Somalia Archives

Somalia's international partners have repeatedly warned that the election delays -- caused by political infighting -- were a dangerous distraction from the fight against Al-Shabaab

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Somali leader among four frontrunners in presidential vote

Explosions were heard near Mogadishu’s airport Sunday at the start of voting in long-overdue Somali presidential elections as the troubled Horn of Africa nation battles...

AFPMay 15, 2022

Tuesday's deadly attack was the first on a peacekeeping base in Somalia since the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) replaced the previous AMISOM force on April 1.

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Burundi says 10 troops killed in attack on AU base in Somalia

Ten Burundian peacekeepers were killed in Tuesday’s attack by Al-Shabaab jihadists on an African Union (AU) base in Somalia, Burundi’s army said Wednesday. Twenty-five...

AFPMay 4, 2022

Six million Somalis or 40 percent of the population are facing extreme levels of food insecurity

World

20 million risk starvation as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UN

Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the...

AFPApril 19, 2022

The UN agencies warned that about 1.4 million children face acute malnutrition through the end of this year

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Millions of Somalis at risk of famine: UN agencies

Millions of people in Somalia are at risk of famine, with young children the most vulnerable to the worsening drought.

AFPApril 12, 2022

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, commonly known as Farmajo, has long been at odds with his Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble

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Spat over AU envoy drives new wedge between Somalia’s leaders

Somalia's feuding leaders were locked in a fresh dispute after the prime minister ordered the expulsion of the African Union's envoy.

AFPApril 7, 2022

The fire in Hargeisa destroyed an area of about 99,000 metres, according to Somaliland's interior minister

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Somaliland capital counts cost of devastating blaze

Residents of the northern Somali city of Hargeisa were struggling to pick up the pieces after a massive inferno destroyed the central market.

AFPApril 3, 2022

The New York-based UN Security Council -- seen here on March 18, 2022 -- voted unanimously Thursday March 31,2022 to renew a peacekeeping mission in Somalia until the end of 2024

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UN Security Council votes for new Somalia peacekeeping force

The UN Security Council on Thursday voted unanimously for a new African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab insurgents have been seeking to...

AFPMarch 31, 2022