Somalia swears in 283 members of parliament
The tenth Parliament of Somalia was inaugurated in a ceremony today that saw 283 members of parliament (MPs) take their oaths of office. Forty-one of the MPs will become senators…
Somalia: UN, global partners ‘gravely concerned’ over changes to electoral process
27 December 2016 – The United Nations and other members of the international community have voiced grave concern over recent decisions by Somalia’s National Leadership Forum (NLF) that contravenes the…
Al-Shabaab militants kill two in Wajir and destroyed a Safaricom communication
Two people were killed when suspected Al-Shabaab militants attacked a road construction camp at Dagaxkut, Wajir County on Friday evening. The attackers also destroyed a Safaricom communication mast and burnt…
Twelve killed in ‘probable terrorist attack’ at Berlin Christmas market
Photo: DPA A police car blocks an entrance to the Christmas market. Photo: DPA German police said Tuesday they were treating as “a probable terrorist attack” the killing of 12…
ussian ambassador Andrey Karlov shot dead in Ankara
Russia’s ambassador to Ankara, Andrey Karlov, was shot in the back multiple times Russia’s ambassador to Ankara has been killed in a gun attack in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Russia’s…
Slain Ottawa sisters mourned, brother charged in killings
Beyond drifts of snow at the gates of Ottawa Muslim Cemetery on Sunday, grief-stricken mourners said farewell to slain sisters Asma and Nasiba A-Noor, who in life touched many by…
Bomb kills six Somalis in capital Mogadishu
Somali soldiers stand over the wreckage of a car bomb in Mogadishu on Thursday A bomb blast killed six people, mostly soldiers, and wounded a dozen other people in the…
On Tuesday evening, Turkey and Russia announced that they had brokered a cease-fire agreement
On Tuesday evening, Turkey and Russia announced that they had brokered a cease-fire agreement between the Bashar Assad regime and the opposition that would facilitate the evacuation of civilians and…
The Syrian civil war is the deadliest conflict the 21st century has witnessed thus far.
With much of the country in ruins, millions of Syrians having fled abroad Five years since the conflict began, more than 450,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting, more…