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MOGADISHU – Somali armed group al Shabaab has carried out an attack on police station and Safaricom in Mandera town, a week after a US soldier was killed in an attack on US naval base in Kenya. The attack took place around 10:00 PM local…

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 11 January, 2020 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is extremely dismayed by the unfair and politically motivated sentence of one year in jail and a fine of three million shilling (US$300) against Horn Cable TV editor,…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has Friday paid a two-day visit to Eritrea’s capital, Asmara. Upon his arrival, Mohamed received a red-carpet welcome from his Eritrean counterpart Asis Afwerk. Somali…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A heavy fighting broke out between Somali special forces backed by US and Al Shabaab militants in south of the capital, Mogadishu. The clash started with a roadside bomb explosion near Afgoye town, some 30km south of…

The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) has handed over medical equipment to a health facility operated by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Mogadishu. The health facility located within the AMISOM Halane Base…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – At least five people have been killed and 15 others injured on Wednesday in a suicide explosion in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The explosion targeted a security checkpoint near the country’s parliament building in…

by Abbas Milani-STANFORD – The assassination by the United States of Qassem Suleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, was certainly a major escalation in the two countries’ long-running conflict. But it need not beget World War III (as…

In partnership with Free Press Unlimited (FPU) , the Federation of Somali journalists (FESOJ) has conducted training workshop on Ethical Reporting and Freedom of Expression and legal limitation for 25 journalists working for the various…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali armed group al Shabaab says it has on Sunday carried out a massive attack on a US military base in Lamu county of Kenya. The attack started with a suicide bomb explosion on Camp Simba in Manda Bay, then gunmen…

Kenyan troops serving under the African Union Mission Somalia (AMISOM) have distributed foodstuffs to address the nutritional needs of vulnerable communities living in Dhobley town, southern Somalia. The distribution carried out by the…

The US military says it has killed 3 Al Shabaab fighters in an airstrike carried out in southren region of Somalia. The strike was executed after Somali, U.S. forces engaged insurgents in support of the Federal Government of Somalia,…

MOGADISHU – Somali military says at least 30 Al Shabaab fighters were killed on Friday in a joint operation carried out west of the capital, Mogadishu. The operation was conducted by US-backed Special Forces known as ‘Danab’ in…