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‘Al-Shabaab’ Take Over Mandera Village

‘Al-Shabaab’ Take Over Mandera Village

Gunmen from Somalia, suspected to be members of Al-Shabaab, have literally taken over a village in Lafey, Mandera County. The presence of the over 30 foreigners has caused fear among villagers, hundreds of whom have left their homes. Four schools, including Gari Boys Secondary School, have also closed down. On Thursday, students of Gari Secondary […]

Somalia, Kenya Presidents Hold Talks on Al Shabab

Somalia, Kenya Presidents Hold Talks on Al Shabab

Somalia president, Hassan Sheikh has met with his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi, discussing on fighting against Al Qaeda linked Al Shabab militants in Somalia. Mr. Hassan Sheikh who returned from Abuja where he attended inauguration ceremony of Buhari and Mr. Kenyatta who returned from Tanzania for the emergency summit over political situation in […]

Four Al-Shabaab Case Women Denied Bond

Four Al-Shabaab Case Women Denied Bond

Mombasa — Four women accused of being Al-Shabaab members have been denied bond by a Mombasa court. Ms Ummulkheir Sadri Abdalla, Ms Khadija Abubakar Abdulkadir, Ms Maryam Said Aboud and Ms Halima Adan Ali will remain in custody pending the hearing of their case, the court ruled yesterday. The magistrate declined to release the accused […]

200 Somali Police Officers Complete Training in Djibouti

200 Somali Police Officers Complete Training in Djibouti

Djibouti – Two hundred Somali police officers completed their three-month training in Djibouti led by Italian carabinieri, local media reported on Sunday. The objective of this training, conducted under the auspices of cooperation between Somalia and Italy, was to reinforce the skills of these officers to fight against insecurity. The training which was the fourth […]

Somali female suicide bomber Luul Dahir

Somali female suicide bomber Luul Dahir

She was, by almost all accounts, a rather wonderful woman – smart, helpful, and engaging – and a familiar presence behind the old-fashioned wooden reception counter in the Central Hotel’s spacious lobby in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. “We made a really good connection. She was very attentive, and was doing her job very well. One […]

Women of Hargeisa: Somaliland In pictures

Women of Hargeisa: Somaliland In pictures

Photographer Alison Baskerville has recently returned from Hargeisa, in Somaliland. While there, she was struck by the women she met – from those working in the hospital, to others who have built their own businesses. Edna Adan Ismail is known as the First Lady of Somalia and was a government minister when Somaliland declared independence […]

Mogadishu’s Lido beach – Sun, surf and… grenades?

Mogadishu’s Lido beach – Sun, surf and… grenades?

Abdullah Mohammed Hassan climbed down from his perch, and strolled purposefully into the sea to rescue yet another bather who appeared to be struggling against big waves and a rocky, barbed-wire-infested shoreline at Lido beach, on the northern edge of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. “We save people here every day,” said the 46-year-old policeman – […]

Somalia outrage at remittance bans

Somalia outrage at remittance bans

Somalia’s president has lashed out at the government of neighbouring Kenya – accusing it of a “heavy-handed” approach to regional security, and specifically criticizing Kenya’s recent decision to clamp down on money transfer companies allegedly linked to the militant group, al-Shabab. In an interview with BBC News, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud described the remittance industry […]

Who really rules Somalia?

Who really rules Somalia?

Somalia has been divided into three regions each with a separate president – and each from a different clan. COMPARED to the great majority of African countries, Somalia is one characterised largely by distinctive homogeneity. Regardless of regional distribution all Somalis speak the same language, practice the same religion – virtually all belong to the […]

White Widow ‘Has Killed 400 People’ Al-Shabaab Key Figure

White Widow ‘Has Killed 400 People’ Al-Shabaab Key Figure

Samantha Lewthwaite, known as the White Widow, is at the “right hand” of terror leaders in Somalia. Spy chief says White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite is responsible for the deaths of at least 400 people, including last month’s slaughter of 148 people at a university in Kenya, according to Somali security chiefs. She is thought to […]

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