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, […]
Suicide bomber kills at least seven in Somali tea shop; al-Shabaab claims responsibility
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters A suicide bomber set off an explosion at a shop selling tea in Somalia’s capital on Friday, killing at least seven people, a witness and medical personnel. Police put the number of dead at five. Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media unit Shahada News […]
Somalia asks UN to delay peacekeeper drawdown after “significant setbacks”
United NationsReuters Somalia has asked the United Nations to pause a planned drawdown of 3,000 African Union peacekeepers for three months to allow its security forces time to regroup after a militant attack forced them to withdraw from several recently captured towns. The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), which is mandated by the […]
Wow!: Somalia’s first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos
ABDI SHEIKH, of Reuters, reports from Mogadishu on the work of Bilan…
Somalia aid theft – a daily reality for country’s most vulnerable
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters For Somalis who reached the Muri camp in the capital Mogadishu after fleeing hunger and conflict in the countryside, the $US130 per month they were promised to feed their families was a godsend – before they learnt there was a catch. “After the aid agency that brought the money leaves, the chairman of […]
EU temporarily holds back food aid in Somalia after UN records widespread theft
United Nations/Nairobi, Kenya/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a UN investigation found widespread theft and misuse of aid, which had been meant to avert a famine. The European Commission gave more than $US7 million in […]
Suicide bomber kills at least 30 soldiers in Somali capital – military sources
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters A suicide bomber killed at least 30 soldiers and wounded scores more inside a military academy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by the al-Shabaab militant group. A military campaign launched by government forces and allied militiamen last year has forced the al-Qaeda-linked group from […]
End of Black Sea grains deal promises pain for Africa’s neediest
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Russia’s announcement that it was withdrawing from a pact that allowed Ukrainian grains to leave Black Sea ports sent a shiver through poorer countries, many of which are already reeling from inflation, climate shocks and conflict. The Black Sea grains deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July, 2022, helped bring […]
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 […]
Al-Shabaab attacks African peacekeepers in Somalia, big death toll feared
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Islamist al-Shabaab militants attacked a military base housing Ugandan forces with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia on Friday, and a Somali army captain said both sides suffered heavy casualties. Al-Shabaab has since 2006 has been fighting to topple the Horn of Africa country’s Western-basked government and establish its own rule based […]