By AFP The African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab jihadists are waging an insurgency, said Friday the second phase of a drawdown involving 3,000 troops has been completed after a four-month delay. Following several major reversals against the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents, the Mogadishu government had requested a three-month “technical […]
By AFP United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged Addis Ababa and Mogadishu to open dialogue to settle their dispute over Ethiopia’s maritime deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Tensions in the Horn of Africa have escalated since landlocked Ethiopia struck a deal with Somaliland on January […]
By AFP Conflict-weary Somalia was admitted Friday into the East African Community (EAC) as the eighth member of the bloc as it seeks to expand free trade across the region. “We have decided to admit the Federal Republic of Somalia under the treaty of accession,” outgoing EAC chair, Burundian President […]
By AFP Somalia’s government announced Sunday a ban on social media platforms TikTok and Telegram and an online betting app, saying they were being used by “terrorists” to spread propaganda. The move comes ahead of a much anticipated second phase of a military offensive against Al-Shabaab, the Islamist militant group […]
Senior presidential advisor for special operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has consoled Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) peacekeepers serving under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) over the tragic incident at their Buulo Mareer base on May 26, 2023. President Museveni on Saturday said Uganda lost 54 soldiers, the […]
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