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Growing risk of famine as climate emergency worsens in Somalia

In tonight's edition: Millions of people in Somalia are on the brink of starvation. We speak to Rein Paulsen from the FAO, who is in Somalia meeting with drought-affected communities. Meanwhile, campaigning for Kenya's presidential elections picked up again on Wednesday after a deeply underwhelming presidential debate. And Senegal heads…

France 24 · Jul 28, 2022

‘New Cold War’: Russia and West Vie for Influence in Africa

Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and French President Emanuel Macron are each visiting…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 28, 2022

Explosions in two Somalia towns kill at least 5 - police, residents

Separate explosions in two southern Somalia towns killed at least five people on Wednesday, including a local administrator, state radio, police and residents said.

Reuters · Jul 27, 2022

Saving East Africa's wildlife from recurring drought

Over the past two decades, the Horn of Africa – specifically Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya – has experienced more intense and frequent droughts.

The Conversation · Jul 21, 2022

The street cleaners of Mogadishu: Doing Somalia’s riskiest job

Dozens of female street cleaners have been killed in the Somali capital by Improvised Explosive Devices since 2008.

Al Jazeera · Jul 21, 2022

Plane carrying 36 crash-lands and flips before bursting into flames at airport

Video from the scene showed the plane upside down after having flipped over on landing, with black smoke and flames billowing into the air as fire trucks approached the runway

Daily Mirror · Jul 19, 2022

Somalia says 5,000 missing soldiers to come home soon from Eritrea

Somalia will soon bring home 5,000 men it sent to train in Eritrea as soldiers, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday, after months of protests by the men's parents claiming they had been recruited under false pretences and held captive.

Reuters · Jul 19, 2022

US says it killed two al-Shabab fighters in Somalia air raid

US Africa Command says strike in southern Lower Juba region was carried out in response to attack on ‘partner forces’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2022

U.S. says it kills two al Shabaab militants in Somalia airstrike

The U.S. military said it had killed two fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an airstrike in a remote part of Somalia's southern Jubaland state on Sunday.

Reuters · Jul 19, 2022

US strike kills two Al-Shabaab militants after attack in Somalia

A U.S. airstrike killed two members of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Somalia in the first major action by American forces in the East African nation since President Joe Biden sent Special Operations troops back there in May.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2022