Somalia expels Kenyan envoy Lucas Tumbo over ‘poll interference’

By Citizen Reporter,

Somalia has expelled Kenyan Ambassador to Mogadishu Lt. General (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo over alleged interference in the upcoming elections. Also Read: M...

Farmajo , somalia elections , tumbo

Ethiopian Forces admit to shooting down Kenyan cargo plane

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Ethiopian forces in Somalia have admitted to shooting down a Kenyan-registered aircraft in Bardale, Somalia killing six people. According to a prel...

AMISOM , Ethiopian

President Farmajo calls Uhuru to ‘express regret’ after Kenyan plane shot down in Somalia

By Ian Omondi,

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on Tuesday morning made a telephone call to President Uhuru Kenyatta to express his regret and convey co...

Bardale , President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo , President Uhuru Kenyatta , somalia

Police question 11 MPs over ‘secret’ mission to Somalia

By Hassan Mugambi,

Eleven Members of Parliament from North Eastern Kenya were held and questioned by police on Sunday over their secret mission to Somalia. Citizen Di...

North Eastern MPs , somalia

Jubaland presidential hopeful Aw-Dahir vows to strengthen security

By Agencies,

Mohamed Yusuf Aw-Dahir, one of the top candidates in the upcoming election in the Somalia state of Jubaland has vowed to strengthen security in the re...

Jubbaland , Mohamed Yusuf Aw-Dahir , somalia

Somali President Farmajo renounces his U.S. citizenship

By Muia Joseph,

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo on Thursday renounced his United States citizenship. According to a statement by the Somalia Dir...

Farmajo

Somalia gov’t denies auctioning contested gas, oil blocks

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Somalia government has issued a statement in the wake of an escalating maritime border row with Kenya. The statement came a day after the Somal...

Kenya-Somalia border , P.S Macharia Kamau , President Mohamed Abdullahi

Somalia, Eritrea restore diplomatic ties

By VOA,

Somalia and Eritrean leaders agreed Saturday to resume their diplomatic ties and open embassies in their capitals. The decision was made during a s...

Al-Shabab militants , Eritrea , somalia , Somalia Information Minister Dahir Mohamed Geelle , Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo , Somalia-Eritrea restore diplomatic ties

President Kenyatta holds bilateral talks with Somalia President 

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday held talks with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of Somalia who is on an official visit in the country. Th...

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AMISOM warns of increased Al-Shabab ambushes

By VOA,

Al-Shabab attacks against African Union peacekeepers and Somali government forces could worsen as troops try to reopen Somalia’s main supply roads, ...

AL-SHABAB , AMISOM , baidoa , Burundi Vice President Gaston Sindimwo , Jowhar , Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Rono , mogadishu , Mohamed Hussein al-Qadi , President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo , Shabelle region , Somali National Army , town of Bal’ad , town of Fafahdhun

Somali migrants speak of horror and abuse in Libya

By VOA,

It was an emotional moment for the nearly dozen Somali migrants who were repatriated to Mogadishu from Libya on Saturday. Some fell to their knees,...

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Somalia’s deadliest bombing kills 276, injures 300

By Citizen Reporter,

Desperate Somalis searched for news of missing loved-ones on Monday, after a massive truck bomb in Mogadishu killed at least 276 people and left 300 i...

Al Shabaab , Farmajo , Mogadishu attack , Red Cross . , Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed , somalia , Somalians , violent extremists

Radicalized Kenyans desperate to quit Al Shabaab, fear execution

By Kimeli Arap Kemei,

A leaked classified document from security agencies reveals Kenyans fighting in the Al Shabaab militia in Somalia are now living in fear after major f...

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Leaders congratulate Uhuru on his re-election

By Citizen Reporter,

Regional Heads of States have joined Kenyans in congratulating President Uhuru Kenyatta after his re-election to serve a second term. Taking to twi...

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza , Congratulation messages , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Rwandan President Paul Kagame , Tanzanian President John Magufuli , Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni

Conference to boost Somalia stability, growth kicks off

By Majanga Michael,

British Prime Minister, Teresa May, opened the Third London Somali Conference at the historic Lancaster House where she met heads of states and gover...

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Somali president appoints oil firm executive as PM

By Reuters,

Somalia's newly elected president on Thursday appointed the country director of British firm Soma Oil and Gas as the new prime minister, raising quest...

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Suicide bomb in Somalia capital kills 18, wounds 25

By Reuters,

A blast from a suicide car bomb ripped through a market in Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing 18 people and wounding at least 25, a local off...

mogadishu , Simalia , Somalia Suicide bomb attack

Shabaab denounces new Somalia leader

By Citizen Reporter,

The Al Shabaab militant group has denounced newly elected Somalia President, Mohamed Abdullahi 'Farmajo', for backing the African Union troops current...

New Somali President Wants His Country off Immigration Ban

By VOA,

Somalia's new president says he will work to have his country removed from the list of nations whose citizens were -- and may yet be -- barred from en...

Ex-Somalia PM Farmajo trumps Hassan Sheikh in presidential poll

By Joel Muinde,

Sound of celebratory gunfire greeted the election of former Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmajo” as the new president after ...