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Somali military court on Wednesday sentenced three al-Shabab militants to death after they were found guilty of being behind the hotel bombing in October last year, officials said. Chairperson of the Military Court, Hassan Ali Nur Shute, said the... Read more via Today.ng News –...

Flooding and strong winds caused by a tropical cyclone left at least 18 people dead and thousands homeless across two countries..... Read more via News24 – https://ift.tt/2rX4tby Get more World News

A bomb blast killed at least five spectators during a football match in southern Somalia, police and a lawmaker said on Friday, the first time an explosion has targeted a stadium. Click here to read more

Somalia’s security forces have shot dead a Government Minister, Abdullahi Sheikh Abas after mistaking him for a Militant Islamist. Officials said the 31-year-old was killed in his vehicle near the Presidential palace in Mogadishu. Mr Abas, the Public Works Minister became the country’s...

The African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, on Thursday confirmed that the leader of the militant group al-Shabaab has surrendered to government forces in Baidoa town in southern Somalia. The AU mission confirmed that Hussein Mukhtar surrendered to the Somali National Army (SNA) on Tuesday...

Ex Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has been elected President of Somalia. Farmajo was declared winner today after beating rivals in the second round of vote and was immediately sworn into office. He got 184 votes, to beat incumbent Hassan Sheikh, who had 97 and Sheikh Shariff, 46...

Somalia’s presidential election has moved to a second round Wednesday as the number of contestants dropped from 21 to three while politicians peeled off wads of hundred dollar bills to buy votes. The election is being held at an airport hangar amid tight security in Mogadishu for fear of Al...

Somalia is to hold its presidential election on Wednesday after numerous delays, with ongoing security concerns and warnings of famine topping the agenda for the new administration. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is seeking re-election against 22 other candidates. The troubled Horn of Africa...

Somalia will hold its presidential election on February 8, its electoral commission said Wednesday, after months of delays in a tortuous process for the conflict-torn country. Candidates will have until January 29 to register, the commission said in a statement. President Hassan Sheikh...