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Somalia famine over but emergency remains, says UN
03/02/2012 - SOMALIA

Somalia famine over but emergency remains, says UN

The UN Somalia Food Security Nutrition Analysis Unit and the US famine warning network FEWS NET said in a statement Friday that famine conditions have ended in Somalia, but that humanitarian conditions are still dire.
US forces rescue two hostages held by pirates
25/01/2012 - SOMALIA

US forces rescue two hostages held by pirates

US special forces rescued two foreign hostages from Somali pirates in a Tuesday raid. American Jessica Buchanan and Danish national Poul Thisted were working for a Danish demining group when they were kidnapped in October.
Suicide bomber attacks Ethiopian base in Somalia
24/01/2012 - SOMALIA

Suicide bomber attacks Ethiopian base in Somalia

A suicide bomber from the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab movement rammed a minibus filled with explosives into a government building in Beledweyne, near the Ethiopian border. A Shabaab source said 33 Ethiopians were killed in the blast.
Deadly blast hits makeshift camp in Mogadishu
19/01/2012 - SOMALIA

Deadly blast hits makeshift camp in Mogadishu

A bomb blast killed six people near a camp for displaced people in Mogadishu on Thursday, hours after insurgents hurled two hand grenades at a United Nations compound in Somalia's restless capital.
Somalia is the new hotspot on the ‘jihadi tourism’ trail
17/01/2012 - SOMALIA

Somalia is the new hotspot on the ‘jihadi tourism’ trail

Somalia is hardly an attractive destination, but a former US soldier has just joined the ranks of foreigners trying to join the al Shabaab Islamist group. Why is Somalia gathering so many of the world’s wannabe jihadists?
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Local militia forces Red Cross to halt Somalia food aid
12/01/2012 - SOMALIA

Local militia forces Red Cross to halt Somalia food aid

The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had suspended food aid to 1.1 million people in southern and central Somalia on Thursday after local militia blocked deliveries in certain parts of the famine-hit country.
Kenyan air raid kills scores of Somali insurgents
07/01/2012 - HORN OF AFRICA

Kenyan air raid kills scores of Somali insurgents

Kenyan jets killed at least 50 al-Shabaab fighters during an air raid on southern Somalia Friday, a military official said. Kenya sent troops to fight Somali insurgents in October, after a string of cross-border attacks hit its tourism industry.
Doctors Without Borders staff murdered in Somalia
30/12/2011 - SOMALIA

Doctors Without Borders staff murdered in Somalia

French medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders confirmed Friday that two of its workers, a Belgian and an Indonesian, were gunned down in Mogadishu. The group said it would relocate some staff, but that it was committed to remaining in Somalia.
Gambia's Fatou Bensouda to rule the ICC
15/12/2011 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Gambia's Fatou Bensouda to rule the ICC

The new chief prosecutor at the world's top criminal court is a female attorney from Gambia. We take a closer look at Fatou Bensouda. Meanwhile in Burundi, more and more opposition members and journalists are arrested, sometimes just for holding a microphone. Finally, we take a look at the nightmare scenario of a Somali fisherman who was mistaken for a pirate and imprisoned for three years.
Kenyan army and Shebab rebels fight online
14/12/2011 - WEBNEWS

Kenyan army and Shebab rebels fight online

The Kenyan army and Somali Islamist insurgents in an online war of words. Mikhaïl Prokhorov announces Russian presidential candidacy; reactions online. And the Occupy Movement’s cutest protesters…
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