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Turkish forces are seen in al-Bab town in northern Syria. (IHA Photo) Russia confirmed that it fighter jets mistakenly targeted Turkish soldiers near Syria’s al-Bab on Thursday, killing three soldiers and wounding 11 others. In a statement released by the Turkish General Staff, the military also confirmed the incident and said that a bomb mistakenly […]

US President-elect Donald Trump, seen during the Republican National Convention this summer.  Two University of Bergen professors on what Trump’s election can mean for the scientific community. By Andrea Saltelli, University of Bergen and Silvio Oscar Funtowicz, University of Bergen. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. If Brexit signified the end […]

Former Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who holds joint American citizenship, was elected president on Wednesday, vowing to crack down on corruption and Al-Shabaab militants. The 55-year-old former premier, whose hails from the Darod clan and who goes by the nickname “Farmajo”, won after incumbent president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud admitted defeat in a second […]

  Votes are counted in the first round of the presidential election in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Voting started Wednesday in Somalia’s groundbreaking presidential election as members of the upper and lower houses of the legislature cast ballots in the first round with 21 candidates for president, amid a security lockdown that has […]

Mogadishu and surrounding areas are on lockdown after increase in al-Shabab attacks in lead-up to election. Somalia’s capital is on lockdown a day before the parliament meets to elect a new president, with ongoing security concerns and warnings of famine expected to top the agenda for the incoming administration. Roads in Mogadishu were closed, businesses […]

Mogadishu 6February 2017 – The Chairperson of the 17-member Presidential Election Committee Mr. Abdirahman Beileh says preparations for Somalia’s much-awaited presidential polls are complete and the election will take place as scheduled. “The President is elected by the public and so we are representatives of the public. We are listening to them, we have given […]

THE HAGUE, 2 February 2017. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has today delivered its Judgment on the preliminary objections raised by Kenya in the case concerning Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya), in which it finds that it may proceed with the maritime […]

A structure at the KDF camp in Kulbiyow, Somalia, goes up in flames during an attack by al Shabaab terrorists, January 27, 2017. /COURTESY A structure at the KDF camp in Kulbiyow, Somalia, goes up in flames during an attack by al Shabaab terrorists, January 27, 2017. /COURTESY Al Shabaab militants have released photos of […]

Kismayo, January 31, 2017 – The third phase of training for 201 Jubbaland State Police recruits commenced yesterday in the port city of Kismayo. The three-month training is being conducted by the Police Component of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali Police. The first and second phases of the training programme […]

  27 January 2017 – Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Somalia, the United Nations envoy for the country noted today that the recently concluded election was a “mirror” to Somalis, showing them the good and the bad regarding how power is exercised, relations between elders, clan power brokers, politicians, business, ordinary citizens, […]