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Somalia: Call for Urgent Action Following 'Alarming' 80% Rise in Sexual Violence
UN News, 5 August 2021
An "alarming" 80 per cent increase in sexual violence in Somalia, as documented in two recent reports by the Secretary-General, has been described as "appalling" by two UN Special… Read more »
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Somalia: Explosion Kills Three Soccer Players in Kismayo
VOA, 30 July 2021
At least three soccer players were killed, and six others injured in an explosion Friday in the southern Somali port town of Kismayo, a police officer confirmed. Read more »
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Somalia: Four Footballers Killed in Blast
Nation, 31 July 2021
Four local footballers in Somalia were killed when a powerful explosion ripped through their bus on Friday in what the country's president branded a "barbaric terror attack". Read more »
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Somalia: U.S. Military Targets Al-Shabaab With More Airstrikes
VOA, 1 August 2021
The United States military has confirmed that it carried out another airstrike against al-Shabab militants, its third in less than two weeks. Read more »
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Somalia: Why Amisom Should Stay Longer but With a Modified Mandate - Kibochi
East African, 2 August 2021
A longer but modified term of stay will help the African Union Mission in Somalia, Amisom, address issues that have in the past led to a resurgence of the al-Shabaab. Read more »
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Somalia: U.S. Lends More Airpower to Somalia's Fight Vs. Al-Shabab
VOA, 23 July 2021
Updated July 23, 2021 05:19 PM Read more »