Bartamaha (Mogadishu):- Fighting early Thursday between Somali government forces and insurgent fighters from Al-Shabaab in the capital, Mogadishu killed at least 10 people and wounded 20 others, said Ali Muse, director of Nationlink Ambulance. Somali forces have been battling al-Shabaab, … read more »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-Around the same time President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon were jointly shaming Arizona for its new law allowing local law enforcement officers to arrest illegal immigrants, federal officials rather quietly warned officials in Texas to be on … read more »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-As the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) force becomes ever more active in Somalia, questions must be raised as to the intentions of this militarised organisation, writes Explo Nani-Kofi. Nani-Kofi stresses that the African continent grows ever more vulnerable to … read more »

NAIROBI — Agence France-Presse’s Somalia correspondent Mustafa Haji Abdinur has been awarded the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Award in the Free Press category. Abdinur, 28, who has been AFP’s Mogadishu-based correspondent since 2006, was among several African … read more »

MEXICO CITY — An Aeromexico flight from Paris to Mexico was forced to divert to Montreal after U.S. authorities refused to let the plane use U.S. airspace, and a man onboard was taken off and arrested under an outstanding warrant, … read more »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):-The Navy on Friday released 10 accused Somali pirates who had spent more than six weeks in custody aboard a U.S. warship in the Indian Ocean, Navy officials said. U.S. officials said they tried to find a country willing … read more »

BIHANGA MILITARY BASE, Uganda — Somalia’s fledgling army faces countless hurdles before it can claim to control its territory but the most immediate obstacle is understanding what the instructors are saying. On the second day of a one-year programme by … read more »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The UN refugees agency says at least 60 civilians have been killed and 14,300 others sent fleeing from their homes over the last two weeks as heavy fighting engulfed Somali capital Mogadishu. “According to information we are seeing … read more »

ISTANBUL—At this swanky conference on Somalia over the weekend, the most important guests didn’t hold lofty posts. At least one lacked a college degree. But they represent some of the most powerful—and moneyed—players in Somalia: its business leaders. The United … read more »