December 2018

The U.S. military says it has killed four members of the al-Shabab extremist group with a “self-defence airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Basra village in the Lower Shabelle…

Marking International Anti-Corruption Day, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia today underlined the importance of strengthening the rule of law and of building accountable and transparent institutions. “Corruption and lack…

The 13th naval escort squad, sent by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, departed Friday from China to the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters for escort missions. The…

Indian Naval Ship Sunayna, deployed on anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden, on Saturday seized arms and ammunition from an illegal fishing vessel off Somalia, officials said. The ship detected…

Puntland presidential candidates have accused the outgoing president Abdiweli Ali Gaas of creating a political crisis in the region. Farah Ali Shire, one of the Puntland presidency candidates addressed the…

BY:  Around 20 million Yemenis are food insecure, UN agencies said on Saturday, adding the conflict ravaging the impoverished country was the key driver behind rising hunger levels. “As many…

Three people have been seriously injured after a lorry they were travelling ran over an improvised explosive device in Lamu County in Kenya on Saturday. Linda Boni Operation director Joseph…

The Deputy Security Minister of Hiiran region Abdikarim Mumin Takooy has accused the Hiran regional governor Yusuf Ahmed Hagar Dabageed of dictatorship after a disagreement of poor working system broke…

By Mohamed Raygal Similar to many other African countries, Somaliland enjoyed traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution and peace-building processes led by Somali traditional elders in the past centuries. The elders…