Bosaso (WDN)- In a significant operation aimed at disrupting terrorist logistics, Puntland security forces seized a boat carrying military uniforms and equipment along the coast of Bari region. The Puntland Counterterrorism Operations Unit issued a statement confirming that the boat and its crew, all identified as Somali nationals, were apprehended off the coast of Qaw,...
Garowe (WDN) – Gunmen from the terrorist group Al-Shabaab have kidnapped five local Officers in Mandera County, Kenya, while they were on an official government inspection tour. The abduction occurred as they traveled between Elwak and Mandera, according to police reports. The Commander of Police in Southern Mandera County, Mr. Julius Njeru, confirmed the incident,...
TRIPOLI, (Xinhua) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday said that 592 migrants were intercepted off the coast of Libya in the past week. IOM said in a statement that from January 26 to February 1, 592 migrants, including 64 women and 33 children, were intercepted and returned to Libya, adding that seven...
ANKARA / ISTANBUL– Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty will pay a visit to Türkiye on Tuesday, diplomatic sources said. During his visit, Abdelatty will meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in the capital Ankara, and they are set to discuss all aspects of bilateral ties. They are also expected to discuss planning for a...
A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group. Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities on Monday in the Cal Miskaad mountains, in the northeastern Puntland state, Somalia’s state news agency SONNA...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, without citing evidence, that “certain classes of people” in South Africa were being treated “very badly” and that he would cut off funding for the country until the matter is investigated. “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,” Trump...
Bosaso (WDN)- The Commander-in-Chief of Puntland’s Defense Forces, General Aadan Abdi Hashi, provided a concise briefing to VOA News on heavy airstrikes targeting ISIS militants entrenched in the Calmiskaad Mountains. General Hashi, who is leading Puntland’s ongoing Operation to Eradicate ISIS Militants in the Calmiskaad Mountains, first acknowledged the U.S. military airstrikes conducted last night against ISIS positions in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia’s government. An initial assessment by the...
NAIROBI (Reuters) – From the young woman brutally murdered and dismembered in a short-term rental apartment to the Olympic runner set on fire by her estranged boyfriend, a surge in violence against women in Kenya has spurred many to prepare themselves to fight back. At least 97 women across Kenya were killed in femicides –...
KIKUYU, Kenya (AP) — Tucked away in a lush, forested area of central Kenya’s Kikuyu town, the National Seed Bank stands as a crucial safeguard for the future of the country’s agriculture. Inside two chilly rooms of a government building, more than 50,000 seed varieties are cataloged and stored. The bank was established in 1988...