Somalia: Lower house of parliament passes bill on sexual violence↗
The Somali Parliament has passed a new law against sexual violence. The country’s criminal code dated back to 1962 and had not been updated since. FRANCE 24's Bastien Renouil met with Sofia Rajab in Nairobi. She is the program manager at…
World News in Brief: Ethiopians flee to Kenya amidst renewed conflict, new head of UN’s food programme, UN mission in Somalia concludes↗
Around 36,600 people have fled into northern Kenya following an uptick in fighting on the Ethiopian side of the border.
US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño↗
Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy? The water was…
Hundreds of Ethiopians cross into Kenya to flee regional fighting↗
Dispute over raising flag of Somali Regional State devolves into fighting between regional forces.
Read at Al Jazeera ↗Headline and extract © Al Jazeera — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. I was tortured because I’m a Somali woman who dared to speak out | Sadia Moalim Ali↗
I was sentenced to three years in jail for insulting government institutions. Now I am free, I will carry on fighting for the women I met in prison ‘Why don’t you just drive your tuk-tuk and do your work?” the judge asked me after videos…
Trump: Ilhan Omar could be deported, slams Somalia as a ‘s—house’↗
Donald Trump called Congresswoman Ilhan Omar “sick” and “dishonest” a week after federal agents raided her home.
Read at Al Jazeera ↗Headline and extract © Al Jazeera — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. Somali families face renewed violence amid worsening hunger crisis↗
Children have been killed and injured in fresh fighting in Baidoa, in Somalia’s South West State, where families were already facing severe hunger and other overlapping crises.
The human cost of surging US air strikes in Somalia↗
Families recount deaths, injuries and displacement as Trump accelerates US strikes against armed groups in Somalia.
Read at Al Jazeera ↗Headline and extract © Al Jazeera — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. Kinship and surveillance: The return of Somali piracy↗
Somalia’s piracy crackdown leaves coastal fishermen struggling to survive.
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Critics say unilateral decision to call polls is a recipe for more conflict.
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Newly sworn-in Labour MP Sagal Abdi-Wali has become the first Somali-born refugee woman elected to UK Parliament.
Read at Al Jazeera ↗Headline and extract © Al Jazeera — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike↗
After Guardian investigation uncovered drone strike that killed 12 civilians and injured many more, seven-year-old Abdiqadir Salah underwent vital operation in Mogadishu On the rickshaw ride to the hospital, Marian Haji Abdi Guled felt a…
Four African leaders issue joint declaration as Ethiopia war escalates↗
Egyptian, Eritrean, Somali and Sudanese leaders also call for talks to end the civil war in Sudan.
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Addis Ababa has yet to come to Mogadishu to negotiate access to sea ports.
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Somalia’s president accuses the Houthis of destabilising the region and disrupting navigation through the Bab al-Mandeb
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In exclusive Al Jazeera interview, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Israel planning a naval base in Berbera.
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Piracy off the Somali coast has increased in recent years after dropping when international naval operations began in 2011.
Somali pirates killed five crew members on hijacked tanker, officials say↗
The deaths appear to be the first at the hands of Somali pirates in more than a decade.
Read at Al Jazeera ↗Headline and extract © Al Jazeera — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. Somali army clashes with local forces for control of Baidoa↗
The latest outbreak of fighting in the South West State city stranded civilians unable to flee or reach hospitals.
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There are reports of casualties in Baidoa where forces have launched attacks, triggering fighting with federal troops.
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