somalia

While the risk of a child dying before the age of five is reducing in many parts of the world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found that the maternal mortality rate in Africa is still very high. In the WHO African Region, there are over 100 deaths per 1000 live births. This is way...

President Donald Trump has deleted a tweet where he referred to Somalia as ‘Somolia’ on Friday, June 8, 2018. President Trump‘s knowledge of the African country known as Somalia has been questioned. Trump deleted a tweet where he referred to Somalia … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders today that includes a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries; REUTERS reports. This was revealed by congressional aides and immigration experts, who asked not to be named...

A large explosion has rocked a hotel in the centre of the Somali capital Mogadishu and there is ongoing gunfire after what is suspected to be an al-Shabab attack. According to BBC, the blast hit the Naso Hablod hotel, a mile from the city's airport. There is no word on casualties. Reports say...

At least 115 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed and 110 others arrested in four days of heavy fighting with security forces of Galmudug State of central Somalia, the president said on Monday. President of Galmudug State of Somalia Abdikarim Hussein Guled said the intense fighting ended on...

United States launched an air strike in Somalia that killed more than 150 fighters with the al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab following U.S. intelligence on preparations for a large-scale militant attack, the Pentagon said on Monday. According to Reuters, the Saturday strike, using both...

At least 30 people have been killed in twin bomb attacks claimed by Shebab Islamists in the Somali city of Baidoa, the regional governor said Monday. “The official number of the dead has reached 30 people, all of them civilians and 61 others have been wounded, 15 of them seriously,” Abdurashid...

Fighters from the al-Shabab group have attacked a base for African Union peacekeepers in southwestern Somalia, blasting their way into the compound and exchanging fire with peacekeepers, a Somali military official told Al Jazeera. Dozens of al-Shabab fighters on Friday assaulted the military...

At least three people have died and seven injured in a "huge" explosion in the centre of the Somali capital Mogadishu. Social media reports also claimed gunfire and a ball of smoke could be seen over the city after the explosion, which is believed to have been a car bomb that detonated at...