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News "The young folks nabbed in Mogadishu for Dahable's slaying have endured torture and bogus rap," remarked Ali Marehan. Dahable, a well-known aviator, turned up dead under eerie conditions in February 2024. His demise sparked a fiery spat between North Western of Somalia and the Somali government, each flinging blame at the other. North Western of Somalia's President Muse Bihi Abdi had pointed fingers at the Somali government for failing to keep Dahable safe. A post-mortem by North Western…

Feast your eyes on this image, courtesy of the Alexandria Sheriff's Office, showing El Shafee Elsheikh on Oct. 7, 2020, in Alexandria, Va. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)A federal appellate court upheld the judgment Friday against a Briton for his involvement in a decade-old Islamic State kidnapping plan that ensnared about 24 Westerners.In 2022, El Shafee Elsheikh was found guilty and received a life term in a Virginia federal court in Alexandria. At trial, jurors learned he was part of the infamous “Beatles” crew,…

AX - The Swedish Security Service (Säpo) has officially announced the apprehension of a 60-year-old imam in Tyresö, located south of Stockholm, as a significant development in an ongoing terrorism probe that has captured attention. The imam, connected to the regional Islamic cultural group and its underground mosque, is under suspicion for playing an active role in a terrorist group, amidst growing worries about security within Sweden. Originally from Somalia, the imam has deep roots in the Tyresö community, leading the…

An Algerian prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the death of a man lynched by a mob after being accused of setting fire to the region, Algeria's official APS news agency said. Forest fires in Algeria have…

Somali spy agency linked to harassment of women in Gedo MOGADISHU, Somalia - The spy agency; National Intelligence and Security Agency found itself in uncharted territory again, following complaints from residents of Gedo, Jubaland, who raised alarm bells about gender-based violence allegedly perpetrated by some officers. For months now, NISA agents have pitched a tent in Dolow in Gedo, they…

In Madagascar, new arrests in the case of two Frenchmen suspected of carrying out a coup against President Andry Rajoelina. They were arrested on Tuesday, July 20, for "endangering state security" and are still being heard by the criminal squad and have since been joined by other people. as reported from Madagascar, Laure…

Al-Shabaab militants linked to al-Qaeda suffer series of casualties in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia-based al-Shabaab militants continued to suffer immeasurable losses in the country following a series of operations launched by the Somali National Army which consolidates most of the territories of central and southern Somalia, occupied by the militants. Activists are fighting to…

Africa officially regrets 133,000 deaths from Covid-19 2020, according to the World Health Organization. But within organizations, we realize that this figure is largely underestimated due to a lack of testing and adequate reporting. According to a US study, the real path for African victims of Covid could be three to four times higher.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - In one of the unprecedented moves, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Sunday swapped his cabinet amid a continuing stalemate that has unleashed uncertainty in Somalia's political landscape in recent months. The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Duran Farah, swapped positions with the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Mohamed Salat, but strangely enough, no reason has been given for the changes of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's outgoing government. But sources have told…

Rival French and Russian disinformation campaigns have tried to deceive and influence Internet users in the Central African Republic ahead of an election later this month, Facebook said on Tuesday. Facebook said it was the first time it had seen foreign influence operations directly engage on its platforms, with fake accounts condemning each other as "fake news". The company said it had suspended three networks of a total of 500 accounts and sites for so-called "coordinated unauthentic behavior." One…