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Ethiopia says food aid suspension ‘punishes millions’

The Ethiopian government on Saturday criticized a move by two major aid organizations to halt the sending of food assistance to the country after discovering it was being diverted from those who need it. The Ethiopian government’s…

Prominent Somali politicians protest at election overhaul deal

A group of leading Somali politicians denounced Monday a move to overhaul the country’s electoral system and introduce universal suffrage, charging that there was a lack of broad consultation and that some of the proposals were…

Somalia says it killed Al-Shabaab terror group co-founder

Somalia's federal government said that one of the al-Shabaab co-founders, Abdullahi Nadir, was killed during an operation in the Shabaab-controlled area of Haramka by government security forces on Saturday. The government said in a…

Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16

At least 16 people were killed in an attack on Sunday by al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a government spokesman said, as the Islamist group launched a similar assault on a Somali military base. Sunday’s toll…

Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for a bombing that killed 90 people in Somalia

The Islamic Youth Movement claimed responsibility for the bombing in Mogadishu on Saturday, which killed 90 people, while Somalia said an unnamed foreign country had helped plan the bombing.

Four Al-Shabaab militants were killed in Somalia in American raids

Four American al-Shabaab militants were killed yesterday in three American air strikes targeting two locations in Somalia, a day after at least 90 people were killed in a truck bombing in the capital, Mogadishu, the US military said.

At least 90 people were killed in an explosion in Mogadishu

An international organization report said that at least 90 people were killed and dozens wounded when a truck bomb exploded in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, while medics previously announced that the death toll was 61 dead.

Five Al-Shabaab militants were killed in Somalia after an attack on a hotel

Police said Somali security forces shot dead five Al-Shabaab militants who had killed three civilians and two soldiers during an attack on a hotel near the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Tuesday evening.