HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution renewing the sanctions against the al-Shabaab in Somalia until February 28, 2025. The resolution, submitted by the UK, was unanimously adopted by the 15-member Security Council. It allows authorization for maritime interdiction to enforce the embargo on illicit arms...
Families fleeing the devastating effects of Somalia’s prolonged civil war are paying the highest price as they seek refuge in makeshift camps across the country. Internal conflicts have deeply scarred the nation, made worse by recurrent droughts and famine. In displacement camps, the need for basic humanitarian supplies is critical, with livin...
BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has completed the handover of 21 military bases to the Somali national army, marking the official end of the three-phase troop withdrawal process, the mission has announced. The peacekeeping mission has withdrawn a total of 9,000 troops from Somalia in preparation f...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) — The Somali Defense Ministry said on Monday that the army, backed by local and international partners, carried out military operations against the al-Shabaab group, killing more than 95 “terrorists”. The Somali National Army (SNA) conducted operations in Middle Shabelle, Galgadud, and the north-central prov...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The number of people experiencing crisis levels of hunger in Somalia is expected to rise to 4.4 million between October and December, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. “At least 3.6 million people are currently experiencing crisis levels of hunger in Somalia. This number...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Several people are feared dead or injured after a powerful explosion shook Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to local reports. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the media that the blast is believed to be a suicide bombing targeting a busy restaurant near the National Theat...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The UK has pledged £5 million ($6.6 million) in aid to the Somali national army through the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) Trust Fund, aimed at bolstering the country’s security forces. UNSOS has said that the aid will provide essential non-lethal support, including food rations and communications eq...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia has accused Ethiopia of providing unauthorized arms shipments to the semiautonomous state of Puntland. The Foreign Ministry said the arms shipments violated Somalia’s sovereignty and it is “threatening regional security.” “This action constitutes a grave infringement on Somalia’s sovereignty and po...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia remains one of the world’s most serious humanitarian crises with millions of people exposed to unimaginable suffering, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day. The suffering is due to recurring and intensifying climate s...
The humanitarian crisis in Somalia is deepening as drought and conflict worsen conditions for displaced citizens. In the capital Mogadishu’s internally displaced person’s camps, food shortages are increasing following the Somali government cutting financial support for the World Food Programme’s electronic card system. Nearly 150,000 Somalis h...
