Somalia

Over one million people in Somalia are currently facing acute food shortage due to the poor performance of long rains earlier in the year, even as the country explores long-term solutions to persistent food insecurity and malnutrition. United Nations deputy special representative, humanitarian co-ordinator in...

By ADOW MOHAMED @adowmo A screen shot from a new video by al shabaab militants, of a KDF soldier captured in El Adde, asking President Uhuru Kenyatta to withdraw troops from Somalia/YOUTUBE Al Shabaab militants have released a video of a man allegedly captured in the...

HORNDIPLOMAT-The Federal Government of Somalia launched today a series of initiatives to ensure that the Somali National Army troops are paid in a consistent and timely manner. According the Government Press Statement Reports Horndiplomat. “Our troops on the front lines work tirelessly to fight Al...

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The United Nations top envoy in Somalia on Wednesday called for speedy investigations into the killing of a radio journalist in Somalia. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, strongly condemned the murder of Abdiaziz Mohamed Ali on Tuesday, who...

Slain SMN reporter: Abdulaziz Mohamed Ali HajjiThe managing director of Shabelle Media Network (SMN), staff members and friends have paid final tribute to their slain colleague Abdulaziz Mohamed Ali Hajji who was shot dead in Mogadishu on Tuesday. The director of Radio Shabelle Abukar Sheikh...

Claim and counter-claim emerged on Wednesday after at least 22 soldiers were killed and 15 other people wounded in an alleged U.S. airstrike which hit a Somali army base. Reports from the region said the incident took place early Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) east...

By Abdi Latif Dahir For a trip to the Puntland region in northeastern Somalia, Christian Matzenauer didn’t know what to expect. After traveling from Dusseldorf, Germany to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia he flew to the Somali city of Bosaso in January, drove along the coast...

A new delay in Somalia’s elections is a matter of “immediate concern,” raising fears that the process is being politically manipulated and that the latest postponement may only be one of yet further rolling delays, the top United Nations official in the long-troubled East...

Job Details Employer: CARE Job Title: Conduct context review including operational context; political and socio–economic in Lower Juba region, Somalia Job Type: Full-Time Location: Somalia Category: Other Description: CARE International in Somalia Terms of reference to conduct context review including operational context; political and socio–economic in Lower Juba region, Somalia 1 Purpose of...