BY MEDIHANE EKUBAMICHAEL Addis Abeba, Amidst heightened tensions between the federal and Tigray regional state governments, Eritrea released an official statement yesterday accusing TPLF of obstructing regional peace and stability. Headlined “Stabilizing regional peace and friendship,” the statement, which was also shared by Eritrea’s embassy in Addis Abeba, said that the Horn of Africa region has gone...
November 14, 2026
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ARE SOMALI AMERICANS THE SWING VOTE OF THE FUTURE?
By Nick Fouriezos Soon after 14-year-old Ilhan Omar arrived in Minneapolis, the Somali refugee fell in love … with the idea of democracy in action, as she would take her grandfather to a party caucus while serving as his cultural and linguistic translator. “I fell in love with the process,” she recently told OZY. “It is a...
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Somalia conflict: Al-Shabab ‘collects more revenue than government’
By Mary Harper Using intimidation and violence, Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab raises as much revenue as the country’s authorities, a report says. The militants collect at least $15m (£11m) a month, with more than half the amount coming from the capital, Mogadishu, the Hiraal Institute said. Some businesses pay both the jihadists and the...
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Somali student talks of her Stonebridge to Cambridge University experience to inspire Black Muslims into education
Nathalie Raffray Miske Ali had an overwhelming awakening when she left her home in Stonebridge to study at Cambridge University, but does not regret a minute. The 21-year-old Somali student, took part in Journey to My Success, a webinar from Step Up Hub Presents in celebration of Black History Month during October. The history and...
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Court orders probe into abduction of acquitted Westgate terror suspect
ANNETTE WAMBULWA A Nairobi court has ordered investigations into the disappearance of Liban Omar who was abducted a day after he was acquitted of Westgate terror attack charges. Chief magistrate Francis Andayi acquitted Omar of terror charges on October 7, saying the prosecution did not prove that he was involved in the Westgate terror attack...
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Security actors in Somalia need to rethink strategy
By Hassan Malik Mohamed, The Star There is virtually no African country with a conflict that matches the bloody disaster in Somalia. Protracted inter-clan conflicts and the unending al Shabaab insurgency has transformed this Horn of Africa country into a large-scale human slaughterhouse. The menace has also gradually and varingly spilled into neighbouring East African countries—Kenya,...
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Mystery of terror suspects being abducted after court frees them
By ANDREW KASUKU The family of freed Westgate terror suspect Liban Omar has vested their hopes in God following near-fruitless efforts to track him with the help of police. It’s a week since Omar was abducted last Thursday, and the family fears the days could turn into weeks and months, going by uncertainties and loud...
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‘Al Shabaab presents a future threat to America’ says AFRICOM after Trump Somalia plans made public
President Trump’s reported plans to pull U.S. troops from Somalia were not warmly embraced by U.S. Africa Command, which reacted hesitantly and underscored al Shabaab’s continued terrorist threat to the American homeland. “Somali Armed Forces are making progress, but the threat al Shabaab presents requires international assistance,” U.S. Africa Command’s Air Force Col. Chris Karns...
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Trump Demands a Plan to Withdraw U.S. Troops From Somalia
Bloomberg President Donald Trump has told top advisers he wants to withdraw U.S. troops from Somalia, according to people familiar with the matter, allowing him to make good on campaign pledges to bring soldiers home even though the country remains beset by insurgents linked to al-Qaeda. The Pentagon has begun drafting plans for the president,...
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COVID-19 is real despite downward trend
Since the first COVID-19 positive case was reported in Somalia, health facilities in the country have responded to the pandemic by providing medical care to those seriously ill, as well as working hard to set up preventive measures against the spread of the virus, such as temperature checks and handwashing stations at entrances, put up...