Category: Somalia News & Reports in English
Somalia: U.S. military builds up in land of ‘Black Hawk Down’ disaster
The Pentagon now has its largest military presence in war-torn Somalia since the deadly battle in 1993.
“Puntland was the example we used," Bolduc [...]
THE FLOUNDERING PRESIDENCY OF DR. ABDIWELI GAAS: PART II
November 18, 2017
By Faisal Roble
The Curse of Karma
Each culture or religious fortitude and its respective stoicism has a built-in Karma: [...]
US Forces Target al-Shabab Militants Outside Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA —
U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabab Friday night, killing several militants outside Mogadishu, according to [...]
2 November 2017: Report on Somalia of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea
Key NOTES:
147. During a May 2017 mission to Somaliland, a senior Cabinet Member told the
Monitoring Group that the Somaliland administration had [...]
The UN and Genocide by Starvation in Somalia
According to just released information sourced from the UN’s Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the FSNAU between October 2015 and
April 20 [...]
Somali Port Shut as Cargo Handlers Oppose P&O Ports Fee Increase
A dispute over increased port charges in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region resulted in the Dubai-run harbor being shut for more than a week, l [...]
Abukar Arman: Straight Talk On Somalia Insecurity
There is a broad-based consensus that security in Somalia has been deteriorating at an alarming rate. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people have b [...]
IGAD: Draft Protocol on Free Movement of Persons in the IGAD Region
Click Here >>> Riix HALKAN [...]
Sanbalooshe (NYT Opinion): Somalia Doesn’t Need Tears. Help Us Fight Terrorism.
By ABDILLAHI MOHAMED SANBALOOSHE | OCTOBER 26, 2017
MOGADISHU, Somalia — On Oct. 14, a truck carrying about two tons of homemade explosives [...]
Can Somalia Ever Win Against al-Shabab?
From the ashes of the country’s deadliest terrorist attack, lasting peace seems a long way off | Alex-de-waal | October 19th, 2017
In the battle of [...]
Al Qaeda set to gain as ISIS falls
BEIRUT — Over several nights in September, some 10,000 men, women and children fled areas under Islamic State control, hurrying through fields in nort [...]
Somalia bombing may have been revenge for botched US-led operation
Officials investigating attack that killed more than 300 people believe the bomber may have been motivated by desire for revenge for a raid in August [...]