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Somalia-born US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was ousted from the US Foreign Affairs Committee following a vote on February 2. She has been one of...
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INSIDE VILLA SOMALIA: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says the county’s factions can find peace, political Islam need not be violent and democracy can grow. Here’s...
Somalia: US Special Forces Kill IS Leader in Cave Hideout
US forces have killed an Islamic State leader, Bilal al-Sudani, and 10 of his operatives in northern Somalia, American officials say.
He was killed after...
‘One of the World’s Cruelest Migrant Smugglers’ Arrested in Sudan
After escaping from an Ethiopian court in 2021, 39-year-old Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, whose network stretched from Somalia to Libya, was finally arrested
For East African...
The State Department’s Disingenuous Defiance of Congress on Somalia
On Dec. 23, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act into law. Despite fierce lobbying from the State Department,...
Somalia: Al-Shabaab is a Symptom, Ailment is Endemic, Present
For at least 14 years now, the militant group Al-Shabaab has terrorised the southern region of Somalia. Its ambition is to impose a tyrannical...
Shabab Kills At Least 15 People in Somalia Hirshabelle Attacks
At least 15 people were killed and more than 50 injured in three bombings Saturday in the central Hirshabelle state of Somalia, according to...
Talks Between Somalia, Al-Shabab Neither Begun Nor Asked for
The Somali government and the al-Shabab militant group have each denied having peace talks.
The denial came Saturday after Abdulfatah Kasim Mohamud, a deputy defense...
Does Al-Shabab Want to Talk with Somalia Government?
Somalia’s government claimed Saturday that the al-Shabab extremist group has for the first time asked to open negotiations, amid a military offensive the government...
Somaliland Considering Suspension of Talks with Somalia – Statement
The Republic of Somaliland will reconsider the resumption or complete suspension of talks it started with Somalia in 2012 according to a statement the...