The US Army’s Africa Command (Africom) says in a new report that it aims to render al-Shabaab incapable of conducting effective operations by next year. But the military situation in Somalia, as appraised by the US Defence Department’s inspector general, makes it appear unlikely that this ambitious timetable will be met. In its “campaign plan”

Photo/ Somali Times A surge in violent attacks, threats, harassment and intimidation of media workers is entrenching Somalia as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, Amnesty International said today. In a new report, “We live in perpetual fear”, the organization documents dramatic deterioration in the right to freedom

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday brushed aside the decision of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to end a decades-old military agreement with United States, saying he didn’t

Photo/ Somali Times Kismayo-Fighting between Jubaland forces and forces allied to former Jubaland government spokesman Abdinasir Serar broke out in Kismayo Wednesday. Sources told Somali Times that the two sides clashed following an altercation as supporters allied to Serar attempted to hold a protest against the Jubbaland administration. There was no immediate information on the

By Tsvetana Paraskova The global drive to mitigate the impact of climate change and boost renewable energy is threatening the immense wealth that the Arab Gulf oil producers have accumulated from crude oil over the past decades. potential carbon taxes, poses a huge challenge to the GCC countries, which collectively produce over one-fifth of global

Photo/ Reuters Forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar have blocked flights carrying United Nations staff to and from Libya, hampering humanitarian and mediation efforts, the U.N. mission said on Wednesday. Haftar’s eastern-based Libya National Army has on several occasions in recent weeks refused to grant permission for the regular U.N. flights to land, the U.N. mission

By Jared Szuba New report calls into question AFRICOM’s ability to ‘degrade’ al-Shabaab by 2021 Troops loyal to Somalia’s Federal Government in Mogadishu are not yet ready to stand on their own against al-Shabaab militants in the country’s south, the U.S. Defense Department said in a new report. Despite some successes, the Somali National Army

Photo/ Somali Times President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Somaliland President, Musa Bihi Abdi have met in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital on Tuesday afternoon. The first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders were held at the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed who has facilitated the two to meet. According to Villa

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Photo from social media By Dylan Malyasov The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has begun testing the improved version of the Type-12 surface-to-ship missile in an air-launched configuration designed for the P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. According to several media reports, a P-1 patrol aircraft equipped with four modernized air-based Type-12 missiles made its first test