Somalia

TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wrote Read More

SOMALIA: Bomb kills 4, injures 5 in Mogadishu

Four killed, five injured in Mogadishu car bomb WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 2019 A boy walks past the site of a car bomb attack near a security checkpoint in the Somali Read More

SOMALIA: Airstrike Kills Deputy Leader of IS

FILE – U.S. Air Force officer passes in front of a MQ-9 Reaper drone, one of a squadron that has arrived to step up the fight against the Taliban, at Read More

SOMALIA: Airstrike Kills Deputy Leader of IS

FILE – U.S. Air Force officer passes in front of a MQ-9 Reaper drone, one of a squadron that has arrived to step up the fight against the Taliban, at Read More

Kenya moves Cuban doctors away from border after abductions

NAIROBI, Kenya (Associated Press) — Kenyan officials say Cuban doctors deployed along the border with Somalia are being evacuated following the kidnapping last week of two Cuban doctors. Suspected Islamic Read More

Kenya moves Cuban doctors away from border after abductions

NAIROBI, Kenya (Associated Press) — Kenyan officials say Cuban doctors deployed along the border with Somalia are being evacuated following the kidnapping last week of two Cuban doctors. Suspected Islamic Read More

SOMALIA: Deadly Protests Erupt in Mogadishu Over Killing of Rickshaw Driver

Fires are seen on a street following protests against the shooting of a rickshaw driver and his passenger, April 13, 2019, in Mogadishu. Mogadishu (VOA NEWS) – At least five people Read More

Al-Shabab says it executed 4 accused spies in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya (Associated Press) — Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamic extremist group says it has executed four men accused of spying for the British, Djibouti and Somali intelligence agencies. Al-Shabab announced the Read More

Al-Shabab says it executed 4 accused spies in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya (Associated Press) — Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamic extremist group says it has executed four men accused of spying for the British, Djibouti and Somali intelligence agencies. Al-Shabab announced the Read More

SOMALIA: Death toll from Mogadishu restraurant attack rises to 16

Somalis carry away a man who was wounded after blast outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, March 28, 2019. A Somali police officer says an explosives-laden vehicle has detonated Read More

SOMALIA: 10 killed in blast at Mogadishu restaurant

Somalis carry away a man who was wounded after blast outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, March 28, 2019. A Somali police officer says an explosives-laden vehicle has detonated Read More