Twenty one dead, 23 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast, UN agency official says
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Twenty-one migrants died and another 23 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday. The boat’s occupants included children, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a post on social […]
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…
Blasts in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu kill at least 10 – residents
Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters Several blasts at a popular open-air market in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 10 people and left many others injured on Tuesday, local residents told Reuters. “I have counted 10 dead people and 15 others injured. My shop is completely destroyed. The blasts took place in four places in the centre […]
Explainer – How Ethiopia’s quarrel with Somalia could destabilise Horn of Africa
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Ethiopia’s deal to lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted concern it will further destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Under a memorandum of understanding signed on 1st January, landlocked Ethiopia would lease 20 kilometres around Somaliland’s port of Berbera for 50 […]
Somalia says it’s working to rescue hostages from UN helicopter
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Somalia’s government is working to rescue the passengers of a UN helicopter that was captured by al-Shabaab militants, a spokesperson said on Thursday, but military officers said it would be difficult to access the area where they were taken. The UN-contracted helicopter was conducting an air medical evacuation when a technical problem forced […]
UN helicopter carrying “several” foreigners captured by al-Shabaab in Somalia
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Al-Shabaab militants captured a United Nations helicopter carrying two Somali men and several foreigners when it made an emergency landing in an area controlled by the Islamist group, a military official said on Wednesday. The aircraft encountered a defect shortly after taking off from Beledweyne city in central Somalia, Major Hassan Ali told […]
Death toll from Kenya’s El Nino floods jumps to 120
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Severe flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed 120 people in Kenya, while people in almost 90,000 households have been forced to leave their homes, the government said on Tuesday. The latest estimated death toll in Kenya has doubled as heavy seasonal rains following the worst drought in four decades […]
Death toll from flooding in Somalia climbs to nearly 100
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters The number of people killed by floods from heavy rains in Somalia has climbed to 96, state news agency SONNA said on Saturday. “Somalia’s flood death toll climbs to 96,” SONNA said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, adding the figure had been confirmed by Mahamuud Moallim, the head of the country’s […]
Once-in-a-century flooding swamps Somalia after historic drought – UN
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters The United Nations has described floods that uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa following a historic drought as a once-in-a-century event. A man attempts to rescue a boy from raging flood waters following heavy rains in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 9th November, 2023. PICTURE: Reuters/Feisal Omar/File […]
Worst floods in decades kill 29 in Somalia, hit towns across East Africa
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters The worst flooding to hit Somalia in decades has killed 29 people and forced more than 300,000 to flee their homes, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Wednesday, following heavy rains that have inundated towns across East Africa. Authorities have scrambled to rescue thousands of stranded people from the floodwater, which comes […]