US airstrikes in Somalia increased in 2022, killing more than 100 Storyline:Security, World AIRFORCETIMES|WASHINGTON:U.S Africa Command conducted more than a dozen airstrikes in Somalia in 2022 in its counterterrorism operations against al-shabab and aiding the Somali government, an increase of more than 30% over… 5 mins read
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Armed fighters kill six during village raid in Somalia ALJAZEERA|HIIRAAN: Armed fighters from al-Shabab have killed at least six people in an attack on a village in central Somalia that they were pushed out of last week, a government-allied…
5 mins read Storyline:Archive A deconstruction of Somalia’s multitude of problems Somalia is a Horn African country that has been plagued by conflicts, instabilities of all kinds, and poverty for decades. While the original causes of these problems are complex and…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Biometric system reveals Somalia’s civil service payroll filled by ghost workers GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: More than two-thirds of Somalia’s federal civil servants earn salaries for doing no work, claims the president. The government biometric time and attendance system show only 1,500 of…
7 mins read Storyline:National News Somalia President seeks international support to fight Al Shabaab, leverages media THE BRIEF|MOGADISHU: On Wednesday morning, nine people were reported killed in twin car bombings in central Somalia. This followed another attack on a Mogadishu hotel in November last year. The…
8 mins read Storyline:National News The Somali gold rush endangering frankincense and myrrh BBC NEWS The three kings of the biblical nativity carried three precious gifts to mark the birth of Jesus – but a modern-day gold rush in Somaliland is putting the…
2 mins read Storyline:Security, World Somalia car bombs: Family of nine killed in Hiraan attack BBC NEWS|MOGADISHU: A family of nine have died in a double car bombing in central Hiraan province, Somalia, an eyewitness has told the BBC. A further 26 people were also…
3 mins read Storyline:World East Africa Community in Sh312 million debt— report THE STAR|ARUSHA: Cash strapped East Africa Community is struggling to clear a Sh311.58 million debt as crisis hits the bloc in the wake of non-contribution by the member states. A…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Nine killed in Somalia car bombings: security sources, witnesses AFP|MOGADISHU: At least nine people were killed and several others wounded in simultaneous car bomb attacks in a town in central Somalia on Wednesday, security officials and witnesses said. “The…
2 mins read Storyline:World Somalia president’s declaration on security attracts mixed reactions VOA|MOGADISHU: Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in his New Year’s Day speech Sunday, declared the country will eliminate al-Shabab Islamist militants this year. Mohamud’s all-out war against the group, declared…