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Salem Solomon WASHINGTON — Following a four-month ordeal, an Ethiopian journalist is back home with his family, although he still may face years in prison if convicted of violating the country’s wartime state of emergency law and anti-terrorism law. Amir Aman Kiyaro, a video journalist accredited by the Associated Press, was arrested on November 28, 2021,...

The mayor of Hargeisa said efforts to contain the blaze were hampered by problems of access in the market A massive fire tore through the central market of Hargeisa in northern Somalia overnight, injuring about two dozen people and destroying hundreds of small businesses, officials said on Saturday. Images showed fierce flames and huge billowing...

UNITED NATIONS, (Xinhua) — China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Dai Bing, said Thursday that the international community needs to continue its support for Somalia in the security field. Currently, the security situation in Somalia remains challenging, making it necessary for the international community to keep up its support to Somalia on the...

The African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was created in 2007 by the UN Security Council For 15 years, African soldiers have rotated through Somalia as part of a 20,000-strong force mandated by the United Nations to protect the fragile central government from an Islamist insurgency. But the mission is winding up, with a...

NAIROBI, April 1 (Reuters) – Twenty trucks carrying food aid entered territory controlled by Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigrayan forces on Friday, the United Nations said, the first small but concrete demonstration that a unilateral truce the government declared last week has improved aid access. It is unclear how much more aid might follow or how quickly....