An irrigation canal being reinforced near the Kabasa displacement site, outside Doolow in southern Somalia. The work is supported by the World Food Programme. Photo: FAO/Frank Nyakairu Urgent action is needed to prevent a worsening of the humanitarian crises in both Somalia and Yemen, senior United Nations relief officials warned today, as they urged donors to help...
November 15, 2026
Category: News
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U.S. discloses secret Somalia military presence, up to 120 troops
By Phil Stewart U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said. The comments are the first detailed public acknowledgement of a U.S. military presence in Somalia dating back...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Shabaab oo gaari qaad ah ku gubtay maanta Galgaduud dadkii saarnaa gaarigana dishay, Dilal salka ku hayo aanooyin oo ka dhacay Hobyo iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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CHINA BANS RAMADAN FAST IN MUSLIM NORTHWEST
BEIJING (AP) — Students and civil servants in China’s Muslim northwest, where Beijing is enforcing a security crackdown following deadly unrest, have been ordered to avoid taking part in traditional fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Statements posted Wednesday on websites of schools, government agencies and local party organizations in the Xinjiang region...
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The search for Samantha Lewthwaite
By Adam Wishart Samantha Lewthwaite was married to one of the 7/7 bombers On 22 September last year, smoke billowed over the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Troops and police ducked between buildings amidst sporadic gunfire as militants from Somalia’s al-Shabab network carried out an assault that left dozens dead. I’d landed a few...
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Saudi establishes camel milk firm in California
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS A young Saudi has established a company selling camel’s milk in the United States, despite the animals reportedly being the source of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus. According to a report in a Los Angeles newspaper, Walid Abdulwahab, 23, set up the company as part of his class project at...
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Mogadishu bound cargo plane crashed in Nairobi
BY PROF. DR. WOLFGANG H. THOME, ETN AFRICA Breaking news from Nairobi talk of a turboprop cargo plane, reportedly a converted Fokker 50, crashing after takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with a full load of Miraa on board, bound for the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Though feedback is still very sketchy it is confirmed...
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French Muslim women on burqa ban ruling: ‘All I want is to live in peace’
Rights organisations and Muslim women shocked at European court ruling that France has right to ban full-face veil in public Kim Willsher A woman wears a burqa at a market in Paris despite it being banned in France. Photograph: Philippe Lissac/Photononstop/Corbis Anti-discrimination organisations have expressed shock after the European court of human rights ruled that France has...
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Kenya relocates over 2,700 refugees to camps
The Kenyan government has relocated 2,760 refugees and asylum seekers to the refugee camps in northern Kenya, while another 360 people including five refugees were deported to Mogadishu, the UN said on Tuesday. The latest report from the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Eastern Africa says the relocation or deportation of refugees...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Madaxda dowladda Soomaaliya oo ka qayb galay xuska munaasibadda 1da Luulyo oo xalay iyo saakay ka dhacday Muqdisho, Gobollada Dalka oo sidoo kale iyana laga Xusay Munaasabada Maalinta Xorriyadda iyo midnimada Soomaaliya iyo warar kale.