Tag: Somali
Clashes between Ethiopian states kill 27 amid border dispute
Clashes between two Ethiopian states that have long disputed their border have killed at least 27 people, a government statement said, as the country...
Dozens reported killed in clashes between Somali government, fighters
Dozens of soldiers and Somal were killed in two days of fighting between Somali government forces and al Shabaab militants northwest of the capital...
Gunmen abduct Kenyan just acquitted in shopping mall attack trial, relative...
Gunmen abducted a man moments after he was released from state custody in the Kenyan capital a day after he was acquitted in one...
Somali president names newcomer Roble premier as elections loom
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has picked political newcomer Mohamed Hussein Roble as prime minister, his office said on Friday, cementing power around the...
Somali pirates release last three hostages as armed men attack Panama-flagged...
Somali pirates have released three Iranian hostages held for five years, a maritime security official said on Thursday, as conflicting reports emerged whether another...
Somali minibus hits roadside bomb, six killed
At least six people were killed on Sunday when a minibus struck a roadside bomb near the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said.
The...
Former Somali region head to be charged
Prosecutors will charge the former head of Ethiopia’s strife-torn Somali region and other officials with plotting to incite a civil war and ordering abuses...
Iran is new illicit transit point for Somali charcoal
Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports earning Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars...
Paramilitary forces active in Ethiopia
At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said, in the...
US gives Somali immigrants 18 months more
The Trump administration would allow some 500 Somalis to remain in the United States for at least another 18 months under protected...