Mogadishu. 7 August, 2022. (QJ)- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) office in Somalia said on Friday that it urgently required $131.4 million to assist 882,000 people across the Horn of Africa country. “Funding levels remain low across sectors,” the UN agency said in a statement, adding that its famine prevention efforts covering 55 […]
What you need to know: Kenya’s Mombasa port, the largest and busiest in the region, is facing tough competition from ports at Berbera in Somaliland, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Maputo in Mozambique as the battle for trade along East Africa’s “Swahili Coast” heats up. Tanzania, Somaliland and Mozambique are investing heavily in expanding […]
WASHINGTON — A concerted push by al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab to expand from Somalia into Ethiopia appears to have been “largely contained,” according to a senior U.S. military official, though he cautioned that the terror group was likely planning more such attacks in coming months. Almost 500 al-Shabab fighters first crossed into eastern Ethiopia last week, clashing with […]
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Regional forces in southeast Ethiopia killed 85 al Shabaab militiamen during border clashes on Monday, the state broadcaster and a regional commander said, days after the insurgents staged rare raids in the area. The fighting adds to the security headaches for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as he tries to quell an […]
London (QJ)- The Metropolitan police has launched an investigation into claims by Sir Mo Farah that he was trafficked into the UK and forced into domestic servitude. The four-time Olympic champion told a BBC documentary that he was brought to London by a stranger under an assumed name after escaping war in Somalia aged nine. […]
Mogadishu (QJ)- A government soldier shot dead a police chief in Mogadishu’s Daynile district on Sunday. According to witnesses, Alas, the police chief of the Barwaqo Department, was killed following a violent dispute with his assailant, who was a soldier. The shooting also injured another soldier. According to reports, the Daynile district security forces have detained […]
Twin Cities Muslim leaders say a man with a history of mental illness stabbed an imam inside his Minneapolis mosque this week. Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota said Imam Awil Adan suffered head and arm injuries, and could have been killed had another person at the Khalid Binu Walid […]
Mogadishu (QJ)- A spokesperson for Somalia’s president said on Saturday that the government is set to consult parliament on the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, Hebrew media reported. Reports by Channel 12 news and Kan news could not be immediately verified. Somalia media reports last month claimed President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recently held […]
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has vowed to shut down revenue streams for al-Shabab terrorists. The Islamist militants are believed to make millions of dollars per year from taxes they impose in areas of Somalia under their control. But security analysts say cutting off the terrorist funding won’t be easy. Somalia’s […]
Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says ending al-Shabaab’s violent insurgency requires more than a military approach, and his government will negotiate with the extremist group only when the time is right. He said the al-Qaeda affiliate responsible for deadly attacks across East Africa had developed a “coping mechanism” to military aggression and could not […]