Tag: Somalia
Kenya postpones reopening of border with Somalia
In May, Nairobi announced that at least three border posts would be gradually reopened by July. But since then, Somali Shebab Islamists have multiplied incursions and attacks on Kenyan soil.…
The African Union force in Somalia has evacuated its first 2,000 green helmets
The planned withdrawal of the African Union military force from Somalia is progressing in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions. The African Transition Mission (Atmis) must have transferred all its…
At UN, Somali president calls for end to arms embargo
Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud has asked the UN to lift the arms embargo in place since 1992, the longest in the history of the United Nations. With our correspondent in New…
UN Security Council calls for Somaliland withdrawal from Las Anod town
In Somaliland, the battle for control of the disputed town of Las Anod is now diplomatic. Since the beginning of the year, Somaliland forces have been clashing with local clan…
US airstrikes in Somalia
Published: Less than 30 min ago full screen US warplanes attacked positions in Somalia after an earlier attack by al-Shabaab. Here, an American F-16 plane is seen escorting two F-35…
Floods kill victims in Somalia
Published: Less than 20 min ago During the week, heavy rains and flash floods hit the central parts of Somalia hard. According to initial estimates, 22 people have died and…
Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, writer between Italy and Somalia
Ubah Cristina Ali Farah was born in 1973 to a Somali father and an Italian mother. She grew up in Mogadishu until she was 18. The outbreak of civil war…
conflict escalates in Somaliland
Since the end of February, clashes have pitted the army of this self-proclaimed state against local fighters who are demanding the return of three regions (Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC))…
“A ticking time bomb” off Yemen, warns the UN
The FSO Safer, a supertanker loaded with more than a million barrels of oil, has been abandoned off the coast of Yemen since the start of the war in 2015.…
Mohamed was to be “raised” in Somalia – chained and beaten
Mohamed thought he was going to stay with relatives, but when he arrived in Mogadishu, he was put into a car and driven to the detention center. The beating began…