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

Photo/AFP On July 24, this year, a female suicide bomber walked into a security meeting being held at the office of Mogadishu mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman and blew herself up killing seven and injuring several others. Al-Shabab terrorists claimed responsibility for the attack, telling local media that UN envoy to Somalia James Swan, who had

The Federal Government of Somalia has executed two members of Al-Shabaab for their role in multiple attacks in Mogadishu. The two were found guilty for activities carried in 2017/18 and were executed through the firing squad. Anshour O. Abukar (in green) 23, Mohamed A. Borow, 25 were convicted for role in multiple attacks, including which

Mohamed Ali wants to be the Conservative MP for Cardiff North Mohamed Ali says he’s seen what civil war can do – and says he isn’t prepared for Brexit to cause one in Britain When he was three, Mohamed Ali arrived in Cardiff from his native Somalia. He’d fled the civil-war ravaged country and arrived