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The Latest Breaking News from Somalia

Eritrea rejoins East Africa bloc after exit 16 years ago

Eritrea quit the body in 2007 in protest of its neighbour Ethiopia deploying troops to Somalia to fight al-Shabab.

Al Jazeera

Somalia: Explosion kills at least 27 people, mostly children in Lower Shabelle; Many injured

According to Somali National News Agency, the blast also left 53 people injured. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Somali security forces end hourslong extremist attack on Mogadishu hotel, state media says

State media in Somalia are reporting that security forces have ended an hourslong extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, that began Friday night

The Independent UK

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Several people killed in Al Shabaab attack on Mogadishu beach hotel

Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Al Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said Saturday, adding that three officers also died in the gunfight.

France 24

Ethiopia says it foiled al-Shabab attack near border with Somalia

Ethiopia says army stopped attackers before they could ‘wreak havoc’ in the border town of Dollo.

Al Jazeera

Ugandan peacekeepers killed in jihadist attack in Somalia

Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda says 54 peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

KAMPALA: Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists.

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Uganda says 54 soldiers killed by al Shabaab in Somalia

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday that 54 Ugandan peacekeepers were killed in an attack last week by militant group al Shabaab on a military base in Somalia.

Reuters

Clash between Somalia army and al Shabaab kills 17, witness says

Fighters from Somalia's al Shabaab insurgent group attacked a military base on the outskirts of a town in the centre of the country, leading to at least 17 deaths, a resident said.

Reuters

Ibrahim Jama obituary

Other lives: Legal officer at the Commission for Racial Equality who spent much of his spare time campaigning for international recognition of Somaliland

The Guardian - UK

Somalia says it will revert to direct vote for officials starting next year

Somalia will start electing its president and other officials by direct vote next year, the government announced on Sunday, ending a system of indirect voting in the Horn of Africa country that has endured three decades of conflict and clan battles.

Reuters

Somalia to introduce direct universal suffrage in 2024

Somalia's government and federal member states said Sunday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for June 2024.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda confirms casualties among country's soldiers in Somali attack

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said late on Saturday there had been casualties during an attack by Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab on a military base manned by Ugandan peacekeepers in the Horn of African country on Friday.

Reuters

Russia offers support to Somalian army in fight against terrorist groups

Russia has offered military support to Somalia’s army in the war against terrorism

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Al Jazeera

Al-Shabab attacks AU peacekeeper mission base in Somalia

The AU mission is yet to confirm the number of casualties although al-Shabab claims to have killed 137 soldiers.

Reuters

Al Shabaab attacks African peacekeepers in Somalia, big death toll feared

Islamist al Shabaab militants attacked a military base housing Ugandan forces with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia on Friday, and a Somali army captain said both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Daily Record

Castle Douglas man ditches Milan to become UK’s new ambassador to Somalia

Mike Nithavrianakis has needed to use all of his diplomacy skills to get himself out of his daughter’s bad books after swapping the Italian fashion capital for his new post

Al Jazeera

UN conference pledges fall short of $7bn goal for Horn of Africa

The 2.4bn raised was less than the $7bn the UN says is needed to provide help to millions at risk in the region.

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UN gets $2.4 billion in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

The United Nations received pledges of $2.4 billion on Wednesday to help fund aid operations for some 32 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, but the donations fell short of what the U.N. was seeking as it warned against a possible "catastrophe."

The Guardian - UK

UK funding cuts to east Africa ‘insulting and shortsighted’, say aid organisations

NGOs dismayed at reduction in Britain’s contribution as crisis-hit region faces challenges from drought, rising prices and conflict

The Independent UK

US announces $524 million in new aid for Horn of Africa drought, climate crisis

The United States has announced $524 million in additional humanitarian aid for the Horn of Africa that aims to put a spotlight on the extreme effects of climate change and the worst drought in the region in 40 years

The Conversation

Sudan's peace mediation should be led by the African Union: 3 reasons why

Questions about who mediates in a conflict – and when – are crucial. Mediation is about trust, an awareness of regional realities and insights into complex politics. It should happen before conflict reaches a mutually damaging stalemate. This spares lives and political disintegration of the kind seen in Libya and…

The Independent UK

Aid agencies back UN's $7 billion appeal for Horn of Africa crisis

Humanitarian agencies are calling for the full funding of the U.N.'s $7 billion appeal for the Horn of Africa during a pledging conference this week

The Conversation

Somaliland crisis: delayed elections and armed conflict threaten dream of statehood

With a presidential election delayed for months and deadly clashes between security forces and clan militias, Somaliland’s reputation for stability lies in ruins. Violence erupted in the breakaway northern Somalia region a few weeks after elections were postponed late last year. President Muse Bihi Abdi, in power since November 2017,…

The Independent UK

The devastating impact of drought on mothers and children in Somalia

Exclusive: Powerful series illustrates devastating impact of crisis ahead of World Hunger Day

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