Somali News & Politics

United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted Resolution 2500 renewing the authorisation for Somalia anti-piracy measures to December of 2020. The United States-drafted resolution has renewed for 12 months the authorisation for states and regional organisations cooperating with Somalia to … Continued

Muscat- The tropical depression which is moving towards Somalia coast and towards the centre of the Arabian Sea had developed into a tropical storm, according to Oman’s Public Authority for Civil Aviation. In a statement PACA also announced that the … Continued

By Salem Solomon WASHINGTON – A decision by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to dissolve the ruling party months ahead of the 2020 national election has prompted criticism from the upper echelons of his own government. In an interview with VOA’s … Continued

Exiled Somali Kamil Ahmed says her job at Gargaar FM is more important than ever as the threat of closure hangs over the camp Moulid Hujale Sitting in a small shipping container, Kamil Ahmed, 20, readies herself for her live … Continued

NASA’s Aqua satellite found some powerful storms in Tropical Storm 06A as it moved through the Arabian Sea toward Somalia. NASA’s Aqua satellite used infrared light to analyze the strength of storms in 06A and found it was maintaining strength. … Continued

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The Federal Bureau of Investigations is offering $5 million for information that leads to the arrest of an American citizen on the agency’s Most Wanted Terrorist List. An indictment unsealed in federal court on Monday accuses Jehad Serwan … Continued

By Harun Maruf WASHINGTON – Ten years ago on December 3, a suicide bomber attacked a graduation ceremony at Shamo Hotel, one of Mogadishu’s main hotels. Fourteen medical students, lecturers, and doctors from Banadir University were among 30 people who were … Continued

An estimated 1.2 million Somali atheists are active on social media Katie McQue Hassan dreads each sunset. When the skies darken in Nairobi, Kenya, the threats begin. He is too scared to leave his home but his taunters, mostly his … Continued

By ABDULKADIR KHALIF Somali fisherman have received a boost after the United Nations handed over 12 fishing vessels to fishing cooperatives in Puntland State. John Purvis, FAO’s Coastal Communities Against Piracy (CCAP) Project Manager in Somalia on Thursday said that … Continued

Jamal Osman, a Somali journalist, has watched his country be torn apart by civil war for three decades. He thought that in Kismayo, a city in Jubbaland, southern Somalia, he had found a society which offered up hope of an … Continued

Bryce W. Reeder The US is an active participant in the war against Al-Shabaab in Somalia, efforts that have increased in the last few years under the Trump Administration. The strategy involves using airstrikes to assist Somali ground forces in recapturing … Continued