Seven Djiboutian troops have been killed in clashes between the army and an armed opposition group, a presidential adviser told Reuters on Saturday. Djibouti, home to one of East Africa’s major ports as well as US and Chinese military bases, has faced sporadic violence, usually sparked by protests against the government of President Ismail Omar Guelleh, whose party has a...

By Ibrahim Adan Ali  Plans are underway by the government to reopen the Kenya-Somalia border. Stakeholders and security officials have been lining up a series of meetings in a bid to strike a business deal with the neighbouring country for operations to resume at the Customs Border Control Point that was closed in 2012. Mandera County Police Commander Johanna Tonui...

Doha, Qatar Charity has laid the foundation stone for an integrated residential village for the displaced in Baidoa, Somalia. The village includes 67 housing units, a health center, an elementary and middle school, a mosque, a vocational training center, an artesian well, and a center for memorizing the Holy Quran. It is expected that it will benefit more than 12,000...

Somalia’s government announced Saturday a crackdown on media outlets that publish what it deems propaganda for the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab and warned that offenders would be punished. The move comes as Somalia’s armed forces, backed by local militias and international allies, wage an aggressive counter-insurgency against the Al-Qaeda affiliate. “I want to inform the Somali media and all Somali...

By ABDULKADIR KHALIF Somalia officials say total victory against al Shabaab militants may take longer to be routed from the villagers, in spite of crucial gains registered by a joint force of the national army and vigilantes against the terrorists. On Sunday this week, officials were given a brutal reminder after the group hit back just as authorities were cheering...