Somalia

Somali pirates take over Somali vessel to use as mothership: Police

Mar 24, 2017 14:42

Pirates have seized control of a Somali fishing boat to use as a base from which to attack larger ships, police said on Friday, a week after Somali pirates hijacked their first commercial vessel since 2012.
Somali pirates suspected of hijacking oil tanker

Mar 14, 2017 14:19

Suspected pirates boarded a Sri Lankan-flagged tanker and forced its crew to change course towards the northeastern Somali coast, an expert on piracy in Somalia said Tuesday.
Kenya forces kill about 60 ash-Shabab terrorists in Somalia

Mar 02, 2017 16:16

Kenyan troops have killed nearly 60 suspected members of the al-Qaeda-linked ash-Shabab terrorist group during a fierce fighting in southern Somalia, a Kenya’s military spokesman says.
Somali president Farmajo appoints Khayre as new prime minister

Feb 23, 2017 16:46

Somalia’s new president has picked Hassan Ali Khayre, a former aid worker and oil executive, to serve as the prime minister in the war-torn country.
Car bomb blast kills 39, wounds about 50 in Somali capital

Feb 19, 2017 15:12

At least 38 people have lost their lives and about 50 others have been wounded in a car bomb explosion in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, officials and witnesses say.
Famine ‘threatens hundreds of thousands’ in Somalia

Feb 16, 2017 10:05

The United Nations (UN)’s former special representative for Somalia has warned of the looming threat of famine in the Horn of Africa country, calling for immediate action to stop a potential humanitarian disaster.
Somalia ‘plans to file legal complaint against UAE’ over Somaliland base

Feb 15, 2017 14:16

Somalia’s internationally-backed government is reportedly planning to file a legal case against the rulers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for setting up a military base in the unrecognized breakaway republic of Somaliland.
Terrorist attack on Somali hotel on election day

Feb 08, 2017 05:27

A terrorist attack by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants on a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Bosasso has left four guards and two assailants dead.
Czech judge dismisses hijab ban complaint by Somali refugee woman

Jan 27, 2017 14:27

A judge in the Czech Republic has rejected a complaint lodged by a young Muslim woman banned from wearing hijab to school.
Ash-Shabab terrorists clash with peacekeepers in Somalia

Jan 27, 2017 10:47

Takfiri ash-Shabab terrorists have clashed with Kenyan soldiers at a military base in a remote southwestern region of Somalia.