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Eastleigh traders during the opening of Yare Plaza. /JOSEPH NDUNDA

Seven governors have condemned the massacre of 12 people in Mandera on Tuesday morning and told the government to “up its game” in ensuring security in frontier counties. Governors Ali Roba (Mandera), Issa Timamy (Lamu), Nathif Jama (Garissa) and Ahmed Abdullahi (Wajir) and Isiolo Deputy Governor Mohamed Guleid and Tana River representative Abdikadir Suleiman called […]

 “We can’t afford to keep fleeing,” said “Halima,” a 35-year-old mother of four who recently fled fighting in the contested town of Galkayo in central Somalia. “Those fighting might have big houses to hide in, but we live in tents and the bullets can easily reach us.” Halima (not her real name) is among thousands […]

Iraqi government forces have launched a campaign to retake Mosul, the de-facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Iraq. Up to 1.5 million civilians remain in the city, according to the United Nations, amid fears that the vastly outnumbered ISIL fighters could use them as human shields as […]

MUMBAI: In a major turn of events, the 119 Somali pirates nabbed in four operations by the Coast Guard and Navy off Lakshadweep in 2011-12, have pleaded guilty to offences against them. Special public prosecutor Renjeet Sangle will file a reply next week. The accused said their previous plea of not guilty may be disregarded. […]

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11 2016 Hundreds of Ethiopian troops pulled out of a town in central Somalia Tuesday, at least the second location vacated by their forces in recent weeks, a Somali security official said. Security official Abdirisak Moalim Ahmed said Ethiopian soldiers present in El-Ali, Hiran region, as part of an African Union mission withdrew […]

Senior Kenyatta National Hospital nursing officer Erina Bwibo, Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu and CEO Lily Koros visit Sabdul Farah after an attack by al Shabaab in Mandera, December 27, 2015. /JOSEPH NDUNDA __________________________________________________ The widow of the Muslim man who died after protecting Christians in an attack by al Shabaab in Mandera has received […]

Baidoa, 5 October, 2016 – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has hailed the progress made by Interim South West Administration (ISWA) on preparations for the 2016 electoral process, despite existing challenges. The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, who was part of an […]

A Kenya Defence Forces soldier has narrated to a Mombasa court how he and his comrades were attacked when a group of about 10 Al-Shabaab militants ambushed them in Kiunga in Lamu County two years ago. Sargent Andrew Nzomo said the attack happened after they left the Manda military base, where they had gone to […]

27 September 2016 – A new delay in Somalia’s elections is a matter of “immediate concern,” raising fears that the process is being politically manipulated and that the latest postponement may only be one of yet further rolling delays, the top United Nations official in the long-troubled East African country warned today. First slated to […]