Abdi Ali remains wanted by police in connection with the murder of Shaun Lyall, whose body was found at a house on Sidney Street in Cleethorpes in July 2018 (Image: Grimsby Live) Grimsby Crown Court heard Abdi Ali, wanted in connection with the murder of Shaun Lyall, is thought to have fled to Somalia The

First school Sunshine of Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital city. Free Wind 2014/Shutterstock In 1991, following a civil war that led to the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic, the northern part of the country declared itself as the Republic of Somaliland. Though it still lacks recognition from the international community, Somaliland has many characteristics of a

Mogadishu, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, has wished the people of Somalia on the blessed occasion of Eid Al-Adha. The president described the special days of the Arab world as a symbol of the compassion, protection and unity of Muslims.”These holy days of Arafat are a great day

Members of the UK Somalian community have called for an investigation into the death of Shukri Abdi. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Alamy Stock Photo Refugee, 12, from Somalia was found drowned in a river in Bury in June The family of 12-year-old refugee Shukri Abdi who drowned in June have branded an internal investigation into claims of

The Somali government identified the woman in the center of this 2018 UNSOM photo as the suicide bomber who killed eight people, including Mogadishu Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman, in a July 24, 2019, attack. The suicide bomber who killed the mayor of Mogadishu and six other people last month was a blind, female employee of

Somalia’s federal state Jubbaland will hold elections on August 21. Not everyone will vote, but it appears the poll could affect both Somalis and neighbouring countries. Stretching from Gedo in the south to the Indian Ocean and bordering the entire Kenyan frontier with Somalia, Jubbaland is politically seen as Kenya’s buffer against Somali militant group

Photo/Somali Times Somalia and U.S. army have resolved to put pressure on al-Shabab fighters to liberate the Somali people in remaining militants’ held areas. Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command (Africom) who held talks with Hassan Ali Khaire, the prime minister of Somalia in Mogadishu on Wednesday, reinforced the U.S. army’s commitment to mutual

Some of the Thai fishing crew stranded off Somalia with food and water running out. The Foreign Ministry said they are expected to be flown home this week The Foreign Ministry says a flight has been booked for this week to bring home a Thai fishing crew abandoned on a vessel in the sea off

In Somalia a scheme to use biometric checks for direct bank payments to military personnel, Moving to a biometric payment system for military personnel has markedly improved the reliability of soldier pay and revealed 10,000 ‘ghost soldiers’ according to a report by AFP. The Somali government is now registering fighters from an allied militia and

Mogadishu, A court has on Tuesday fined British National, Andrew Brian Irlam USD 7,000 for compromising security at Aden Abdulle International Airports. Brian was arrested by Somali airport security agencies while trying to board airline to the United Arab Emirates with a bullet-proof vest and seven rounds of ammunition. The Banadir court dismissed two other