New report sheds light on how $1 bln was stolen in Somalia
Despite multiple efforts to combat corruption, a recent report by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia said that the systematic misappropriation, embezzlement and outright...
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Suicide truck bomb hits African troop base in Somalia
Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group rammed a suicide truck bomb into a military base of African AMISOM peacekeeping troops on Tuesday in the area of...
Somali minister underrates local education system as ‘substandard’
Following the outbreak of civil war in Somalia 1991, private education sectors have made a significant contribution to the rehabilitation and development of the education...
Officials: Ethiopia set to deploy paramilitary troops in Somalia’s Kismayo town
by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – The Ethiopian government is planning to deploy 4000 Somali-ethnic paramilitary troops in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo...
EXCLUSIVE: Returning Somali refugees feel trapped, betrayed by UNHCR
by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com KISMAYO – For Ambaro Hassan, the reality of leaving Dadaab camp in which she lived for more than 13 years was...
Amid security challenges, Somalia removes 1,500 intel officers
by Jeff Mwaura, jeff@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – Somalia’s intelligence chief fired 1,500 intelligence officers including the Mogadishu chief in a new major shakeup of the country’s...
Amid UAE rivalry, Turkey to open first Africa military base in Mogadishu
NAIROBI – Turkey has set up its first African base in the Somali capital to train the fractured Somali army after more than two decades...
‘False tipoff’ triggered US airstrike on Somali regional forces – Sources
by Jeff Mwaura, jeff@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – Acting on a false intelligence tipoff by the northern Somalia regional state of Puntland that heavily armed militants were...
Amid frustrations, donors push for AMISOM replacement initiative
by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – Last week, the European Union has agreed to pay out more than 178 million Euros to the African Union...
A lesson in Somali, Kenya history.
by Sanya Noel Lima Somalia has quite an interesting history. This photo is of Captain Asli Hassan Abade when she became the first female military pilot...
