Somalia

Kenya could forfeit three of its 20 oil blocks in the Indian Ocean to Somalia if it loses a maritime territorial dispute brought against it. Tomorrow, Kenya begins an epic fight at the international justice city of The Hague, Netherlands, to fight claims of grabbing...

The United Nations, the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America welcome the progress made in clarifying the electoral model, takes note of the details set out...

At least four Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers were killed and another was injured in heavy fighting in which Al-Shabaab militant group captured El-Wak town in Gedo region in southern Somalia, officials said Saturday. SNA spokesman in Gedo region, Col. Warfa Sheikh Aden said the...

By DOMINIC WABALA @wabaladominic Saturday, September 17, 2016 KDF officers in Amisom supported by the Somalia National Army killed 33 al Shabaab fighters in two different operations in Southern Somalia on Wednesday. In the first incident during an operation in Jubaland’s Gobweyn area, 25 fighters from the...

By:Friederike Müller-Jung / abj For years, Kenya and Somalia have argued over where their maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean runs. The International Court of Justice in The Hague could now decide who owns the sea, a decision that will only suit one. A narrow triangle...

By Bridget Galton The extraordinary story of a Somali migrant who risked death to return as Mayor of war-torn Mogadishu is compellingly told in a book by BBC correspondent Andrew Harding. The Mayor of Mogadishu (Hurst, £20) follows the redemptive arc of a man – dubbed...

Twenty five cargo planes carrying miraa have left for Somalia after flights to Aden Adde International Airport resumed on Wednesday. The spokesman of Nyambene Miraa Traders Association (Nyamita) Kimathi Munjuri said that business was back to normal after a one-week suspension. On Wednesday, only two cargo...

Every day, Kenyan and Ethiopian farmers pick a huge amount of fresh khat leaves — the herbal stimulant chewed to achieve a high similar to the effects of amphetamines — and sell it to traders who package it up and send it off to...

Uganda's President pays visit to Ugandan troops based in Mogadishu, commends them for their diligence: President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has commended Ugandan troops serving under AMISOM for the critical role the are playing in restoring peace in Somalia. President Museveni addressed the troops after...

  Somalia on Tuesday agreed to lift a week-old ban on imports of Kenyan khat after a storm of controversy from angry growers of the leafy narcotic in neighbouring Kenya. The decision was made on the margins of a historic one-day summit in the Somali capital,...