritime dispute and embrace diplomacy...
