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MOGADISHU — At least three people were killed and more than 14 others wounded when a suicide car bomb blast rocked the town of Jowhar on Sunday, officials said. A police officer in Jowhar told Anadolu Agency that it was a suicide car bomb attack that targeted Nur Dob hotel, killing …

HARGEISA — At least three young men died on Saturday afternoon in a road accident on the outskirts of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. The three young men, Abdisalam Osman, Faisal Muhumed, and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, were all friends. According to residents, the accident happened after a pickup 4WD collided …

NEW YORK — The annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), released on Monday, details the devastating impact that various forms of conflict had on children around the world in 2021. The dangers outlined in the report range from conflict escalation, military coups, and takeovers, protracted and new …

NEW YORK — The annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), released on Monday, details the devastating impact that various forms of conflict had on children around the world in 2021. The dangers outlined in the report range from conflict escalation, military coups, and takeovers, protracted and new …

MOGADISHU — Armed with mobile phones, tripods and laptops, the crew at Bilan Media, a Somali start-up staffed entirely by women, is on a mission to break the silence around gender violence in the troubled Horn of Africa nation. A rarity in the conservative predominantly Muslim country, Bilan (meaning “beauty” …

MOGADISHU — To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, 30 survivors of sexual violence completed business skills training to improve their lives under a UN-supported initiative. The survivors underwent three months of training in tailoring and clothes dyeing and received starter kits with clothing …

MOGADISHU – The Acting Foreign Minister and State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Balal Mohamed Osman, received on Sunday in his office at the Ministry the credentials of the new representative of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the Federal Republic of Somalia, …

MOGADISHU —  At least two people were killed and more than five others wounded late Friday in two explosions in and around Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, according to an official. The first attack was a landmine explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying security personnel on the outskirts of Mogadishu, according …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday appealed for urgent funding to help avert an “explosion of child deaths” which it said is looming in East Africa (EA) if the world does not act immediately. UNICEF’s Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Rania Dagash said …

BAIDOA — A court in Baidoa town on Tuesday executed a man for killing a businesswoman and then dumping her body in a sewage hole in his house. Family members found the woman’s body on Sunday. The court ruled that Hassan Mohamed Hassan, aka Goomey, stabbed Amina Mohamud to death …