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By Ilya Gridneff Photographer: Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images In a comment on his Twitter account on June 7, Somaliland’s President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo urged the UN monitoring group to “stop meddling in the affairs of Somaliland.” Somaliland will “protect its economic assets,” he said. Two semi-autonomous areas of northern Somalia have largely avoided the...

Somali government soldiers secure the scene of a suicide attack next to the gate of the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu, Feb. 21, 2014. Dan Joseph, Harun Maruf WASHINGTON — Abdi Mohamud Nur seemed like a pretty average American kid. Part of Minneapolis’ sizable community of Somali-Americans, Nur was obedient and good-natured, his sister, Ifrah, said. He...

The new generation of Somali Americans are active, energetic, and ready to be represented; they are hungry for opportunity and are willing to fight for a place in the American melting pot. Divided between the old ideas of the past and the new ideals of the present, the Somali community is ready to use the...

By William Davison Photographer: Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images Ethiopian immigrants wait near Obok, north of Djibouti’s capital, for smugglers’ boats to cross the Gulf of Aden into Yemen. Numbers traveling across the Gulf of Aden have risen this year even after Saudi Arabia, the intended destination for many, began mass deportations of unregistered employees....

By Ian Dunt The Home Office guidance on Somalia is a fairy story. It ignores the warnings of the UN secretary general, the UN high commissioner on refugees, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. It ignores the reports  – such as are available – from humanitarian groups on the ground. It ignores the accounts of rape, targetted killing and...

By Ian Dunt A Somali man looks down at a blast victim as a wounded Somali mother holds her two children, one wounded and one dead, following a bomb attack in Mogadishu last month Lawyers were battling against the clock to prevent a deportation to Somalia today, amid warnings that anyone sent back to the...

Communications purport to show series of payments to officials by Mohamed bin Hammam, who was Fifa’s member for Qatar Mark Tran and Rowena Mason Mohamed Bin Hammam and Sepp Blatter meet in Doha, in 2010. Photograph: Mohammed Dabbous/Reuters Fifa is facing calls to rerun the bidding competition for the 2022 World Cup after allegations that a former top Qatari football...

 The 21 Maltese soldiers taking part in the EU’s anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia were unhurt in a grenade attack that occurred this evening in Djibouti. However, six Dutch Navy personnel who serve on the same warship the Maltese soldiers are stationed on were injured in the attack.Details of the incident are still...

Nairobi, (HRW)  – The Kenyan authorities have deported 359 Somalis, including at least three registered refugees, since the start of their security crackdown in early April 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have not allowed any to challenge their removal to conflict-ridden Somalia. In the latest move, Kenya deported 98 people, including 12 children, to...