Somalia
Iran war detours ships into Somali piracy risk as attacks rise
Nimi PrincewillSaturday May 16, 2026 An armed Somali pirate stands on the shoreline as a Greek cargo ship lies anchored…
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Somali regional state rejects drought claims, cites improved conditions during Gu rains
Saturday May 16, 2026 Photo: Somali regional state The Somali Regional State Disaster Risk Management Bureau has dismissed reports portraying…
West-Africa
Trump says ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki has been killed
Saturday May 16, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the global second-in-command of ISIS, had…
Somalia
Somali government presses ahead with one-person, one-vote plan after talks fail
Saturday May 16, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s federal government on Friday said it will press ahead with one-person, one-vote…
East-Africa
Middle East conflict disrupts aid supplies as Somali child malnutrition worsens
Saturday May 16, 2026 UNICEF/UN0591078/Taxta On 3 February 2022 in Somalia, a child feeds on a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)…
Somalia
UN mission: Somalia talks end without resolving key political disputes
Saturday May 16, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — The United Nations mission in Somalia has welcomed the return of talks among…
Somalia
Somalia faces deadly drought as humanitarian aid falls short
By JACK DENTON and OMAR FARUKSaturday May 16, 2026 Abdi Ahmed Farah has watched nearly all of his hundreds of…
Somalia
Oxfam urges action as 6 million Somalis face acute hunger
Saturday May 16, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia is edging back toward famine as drought, soaring food and fuel costs…
West-Africa
Armed Attackers Raid School in Nigeria, Abduct Several Students
Armed men launched a brazen attack on a school in Nigeria’s troubled Borno state on Friday, seizing an unspecified number…
Somalia
NISA says airstrike wounded three senior al-Shabab leaders in Hiiraan
Saturday May 16, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s intelligence service says an airstrike in the Hiiraan region wounded at least…
Somalia
Somali army says 50 militants, militia fighters killed near Baidoa
Friday May 15, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somali government forces said Friday they killed at least 50 al-Shabab fighters and…
