Photo Reuters Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own explosives, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters, as they mount more frequent and deadly attacks. The findings are a blow for internationally backed efforts to fight the al Shabaab insurgency, which has repeatedly carried out attacks in East Africa and launched dozens in

In a meeting between the Germany Ambassador to Uganda HE Dr Albrecht Conze and Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige, Dr. Conze applauded the continued role of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) in the stabilization process in the war-torn infested country of Somalia. He (Dr. Conze) said that Germany will continue

Mogadishu. At least seven people were killed and twelve others injured when a car bomb hit the headquarters of Wardhigley district, police and witnesses said on Tuesday. Police officer who requested not to be named told Somali Times that the blast occurred during food distribution at the local government building, “People were getting humanitarian aid

Mogadishu, Unknown source links Somali national secondary school exams on social media. A person who has not yet been identified by authorities in Somali has linked the country’s national secondary school exams on social media forcing the Education Minister to cancel and postpone the examinations. On national Television, Hon. Abdullahi Godah Barre announced that after

By Jason Hartwig When I worked in Somalia from 2016 to 2018 supporting provision of military assistance to forces combating al-Shabaab, most discussions with international partners acknowledged that our efforts could not ultimately defeat the jihadist group. As part of the plan for transitioning security responsibilities, the job of defeating al-Shabaab fell to the fledgling

UPDF spokesperson, Brig Richard Karemire Kampala- The army is investigating the circumstances under which one of its soldiers deployed in Mogadishu, Somalia, shot his administration officer dead before killing himself. A source in Mogadishu earlier told this newspaper that the soldier who ran amok was irked by the supervisor, and that four soldiers in total

Most African countries have few to none forensic bureaus or institutions. Forensic science plays a vital role in the criminal justice system by providing scientifically-based information through the analysis of evidence. It is a big moment in Somalia’s history as a court in Garowe today used forensic DNA evidence to convict three men accused of

A car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed a Turkish citizen, police said Sunday.The man was killed when explosives fitted to his car exploded on Sunday, police told dpa.”A Turkish a civil engineer was mercilessly blown up in his car near KM4 street,” said police spokesman Ali Hassan. The heavily injured engineer

Sadiq Khan says level of online abuse and threats towards him have risen since 2016 Brexit referendum The mayor of London has been put under 24-hour police protection following repeated abuse and threats on social media. Sadiq Khan, who defeated the Tory Zac Goldsmith to become mayor in 2016, has said that the intensity of

By Ismail Akwei Somaliland oldest statesman and chief of chiefs, Haji Abdikarim Hussein Yusuf, also known as Haji Warabe The self-declared state of Somaliland mourns its oldest statesman and chief of chiefs, Haji Abdikarim Hussein Yusuf, also known as Haji Warabe, who died on Friday at the Hargeisa International Hospital at the age of 122.