Somalia declares emergency over locust swarms
Somalia is the first country in the Eastern Africa region to declare an emergency over locust infestation that has also spread to Kenya.
Why locust invasion threatens cows: MP
This is the worst locust invasion to hit Kenya in 70 years, with hundreds of millions of the insects swarming from Somalia and Ethiopia.
Somalia ‘invited Turkey to explore oil in its seas’
President Erdogan said Turkey would honour Somalia invitation to explore oil but did not elaborate on how.
US Congress supports Kenya’s withdrawal from Amisom: Kindiki
Team of US lawmakers heard that Kenya was ready to pull out its troops from Amisom to allow Somalia government manage its security affairs.
Somalia: Jihadists attack US Baledogle training base
Jihadists have attacked a military base where US soldiers train commandos in Somalia, causing casualties, reports say. Local residents reported heavy blasts and gunfire at Baledogle airport in the southern Lower Shabelle region. The Al Shabab militant group said it had carried out the attack, using a car bomb to blast through the gates before […]
The untold suffering we went through at the hands of ship owner in Somalia: 15 Kenyans
The 15 say, throughout their stay in Somalia, they were coerced to work — as fishermen — in the tycoon’s ship in Bosaso.
Several police officers killed in IED attack in Wajir
A Police vehicle patrolling near Kenya’s border with Somalia ran over improvised explosive device (IED) on Saturday morning, killing several of the 13 police officers onboard. Police spokesman Charles Owino told Reuters that the exact casualty figures is still Unknown. The incident happened between Khoros-Harar and Konton in Wajir County. No group immediately claimed responsibility […]