At least six people have died after a car bomb exploded close to the gate of the international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, police say. Eyewitnesses told the BBC it was targeting a UN refugee agency convoy. Most of those who died were passers-by and several UN body guards were wounded in the explosion, the...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA SENDS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE INNOCENTS DIED IN TODAY’S ATTACK
Nairobi, I condemn, in the strongest terms, the heinous terror attack that took place this morning near Mogadishu International Airport Aden Abdulleh, in which – once again – innocent Somali civillians died. The civilian population continues to pay an unbearable price in terms of loss of lives and suffering. They finally have the absolute right...
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My side of the Cedar-Riverside caucus dispute
By Ilhan Omer You may have read about me. I am the woman who was physically beaten at the DFL Party caucus in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis on Feb. 4. I am deeply saddened and horrified about what happened during the precinct caucus at the Brian Coyle Community Center that Tuesday night. The attack...
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Somalia: Women Shouldn’t Live in Fear of Rape
Nairobi,( HRW) – Somalia’s new cabinet should urgently adopt meaningful reforms to confront rampant sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Over the past year, women and girls endured high levels of rape and sexual abuse, including by government soldiers, in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “Many women and girls in Mogadishu live...
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Exclusive-U.N. monitors warn of ‘systematic’ Somali arms diversion
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A confidential U.N. monitors’ report warns of “systematic abuses” by Somalia’s government, which the monitors say has allowed the diversion of weapons that Somali authorities purchased after the U.N. Security Council eased an arms embargo on Mogadishu last year. Some of the arms believed to have been diverted...
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Somali President: “I am 100% Healthy.”
WardheerNews ( WDN) -Recent reports of the Somali president, Hassan Sh. Mohamoud, being dead or in a critical condition are greatly exaggerated. Today, the Somali president, who has been in Turkey for the last few days, denounced the rumors of his ‘death’ as preposterous. “I am not in Turkey for health reasons only,” said the...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta ee aan idiin heyno waxaa ka mid ah:Madaxtooyada oo beenisay warar sheegaya in uu geeriyooday Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh, Soomaaliya oo sheegtay in ay QM diidan tahay in ay hawada Soomaaliya Dowlada ku wareejiso iyo warar kale
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Ethiopia: USAID’s Cover-Up of Ethiopia Abuses Overruled by U.S. Congress
The United States Congress has acted to prevent its aid to Ethiopia from being used to fund forced evictions of tribal peoples in the south west of the country. The provisions in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for 2014 represent a slap in the face for USAID, which last month said that ‘there are no reports...
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Official: Somali man plotting to attack Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan official says security agents are looking for a Somali national believed to be part of a terror group plotting an attack in Uganda. A senior security official, who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak with the press, said Wednesday that intelligence reports show that Omar Khalid,...
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Kenya charges 70 with being members of al Shabaab
By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Wednesday charged 70 people with being members of Somali militant group al Shabaab, after they were arrested during a police raid on a mosque that sparked days of rioting in Mombasa. The 70 denied being members of the Islamist group, which is linked to...