Powerful Ecuador earthquake leaves 41 people dead
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 28 people in Ecuador, Vice-President Jorge Glas says.
A state of emergency was declared in six provinces...
Brazil: Rival rallies ahead of key impeachment vote
Rival protests have taken place in Brazil's capital ahead of a crucial Congress vote on Sunday that will decide whether President Dilma Rousseff will...
Southwest MP says AU troops in Lower Shabelle region will be held accountable for...
A member of Southwest parliament, Mahad Cabdi Dhoore Mahad Abdi Dhore said on Saturday that AMISOM troops will be held accountable for civilian deaths...
AMISOM troops kill four civilians in Bus attack
The African Union troops have attacked a passenger bus, and executed four unarmed civilians, including 80-year-old woman in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia...
Gunmen open fire on civilian bus, kill one passenger in lower Shabelle -INO
Unknown gunmen have opened fire on a civilian bus near Shalanbod village in Lower Shabelle region, killing at least one passenger on the spot,...
ISWA Troops attacks Al shabaab base in Bay region, says official – INO
A South west state of Somali official said ISWA, forces have launched an attack on base belonging to the Al Qaeda-linked Al shabaab militants...
Can Somalia Hold Elections in 2016?
Saturday April 16, 2016
By Conor Gaffey
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, pictured attending a ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, on May 24, 2014. Mohamud and...
Al Shabaab now recruiting in Kenya
Intelligence sources have warned that Al Shabaab is using the western part of the country as a new recruitment frontier.
And the Government is responding...
Obama: U.S. gains ‘momentum’ against Islamic State
President Barack Obama said Wednesday the United States and its coalition partners have made significant grounds in their fight against the Islamic State, taking...
ASWJ: Govt troops participated clan clash in Adado city
Abdullahi Hersi Dirshe, a vice president of the self-declared semi-autonomous state of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a (ASWJ) has accused Somali federal government troops of participating...
Puntland probes bullet-riddled bodies of two men found outside Galkayo
Puntland state said it launched a probe into two dead bodies discovered at an area in the outskirts of the central divided town of...
4 people injured in Balad Hawo Explosions
Four people, including a woman were wounded in twin grenade blasts occurred on Thursday evening in Balad Hawo town in Gedo region, near Somali...
Sudan, Somalia Discuss Joint Cooperation
President of Sudan Omar Al Bashir met here on Wednesday with his Somalian counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who is currently visiting Khartoum.
During the meeting,...
Clan fighting erupt in the outskirts of Beledweyne
Fierce clan fighting erupted today at the outskirts of Beledweyne town, Hiiran region, central Somalia as many casualties feared, reports say.
The fighting started just...
German Cabinet Approves Extending Military Missions in Mali, Somalia
German troops will be deployed to the region under the EU aegis until May 31, 2017, government reports indicated. The plan still needs the approval of the national...
3 people injured in Marko fighting
At least three people have been wounded in a fierce fighting between Somali government forces and armed militia in the southern coastal town of...
Bomb blast kills 3 in Afgooye town
3 people killed, 1 of them a soldier after a grenade hurled to a busy market in Afgooye town, 30km south west of Mogadishu,...
Int’l community welcomes agreement on details of 2016 electoral process
The United Nations, the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), the United States, the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Italy...
Pentagon: 12 Al-Shabaab militants killed in US airstrikes in Somalia
A Pentagon spokesman says the U.S. conducted airstrikes Monday and Tuesday in Somalia that killed an estimated 12 militants affiliated with the al-Shabab Islamic...
SFG and RS reach final agreement on September elections
Somali Federal government (SFG) and Regional States (RS) reached finally an agreement on coming elections after a summit in Mogadishu, Presidential Spokesman Daud Aweis...