Tag: Somalia

Six countries, Somali Americans call for end to violence in breakaway Somaliland

March 2, 2023

Six countries have issued a joint statement expressing concern over escalating fighting in the northern breakaway region of Somaliland, as also Somali-American demonstrators called for ... Read More

Somali gov’t, al-Shabab both claim success in their operations

February 20, 2023

Somali soldiers — backed by international partners and local clan militias — have killed upwards of 350 al-Shabab militants and wounded dozens more in different ... Read More

Somali president calls for immediate ceasefire after dozens were killed in Somaliland

February 9, 2023

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called for a ceasefire after clashes in a disputed town in the breakaway region of Somaliland left at least ... Read More

Somalia, the world’s most corrupt nation owing to terrorism, armed conflict — study

February 5, 2023

Somalia sits at the bottom on the list of 180 countries of the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index by Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International, which blames ... Read More

Al-Shabab looses its grip on Somalia, yet more terrorist attacks are expected

February 1, 2023

Al-Shabab has been on a gradual retreat in Somalia since the announcement of a “total war” against the al-Qaida-affiliated militant group by Somali President Hassan ... Read More

Somalia welcomes killing of senior Islamic State official by US special forces

January 27, 2023

Somalia’s government welcomed the killing of Bilal al-Sudani, a senior Islamic State official and the group’s important financial facilitator, by the US special operations forces ... Read More

Somalia: scores killed in al-Shabab bomb attack on Mogadishu mayor’s office

January 23, 2023

Somali government forces have ended an al-Shabab siege of the Mogadishu mayor’s office and other local government facilities after the al-Qaida-linked extremists stormed the compound ... Read More

Dozens of al-Shabab militants killed as UN study warns of Somalis being “highly traumatized”

January 21, 2023

Years of political instability, prolonged violence and humanitarian crisis have left people in Somalia highly traumatized, a new health study said, as the country’s military ... Read More

Somalia: Govt declares ‘people’s uprising against al-Shabab‘ as more key towns are attacked

January 16, 2023

At least 15 people were killed and more than 50 injured in three bombings Saturday (14 January) in central Somalia, which comes after the country's ... Read More

Somalia: President urges citizens to flush out ‘bedbugs’ at rally against al-Shabab

January 13, 2023

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged citizens to help flush out members of the al-Shabaab jihadist group he describes as “bedbugs,” as hundreds of people ... Read More