Policing the oceans: Somali pirates’ return adds to crisis for global shipping companies
GIULIA PARAVICINI, JONATHAN SAUL and ABDIQANI HASSAN, of Reuters, report on a resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia…
Somalia floods kill 10, displace more than 113,000 a year after drought
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Floods caused by heavy rains across parts of Somalia have displaced more than 113,000 people and “temporarily affected” hundreds of thousands, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Monday. About 10 people have died in the aftermath of the rains, and the government has declared a statement of emergency, […]
36 dead in violence in Somalia’s Puntland and Lower Shabelle regions – witnesses
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters At least 36 people died on Tuesday in violence across Somalia that involved heavy fighting in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland and bomb explosions in the country’s Lower Shabelle region, witnesses said. In Puntland, heavy fighting broke out early Tuesday in the state capital Garowe as the local parliament debated changes to the […]
“I’m looking for God to help”: Somalia’s most powerful storm leaves traders, herders devastated
Garowe, Somalia Thomson Reuters Foundation Electronics shop owner Mohamed Nor had a thriving business selling televisions and phones in Somalia’s coastal town of Bosaso until three days ago, when the most powerful storm to hit the country hammered his business and left him with nothing. “I had a booming shop in downtown Bosaso. It has […]