Despite sanctions, Shabab militants have found ways to extort, move and invest money using Somalia’s banking system, a United Nations panel says. By Abdi Latif Dahir NAIROBI, Kenya — The Shabab, the Somalia-based militant group that is Al Qaeda’s most powerful ally in Africa, is not only collecting millions of dollars in tariffs and payoffs but...
May 13, 2025
Category: Somali News & Politics
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Founders of Somalia’s First Rape Crisis Center Recognized for Helping Conflict Victims
By Salem Solomon WASHINGTON – As the United Nations on Sunday marks International Day of the Girl Child, a Somali mother and daughter who have dedicated their lives to rehabilitating victims of conflict are gaining international acclaim. Fartuun Adan and her daughter Ilwad Elman operate Elman Peace, an organization that helps victims of sexual violence and works to...
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Somalia remittance firm fights money laundering claims
By Aggrey Mutambo Somalia’s money remittance firm Amal Express says it is open to an audit by regulators to prove it has not aided money laundering for purchase of illegal arms. The company, which runs the semi-formal transfer service known as Hawala in most East African countries, says it has always followed local laws and standards, including...
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Kenyan lawyer says client abducted after court acquittal
NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan lawyer said gunmen he suspects were security officials wearing black balaclavas abducted his client on Thursday shortly after he was acquitted of supporting the 2013 extremist attack on the Westgate Mall that left 67 people dead. Mbugua Mureithi said gunmen abducted his client Liban Omar five minutes after his release....
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Taiwan office in Somaliland holds National Day celebration
The Taiwan Representative Office in Somaliland hosted its first-ever National Day ceremony on Wednesday. Over 150 people attended the event, including nine Somaliland ministers. Other government officials, parliamentarians, scholars, media representatives, and civic groups also participated. Somaliland is a self-declared state in the Horn of Africa that broke away from Somalia in 1991. Though not...
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EU Parliament condemns Saudi Arabia over treatment of Ethiopian migrants
The European Parliament condemned Saudi Arabia for holding tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants in cramped detention camps where many are reportedly dying of heatstroke, disease, or by suicide. The European body said in a statement on Thursday that it “strongly condemns the ongoing ill-treatment of Ethiopian migrants and the violations of their human rights in Saudi Arabia, notably...
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CS Amina not shortlisted for WTO top job
Sports CS Amina Mohamed has not made it to the final leg of the race for the WTO job, according to Bloomberg. It said World Trade Organization members selected two final candidates – Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee – to advance to the final round. EU had favoured Okonjo-Iweala and Myung-hee. The...
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Roadside bomb blast kills 6 soldiers in Somalia
Attack takes place in Middle Shabelle region, al-Shabaab claims responsibility for it Mohammed Dhaysane GAROWE, Somalia At least six Somali government soldiers were killed and four others wounded when a roadside bomb blast struck a military vehicle in the Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday, an official said. Ibrahim Adan, a police officer in the region...
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2 men guilty of conspiracy with Al-Shabaab over Westgate attack in Kenya
A Kenyan court found two men guilty Wednesday of conspiring with the Al-Shabaab extremists who killed 67 people in an armed rampage at Nairobi’s upscale Westgate shopping mall in 2013. After a marathon trial that began in January 2014, a judge found that Mohamed Ahmed Abdi and Hassan Hussein Mustafa conspired with and supported the...
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Tight security ahead of sentencing of three Westgate terror suspects
NANCY AGUTU There was tight security at Milimani Law Courts on Tuesday ahead of the sentencing of three Westgate terror suspects. ATPU officers were seen with their face masks on and guns on hold as they roamed around and kept watch around the vicinity. The court is expected to deliver judgement on the Westgate attack case. The...