U.N.: Crisis-Levels of Hunger in Somalia Double
In this May 18, 2019 file photo, newly-arrived women who fled drought line up to receive food at a camp on the outskirts of the Somalian capital Mogadishu. Source: The number of people in Somalia experiencing crisis-levels of food insecurity has nearly doubled in the past year to 6.5 million people, UN-backed experts warned Tuesday. The Horn of Africa country has been plagued by conflict and suffered two consecutive failed rainy seasons, asd well as a drop in the amount of
AFP (Agence France-Press)
7 days ago
Somalis Rally Against Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland
Africanews December 31, 2025 Hundreds of Somalis protest Israel's recognition of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation, the first by any country in more than 30 years, in Mogadishu Tens of thousands of Somalis took to the streets across the country on Tuesday to protest Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, a self-declared breakaway region that Somalia considers part of its sovereign territory. Large crowds gathered in the capital Mogadishu at the na
Africanews
Feb 19
Parliament Bans Reporters, Intelligence Officers Raid Media HQ Highlighting Somalia's Shrinking Space For Independent Journalism
Horn Observer February 2, 2026 By: Horn Observer Staff Reporter Somali journalists covering. Photo Horn Observer Archive Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) - Journalists in Somalia are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of political and security authorities, as Parliament imposed punitive action to ban journalists who recently reported the chaos of the parliament, while members of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) raided a local radio station
Horn Observer
Feb 19
LGBTQI+ Persecution: The Global Genocide of Gay People
Cultural or state-led killings of gay people constitute Stage 9: Extermination in Genocide Watch's Ten Stages of Genocide.
Genocide Watch
Mar 24, 2023
Somalia: What’s Driving Conflict in the City of Las Anod?
Violence has erupted in a city at the centre of a dispute between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Somaliland and Puntland regions. 24 February...
Al Jazeera
Feb 24, 2023
Doctor says 57 killed in week of fighting in Somaliland city
By Omar Faruk An aerial view shows the city of Hargeisa from the outskirts of the city, in Somaliland, on September 16, 2021. (AFP)...
Associated Press 1
Feb 11, 2023
Ethiopia Deploys New Troops into Neighboring Somalia
Mohamed Dhaysane, VOA FILE - Ethiopian soldiers patrol in Baidoa, Somalia, Feb. 29, 2012. Ethiopia troops have been deployed to Somalia's...
VOA (Voice of America)
Aug 9, 2022
Somalia appoints al Shabaab co-founder as religion minister
By Abdi Sheikh Former al Shabaab group co-founder and spokesperson Mukhtar Robow sits among colleagues after he was named as the minister...
Reuters
Aug 2, 2022
Ten killed in suicide bomb attack in Somali capital
By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheik MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber struck makeshift...
Reuters
Apr 4, 2021
Genocide Watch Countries of Concern: July–December 2020
By Eric Ross and Nat Hill The purpose of this Genocide Watch report on Countries of Special Concern is to report on developments in...
Genocide Watch
Mar 13, 2021
