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Somali pirates hijack first commercial ship since 2012

Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew onboard, a Somali official said on Tuesday, the first time they have successfully...

Somali soldiers protest in Mogadishu over unpaid wages

Hundreds of soldiers went on strike in the Somali capital on Sunday, blocking roads and forcing businesses to close in protest over unpaid salaries,...

Car bomb kills at least 13 in Somali capital

A car bomb near a hotel on a busy street in the Somali capital killed at least 13 people on Monday, police and the emergency medical services said, hours after a man was killed by a blast as he tried to ram through a checkpoint.

World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945

The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid "a catastrophe".

Somalia to print new bank notes

For the fast time in a more than a quarter century, Somalia will get new bank notes.

Nigeria and others to get World Bank to combat hunger

The World Bank Group President Jim Yong-Kim on Thursday announced the bank was working toward raising 1.6 billion dollars to build social protection systems to end food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen.

Somali female presidential hopeful, Dayib to remain in politics

Casting her bright yellow scarf over her golden Somali "dirac" gown, Fadumo Dayib speaks in a hushed tone. But as the first woman to run...

UN chief Antonio Guterres in Somalia over famine crisis

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Somalia Tuesday morning on his first field visit since he took office in January. Mr Guterres is in...

Trump signs revised travel ban that affects three African countries

President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from traveling to the United States but removing Iraq from the list, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts.

110 dead in Somalia due to drought

Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhoea resulting from a drought, the prime minister...

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