August 2016

One in seven children dies before their 5th birthday while at least 732 maternal deaths occur in every 100,000 live births in Somalia but a gradual decline in these deaths…

The Kremlin has confirmed that Russian military personnel on board a helicopter shot down in Syria are dead, citing the Russian Defence Ministry. The helicopter, with five people on board,…

August 1st, 2016 marked the 18th anniversary of the establishment of Puntland, the autonomous region in Northern Somalia. Celebrations marking the event have taken place in several cities in the region…

About 80 cases linked to terrorism have been presented in court this year, Director of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro has said. Speaking in Isiolo on Sunday, he said his department…

An explosives-laden car has been seized by the Somali forces in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday night,  hours after suicide car  bombs hit Somalia’s CID headquarters, killing six people. The car was confiscated along…

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers have been blamed for the death of a motorcycle rider and robbing locals in Lafey, Mandera County. Locals in Sheikh Barrow location in Lafey on…

Senior officials of the Somali government and Somali National Security Forces have pledged to work closely with the newly appointed AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. General Osman Noor Soubagleh, to ensure…

By Reuters More than 120 bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe have washed up around Sabratha in western Libya this month, the city’s mayor…

The breakaway Somaliland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Saad Ali Shire has responded to the Turkish Ambassador’s statement on the recognition of Somaliland’s passport. Shire said that Somaliland passport was not…