Airstrike comes 3 days after US hits al-Shabaab base in Hiran region By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia, At least 13 al-Shabaab fighters were killed in Somalia’s lower Shabelle region on Friday, according to the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). The airstrike hit Gandershe village some 45 kilometers (27 miles) south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, AFRICOM said...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide car bomb exploded outside a military base for Ethiopian soldiers in southern Somalia on Saturday, leaving an unspecified number of casualties, a police official said. Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the assault and said it had killed 16 Ethiopian soldiers, although the claim could not be independently verified....
By ZephaniaUbwani Regional security concerns were raised here yesterday as the East African Community (EAC) tables the application of Somalia to join the bloc today. “The kind of environment we are living today is that we are threatened by terrorism” lamented Chris Kiptoo, the Kenyan principal secretary for Trade said. He told a gathering at...
By Nathan Paul Southern Global Risk Insights The 2017 election of Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed came amidst heightened tensions between Qatar and its neighbours in the Gulf. The leading antagonists of the standoff, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, pushed for their allies in the region to cut ties with Qatar. Instead, Abdullahi Mohamed made...
Ethiopian prosecutors on Wednesday charged the former president of the restive Somali region with inciting violence, state media reported. The charges against Abdi Mohamed Omar and 46 others follow three days of clashes last August that killed 58 people and injured 266, according to figures issued by Ethiopia’s attorney general last week. Abdi, better known...
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Thursday it had killed 24 militants in an air strike on Wednesday in the vicinity of Shebeeley in central Somalia. The military’s Africa Command (Africom) said in a statement that no civilians were believed to have been killed or injured in the air strike in the Hiran...
Press Release ALEXANDRIA, VA, — Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified 4-Star global airline, is pleased to announce that it will restructure its U.S. network, adding frequencies and shifting gateways as of the summer of 2019. The new U.S. network is aimed at giving passengers travelling between the U.S. and...
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The Sudanese army issued a statement on Wednesday saying it would not allow the state to collapse, following weeks of mass protests demanding an end to President Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year rule. Some activists had been calling for the military to back the protesters and pressure the government to step down. “The armed...
Christopher Anzalone and Stig Jarle Hansen War on the Rocks Much has changed for Mukhtar “Abu Mansur” Robow, a key founding member of the Somali jihadist organization al-Shabaab, over the past decade. In November 2008, al-Shabaab was sweeping across southern and central Somalia toward the capital city of Mogadishu. Robow led the jihadists not only...
UNSOM/Dana Palade Rosemary DiCarlo (second from right), Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, addresses the Somalia Partnership Forum in Brussels, Belgium. Discussions described in a joint statement as “open, cordial and frank”, took place on Wednesday, between Somalia’s top two politicians and the UN political and peacebuilding affairs chief, in the capital Mogadishu. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister...