July 2015

Somali Soldiers supported by African peace-keeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops have captured Diinsoor town from al Shabaab fighters, sources said on Friday. The AMISOM and SNA tanks rolled into…

Hundreds of Abud-Wak residents displaced this morning after two militias engaged gun battle in the town. The fighting erupted after community police formed by the elders, tried to maintain peace…

In a well organized and televised inauguration ceremony has seen the attendance by large dignitaries including Somali Federal Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, Somali Federal and Interior Minister, information ministry, civil society,…

Turkey is to let the US carry out airstrikes against the Islamic State group from a key military base near the Syrian border, US officials have said. The agreement, yet…

Pro-government forces say they now control port city’s Masheeq neighbourhood, where President Hadi’s palace is located. Pro-government forces have driven Houthi rebel fighters from their last remaining stronghold in Yemen’s…

  Somalia National Olympic Committee, (GOS) today organized a series of sports events in Mogadishu to mark World Olympic day which falls on 23rd of June every year, but commemorations…

Germany has received more asylum applications than any Western country in the past few years, with 202,815 people applying for asylum. The dramatic rise in refugees, mostly coming from the…

Behind this row of unassuming storefronts on Minneapolis’ East 24th Street lies a little slice of Somalia. Dozens of shops sell scarves and books, fried snacks and sweet Somali tea.…

When Kenyan police arrested six men in the vast Dadaab refugee camp near the Somali border last April, their ultimate aim was to dismantle a decades-old sugar smuggling trade that…