Topical Focus: Somalia
Kenya's military operation has helped erode Al-Shabaab's control of southern Somalia, contributing to "internal divisions and diminished local support". Read more »
The self-declared Republic of Somaliland is grappling with high child and maternal mortality rates, malnutrition and inadequate medical personnel, health officials say. Read more »
Top Headlines
- Somalia: Famine Over, Says UN (UN News)
- Somalia: Country World's Most Failed State, Says UK Foreign Secretary Hague in Mogadishu (RFI)
- Kenya: US Intelligence Praises Raid on Al-Shabaab (Nation)
- Somalia: Famine Ends, but Situation Still Dire (FAO)
- Africa: Britain's Thumbs Up to Somalia Mission (Nation)
- Somalia: Somaliland and the London Conference On Somalia (Fahamu)
- Kenya: Bring Our Soldiers in Somalia Back Home (Nation)
- Somalia: Farming Prospects Prompt Thousands to Return Home (UNHCR)
- Kenya: Probe Starts On Citizens Spying for Al-Shabaab (Nation)
- East Africa: Eunavfor, Nato and Russian Navies Exercise Together Off the Horn of Africa (EU Navfor)
- Somalia: Kenyan Army Hinder Business and Public Activities in Madera Town (Shabelle)
- Somalia: International Committee of the Red Cross Remains Fully Committed to Helping the Needy (Shabelle)
- Somalia: Tense Fighting Mounts in Southwestern Towns (Shabelle)
- Tanzania: AU Wants International Criminal Court Role Defined (Citizen)
- Kenya: Former AP Seized Over Militia Links (Nation)
- Somalia: Stop Harassing Asylum Seekers (Shabelle)
- Somalia: Mortality Rates Among World's Highest (IRIN)
- Somalia: NUSOJ Outraged Over Live Radio Broadcast That Exposed Journalists to Danger (IFEX)
- Kenya: Defence Minister Calls for More Troops in Somalia (Nation)
- Africa: Journalist's Murder Highlights Country's Notoriety As Most Dangerous Place in Africa for Media (IFEX)
- Somalia: UN Mission Relocates to Mogadishu (ISS)
- Somalia: Sexual Violence Increases in Displaced Camps (IRIN)
- Somalia: Militants Ban Red Cross Aid (IRIN)
- Somalia: Explosion Rocks At TFG, AU Military Convoy in Capital (Shabelle)
- Somalia: UN Envoy Deplores Murder of Radio Station Director (UN News)
- Somalia: Signs of Hope in a Shattered State (African Arguments)
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