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The Latest Breaking News from Somalia

In the past few decades, Somalia’s droughts have increased both in intensity and in number due to climate change. It is now facing a famine that threatens the lives of millions of people, especially children. The United Nations says there are staggering levels of malnutrition among children under the age…

France 24

Somalia: Puntland state port is getting a revamp - this is key to its future

The port city of Bosaso, located at the north-eastern corner of Somalia, provides a striking example of the interlinkage between security and infrastructure. The city benefited from the civil war that ravaged the southern parts of Somalia in the 1990s and 2000s. It developed into a booming trade centre. But…

The Conversation

What drives Al-Shabaab in Somalia: foreign forces out, Sharia law in and overthrow the government

In response to external – and at times internal – pressure, Al-Shabaab’s insurgency in Somalia has evolved over time.

The Conversation

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‘Overlapping shocks’ are undoing efforts to end hunger in Africa, UN warns

Urgent aid response needed as climate crisis, Covid, local conflicts and soaring fuel prices push millions more into hunger

The Guardian - UK

UK’s lost leadership role hurts Somalia’s fight against famine, says drought envoy

Britain is no longer the key humanitarian player and ‘great ally’ it once was, says envoy trying to get support for Somalia’s drought

The Guardian - UK

Prolonged drought brings famine, death and fear to Somalia

Somalis say the current drought is worse than any they can remember, with thousands of people dying and a rare famine declaration possible as soon as this month.

ABC News

Thursday briefing: How food prices and the climate crisis brought famine to Somalia once more

In today’s newsletter: One million people have already been displaced by the country’s second famine in just over ten years. This is how Somalia found itself in a dire situation once again

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'So many children dying': Somalia drought brings famine near

Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: A look at famine and its toll as Somalia at risk

Within weeks, a famine could be declared in Somalia, affecting hundreds of thousands of people

The Independent UK

Global food crisis: Famine in Somalia 'on the horizon', ONE Campaign warns

The Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, runaway inflation and climate change are all fuelling a global food security crisis. Gayle E. Smith is the chief executive officer of the ONE Campaign, an NGO co-founded by the singer Bono. She spoke to FRANCE 24 about fighting extreme poverty in the…

France 24

Somalia says a top al-Shabab extremist leader is killed

Somali authorities say a top leader of the al-Shabab extremist group has been killed in a joint operation by the Somali National Army and international partner forces

The Independent UK

Somalia Says Top Shabab Extremist Leader Killed

Somali authorities said a top leader of the al-Shabab extremist group has been killed in a joint operation by the Somali National Army and international partner forces. Abdullahi Nadir had a $3 million bounty on his head by the United States and the Somali government described him as “one of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.S. military says it killed al-Shabaab leader in Somali air strike

The U.S. military said it killed a leader of the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group with an air strike in Somalia over the weekend, while the insurgents claimed responsibility for a new attack.

Reuters

U.N. ship to deliver Ukrainian wheat to Somalia -ministry

A fifth vessel chartered by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), NEW ISLAND, has arrived at Ukraine's Black Sea port of Chornomorsk and will deliver Ukrainian wheat to Somalia, Ukraine's infrastructure ministry said on Sunday.

Reuters

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Somaliland lawmakers vote to extend president's term by two years

Lawmakers in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland have extended President Muse Bihi Abdi's current term of office by two years ahead of its expiry in November, the senate chairman said on Saturday.

Reuters

Al Shabaab fighters kill crew drilling well in southern Somalia

Islamist militants from al Shabaab on Friday killed 12 people drilling a well in drought-ravaged southern Somalia, a local resident and official said.

The Independent UK

Climate Migration: Blind and homeless amid Somalia's drought

Issack is 80, Hassan 75

Tribune News Service

Suicide bombing kills at least 11 at army camp in Somalia

A suicide bombing by militants linked to al-Qaida killed at least 11 people at a Somali army training camp, the latest assault to rock the capital as the president vows to stamp out a yearslong insurgency.

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Suicide Bombing in Somalia Kills One Soldier, Injures 6

At least one soldier was killed and six others injured in Somalia on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military base in the west of the capital Mogadishu, a soldier and a hospital worker told Reuters. Somalia's al-Qaeda-allied group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombing.…

Reuters

Suicide bombing in Somalia kills one soldier and injures six

One soldier was killed and at least six others injured in Somalia on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military base in the west of the capital Mogadishu, a soldier and a hospital worker told Reuters.

Reuters

Somaliland postpones presidential election to next year

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland will postpone its scheduled presidential election to next year, rather than holding it in November when the incumbent president's term ends, the region's electoral body said on Saturday.

Reuters

Countries step up to try and avert famine in Horn of Africa

Countries on Wednesday pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in additional aid for the Horn of Africa as they sounded the alarm on a drought in the region and looming famines in Somalia and other countries.

Al Jazeera

US military says killed 27 al-Shabab fighters in central Somalia

Air strike on Sunday in Somalia’s Hiran region is sixth so far this year, US Africa Command says on its website.

Reuters

U.S. says it kills 27 al Shabaab militants in Somalia air strike

The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had killed 27 fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an air strike in Somalia's central Hiran region, where the army and allied forces have launched an offensive against the insurgents in the last month.

Reuters

Nearly 1 million people face starvation in hunger hotspots - U.N. agencies

Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday.

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