Twin bomb blasts kill 20, injure many others in Somalia’s Kismayo
At least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in double bomb attacks, which rocked port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. The first bomb went off on Sunday morning near an...
View ArticleSomali Canadian turning Canadian Al Shabab
Investigative reporter Michelle Sheppard’s excellent reporting into Somalia’s Al Shabab’s activities, revealing that many Canadians have joined the fight, is most troubling. I have to wonder if this is...
View ArticleEthiopian court finds 10 including one Kenyan guilty of terror charges
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ten men were found guilty Tuesday by an Ethiopian court of plotting terror attacks with Islamist extremist rebels from neighboring Somalia. Judge Bahiru Darecha said the group was...
View ArticleAre 15 people aprehended by Ethiopian security truly Al Qaeda, Shabab trained...
By Keffyalew Gebremedhin Quoting Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Aaron Maasho of Reuters was the first on January 2nd to report about the arrest by Ethiopian police of 15...
View ArticleAl-Shabab militants in Somalia post alleged photo of French commando killed...
An image posted online on Jan. 14, 2013 by Islamic militants in Somalia allegedly shows the body of a French commando who was killed in a failed raid aimed at freeing a French hostage. / YouTube...
View ArticleSomali Al-Shabab Threatens to Kill Kenyan Hostages
A Somali militant group says it will execute several Kenyan hostages unless Kenya heeds its demands to free Muslims arrested on terrorism charges. Militant group al-Shabab issued its ultimatum on a...
View ArticleSomalia’s al-Shabab opens new Twitter account
Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group has opened a new Twitter account in English, less than two weeks after its previous account was suspended. A senior al-Shabab official told the BBC that the...
View ArticleSomalia: Time to catch up with the rest of Africa
By Bashir Goth In its issue, 2nd -8th March 2013, The Economist magazine drew a rosy picture of Africa in a 14-page special report of what it described as “the world’s fastest growing continent,” with...
View ArticleSomali rebels stone to death man for sexual act
Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia — A militant official and a Somali resident say al-Shabab fighters have stoned to death a man for carrying out a homosexual sex act. The resident, Yusuf Abdi, said...
View ArticleUS Posts Bounty on American Militants in Somalia
U.S. citizens Omar Shafik Hammami (R) and Jehad Serwan Mostafa are seen in undated FBI handout photos. NAIROBI — The U.S. State Department has offered $5 million rewards for information about two...
View ArticleIn Somalia, a window of opportunity
It’s a new day in Somalia. That’s the message I took away from a trip to the capital city of Mogadishu earlier this year. We have our best opportunity in more than two decades to help stabilize Somalia...
View Article16 killed in assault on Somali Supreme Court, including 9 Islamic extremist...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Nine al-Shabab Islamic extremists, most wearing suicide vests, stormed Somalia’s main court complex on Sunday while the Supreme Court was in session, firing a barrage of bullets...
View ArticleBriefing: Somalia, federalism and Jubaland
(IRIN) – Moves to bring three regions in the deep south of Somalia together into the state of Jubaland have turned into a tussle with the central government, with regional powerhouses Kenya and...
View ArticleUK soldier killing suspect “Adebolajo” arrested in 2010 near border with Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya – A suspect in last week’s savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 while apparently preparing to train and fight with al-Qaida-linked Somali...
View ArticleSomalia: Raskamboni Militia challenges US, UN credibility
The United States of America, the United Nations and the UN Security Council spearheaded, supported, mediated and finally validated the legitimacy and integrity of the constitutional process which...
View ArticleEritrean consulate in Toronto defied UN arms embargo with ‘illicit revenue...
TORONTO — An investigation by United Nations monitors has found that the Eritrean consulate in Toronto was collecting money for the African country’s military as recently as January in violation of an...
View Article39 killed in Kenya terrorist attack – photos
AP Photo/Jonathan KalanCivilians who had been hiding during the gun battle hold their hands in the air as a precautionary measure before being searched by police, inside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi,...
View ArticleKenya: Terrorists threaten hostages’ lives
Kenyan soldiers take cover after heavy gunfire near Westgate mall in Nairobi. (Carl de Souza, AFP/Getty Images / September 23, 2013) By Robyn Dixon A terrorist group holding hostages in a Nairobi...
View ArticleSomalia food shortages worsened by NGO policy and anti-terrorism laws
By Mohamed Mubarak As the UN warns of an impending famine in Somalia, it is important to look at the track record of aid organisations in responding to emergencies in the country. This will help...
View ArticleAgain Somalia relapses into hostilities and despair
In addition to ongoing war against terrorist group Al Shabab, looming famine that would affect million people, and intense polarization engendered by the compulsory clan federalism, Somalia suffers...
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