Somali traffic police seek arms to defend against al-Shabaab attacks
Somali traffic police officers say they are ready to take up arms to defend themselves after al-Shabaab issued specific threats against them and killed...
Security chiefs sacked after al-Shabaab attacks Villa Somalia
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud sacked his police and intelligence chiefs Wednesday (July 9th) after al-Shabaab fighters launched an assault against the presidential palace...
Somali piracy: ‘Roads better than warships’
Building roads and harbours in Somalia is a better way of tackling piracy than deploying warships, a study says.
Local elites and communities protect pirates...
Somali troops retake presidential palace
Somali troops have retaken the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu after al-Shabab fighters forced their way in and exchanged heavy gunfire with soldiers...
Al Shabaab launched attack on Somalia’s presidential palace
Mogadishu - Somalia’s Islamist Al Shabaab rebels launched a major bomb attack and armed assault against the country’s presidential palace late Tuesday, penetrating the...
Boko Haram Trades Terrorist Tactics With Somalia’s Al Shabaab
Boko Haram is trading tips with other terrorist groups in Somalia as it plows on with a bloody campaign to carve out an Islamic...
Suicide car bomb kills four near Somalia parliament
A suicide car bomb has killed at least four people near Somalia's parliament, police and Somali media say. Reports say the bomb went off...
Details of US military presence in Somalia
The United States has for the first time in recent years given details of its military presence inside Somalia.
US officials told Reuters news agency...
Somali MP assassinated, al Shabaab claim responsibility
Mogadishu - Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab claimed responsibility for shooting dead a lawmaker and wounding another on Thursday, the latest in a surge of...
China will re-open embassy in Somalia after a 23-year absence
BEIJING, Jun 30 – China will re-open its embassy in strife-torn Somalia after a 23-year absence, it said Monday, as Beijing extends its diplomatic...
