Somali security forces have shot dead Abbas Siraji, the country’s minister for public works, after mistaking him for an Islamist militant. Officials said the minister, who was also a lawmaker,
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Somalia’s parliament on Wednesday elected former prime minister, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a dual US-Somali citizen, as the country’s new president. Thousands of Somalis quickly took to the streets following the
Sir Mo Farrah, a British-Somali athlete, has condemned Donald Trump’s decision to ban Muslims from seven countries from travelling to the US. Farah described the new policy by the US
A Somali town has poisoned 400 stray dogs out of concern that they could spread diseases and kill livestocks. An
At least 20 policemen were killed in an ambush by Somali militant group, al-Shabaab, in the north-eastern part of Kenya,
Following the death of 147 students at Garissa University in Kenya, the Kenyan military has retaliated with bomb attacks on