Heavy gunfire rang out across central Mogadishu on Friday as Somali troops battled to dislodge Islamist insurgents holed up next to a hotel they bombed the previous evening, and as the death toll stemming from that attack neared 30. Al Shabaab fighters set off two bombs outside the Hotel Maka Al-Mukarama before retreating to an

A suicide car bombing targeting a Mogadishu hotel by the Islamist group Al Shabaab on Thursday killed at least 10 people and destroyed buildings in the Somali capital’s busiest street, police said. It was one of the heaviest blasts to have hit Mogadishu in recent times. It took place in a business center in Maka

The Danish government has refused to rule out forced deportations of Somalians without the right to stay in the country, although Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has said he would rather they left voluntarily. The Danish leader commented on the situation following a recent meeting with Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Egypt saying he

Photo Camden New Journal Awale Olad one of only six black councillors in Camden’s history A YOUNG man told a public meeting that he had been “blocked” in his attempts to become a Labour councillor, as calls were made for the Somali community to be better represented. Mubarak Deerow spoke out at a session held

Photo (AP) A temporary closure of air space over Pakistan snarled air traffic Thursday, especially between Asia and Europe, though some airlines adjusted by rerouting their flights. In Bangkok, an important and busy hub for transcontinental flights, thousands of travelers were stranded. Bangkok Airport officials said over 4,000 travelers were affected. Those needing help were

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a news conference after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the JW Marriott hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had walked away from a nuclear deal at his summit with Kim Jong Un because of

The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani discussed with Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed the strong bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to boost and develop them in various fields. During the talks held on Wednesday at the Amiri Diwan, the developments in Somalia were reviewed and the Amir directed to support the

For the past 10 years the EU has successfully deployed a CSDP military naval operation to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. Today the threat of piracy has been minimised. At the same time the operation was tasked with monitoring fishing activity and reporting any illegal activity. Improved security conditions now allow communities to

Photo (AP) Pakistan’s air force shot down two Indian warplanes after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir on Wednesday and captured two Indian pilots, one of whom was injured, a military spokesman said. The dramatic escalation came hours after Pakistan said mortar shells fired by Indian

Photo Reuters Egypt rebuked Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday after he criticized European leaders for attending a summit hosted by Cairo days after nine men were executed. Erdogan and his foreign minister accused European Union leaders of hypocrisy for telling Turkey reinstating the death penalty would end hopes of joining the bloc yet attending