Somalia: At least 10 Die in Bombing at Restaurant in Mogadishu

A car packed with explosives rammed into a popular restaurant in Somalia's capital on Friday night, and police said at least 10 people were killed and more than 30 wounded. Read more »

Somalia: UN Condemns Blast in Somali Capital

The UN mission in Somalia has strongly condemned the vicious Al-Shabaab attack on 5 March in Mogadishu. Read more »

Somalia: Turkey Condemns Bomb Attack in Somalia

Turkey on Friday condemned the deadly suicide car bomb attack that hit Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Read more »

Somalia: Talks On Electoral Process Collapse

Talks between the Somali government and opposition presidential candidates have collapsed, but some progress in the negotiations has resulted in relative calm in the past few days,… Read more »

Somalia: Dozens Killed in Mogadishu Car Bombing

A suicide car bomb exploded just outside a restaurant near the port in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and triggering gunfire,… Read more »

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Launches a Brazen Attack On Bosaso Police Jail

At least two people have been killed and three others wounded in an attack by suspected militants early Friday on a prison in the port city of Bosaso in Somalia's Bari province. Read more »

Somalia: UN - 20 Migrants Die After Thrown Overboard En Route to Yemen

The International Organization for Migration says at least 20 migrants are dead after smugglers threw 80 overboard during a voyage from Djibouti in East Africa to Yemen. Read more »

Africa: Somali, AU Military Chiefs Visit Troops to Plan Joint Operations

Senior African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) military chiefs visited the Ugandan troops in the southern region as part of efforts to plot joint… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia Imposes Strict Measures to Curb Spread of Covid-19

Somalia on Wednesday imposed strict measures to stem the second wave of COVID-19 in the country, banning large public gatherings for 30 days and closing schools and universities,… Read more »

Somalia: Journalist Kilwe Adan's Conviction By Military Court a "Miscarriage of Justice", Rolls Back Puntland's Democratisation Process

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) rejects in totality, the conviction of freelance journalist Kilwe Adan Farah today, by a military tribunal in Garowe, capital of… Read more »

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Executes 5 People for Spying

The Somali-based al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group al-Shabaab has executed five people in the southern town of Jilib in Somalia's Middle Juba region. Read more »

Somalia: MP Dies of Covid-19 in Mogadishu

A member of the Somali national assembly Ahmed Dhimbil has passed away after contracting the Covid-19 in Mogadishu. Read more »

Africa: AU Urges Member States to Ensure Safe Elections During Covid-19 Pandemic

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has called on AU member states, which organize elections during the COVID-19 era, to ensure safe situations in line with… Read more »

Somalia: Troops Kill 10 Al-Shabaab Militants

Somali National Army's(SNA) elite forces on Tuesday killed ten al-Shabab militants and injured several during a special operation near Jowhar town, the administrative capital of… Read more »

Somalia: Somali Premier Appoints Committees to Probe Clashes

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble appointed two committees late Monday to investigate clashes on Feb. 19 between government forces and opposition protesters in the… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia Seeks to Reintroduce Covid-19 Restrictions

The Somali Ministry of Health on Monday said it's planning to reintroduce COVID-19 restriction measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus amid the resurgence of… Read more »

Somalia: Deadlier 2nd Wave Makes Face Masks Mandatory in Somalia

Somalia on Monday made the face masks mandatory after rising in COVID-19 cases amid a deadlier second wave. Read more »

Somalia: Hearing Kenya-Somalia Case On Zoom Insecure

Covid-19 pandemic has stretched its virulent hands over all aspects of life, threatening to wring the productivity out of anything that doesn't employ the necessary steps to adapt… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Recalls 1,000 Retired Soldiers for Deployment in Somalia

More than 1,000 Uganda People's Defense Forces - UPDF soldiers under the Reserve Forces have been recalled for deployment in Somalia. Read more »

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Militants Dead in Army Operation

At least nine al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in Somalia Sunday when the al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group mounted an attack Sunday morning on an army base in the country's… Read more »

Somalia: Bomb Blast Targets Local District Commissioner in Mogadishu

A landmine explosion in the Somali capital targeted a local district commissioner in the second bomb blast in Mogadishu city on Sunday, police said. Read more »

Somalia: An Explosion Heard in Somali Capital

An IED blast was reported in the vicinity of the former Turkish embassy building near the KM4 junction in the Somali capital, Mogadishu on Sunday morning. Read more »

Somalia: Turkish Red Crescent Donates 10 Ventilators to Somalia

The Turkish Red Crescent has donated 10 ventilators to the Somali Health Ministry, the Turkish embassy in the capital Mogadishu said on Friday. Read more »

Somalia: Scores of Yemen Refugees Arrive in Somalia

Scores of Yemeni refugees, mostly women, and children, arrived in Somalia's coastal city of Bosaso, Somali authorities announced on Wednesday, according to the Yemen Shabab, an… Read more »

Somalia: AMISOM and Somalia Forces Attack Al-Shabaab Bases in Lower Shabelle Region

In Joint offensive operations last week, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops and Somalia Security Forces (SSF) attacked several locations used as hideouts by the… Read more »