Tag: Somali
Trump renews immigration war, says Somalis not wanted in US
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said ICE targets people based on their immigration status, not their race or ethnicity.
Somali military kills 40 Al-Shabaab fighters
Somali, a country on the Horn of Africa with about 16 million inhabitants has been rocked for years by attacks…
Al Qaeda-linked Mukhtar Robow appointed Somali minister for religious affairs
Mukhtar Robow had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head after he co-founded al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab and served…
Ethiopia dispatches medical team to Somali
Ethiopia Ministry of Health (FMoH) on Wednesday said it dispatched a 24 personnel medical team to provide assistance for those…
Cyclone kills 15 people in Somali
Authorities said 15 people died in Somaliland after heavy rains caused by tropical cyclone Sagar which landed in the Horn…
Ethiopian herders, farmers fight extreme climate with weather forecasts
Prolonged drought and erratic rainfall across Ethiopia have hit harvests and livestock, eating into farmers’ and herders’ income and meals,…
Somali President Names 26-Minister Cabinet
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia on Tuesday named a 26-strong cabinet, including a former foreign affairs chief as finance…
Kenyan trainers among 45 wounded in Somalia suicide bombing
Forty five people, including three Kenyan trainers from the AU peacekeeping mission to Somalia, have been wounded in a suicide…
Somali Militants Behead 2 Policewomen
Al Shebab militants have beheaded two Somali policewomen, prompting a policeman to kill five women linked to the group who…
Somali Shebab say 18 dead in attack on government troops
Somalia’s hardline Islamists reported heavy fighting Saturday in battles against government and African Union troops in the central Hiran region.…
Somali lawmaker assassinated, Shebab claims responsibility
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab claimed responsiblity for shooting dead a lawmaker and wounding another on Thursday, the latest in a surge…
Over 20 killed in Kenya clashes
At least 20 people have been killed in Kenya in ethnic clashes in the restive northeast, the latest in a…