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The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed concern about increased deaths and serious injuries to children involved in landmine explosions which have claimed at least 30 lives since June in Somalia. Nejmudin Kedir Bilal, acting UNICEF representative in Somalia, said several children have been victims in three separate incidents that involved discharges of unexploded ordnances...

Somali National Army’s elite force, Gorgor, killed more than 20 al-Shabab militants and wounded others early Sunday in heavy fighting between the army and militants at a military base in Awdheegle district in southern Somalia, officials said. Abdirahman Yusuf Al-adala, deputy minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, told the national news agency that the brave...

In a worrisome turn of events, Al-Shabaab, the militant group entrenched in Somalia, is poised to seize upon a golden opportunity following the United Nations Security Council’s recent approval of a complete one-off disposal of the nation’s charcoal stockpiles in the Kismayo city. Local sources, including security experts and business figures, have sounded the alarm about the...

CAF has agreed to postpone the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 Qualifier match between Morocco and Liberia following the earthquake in Morocco which resulted in more than 800 people losing their lives and hundreds injured. The match was initially scheduled to take place on Saturday 9 September 2023 at 19H00 (Morocco Time)...

The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said it has wrapped up a five-day training course to sharpen skills for Somali public officers in human rights and civilian protection. The training, which was conducted in the port city of Kismayo, southern Somalia, saw 21 officers from Jubaland State ministries and civil society organizations...

Arab countries raced to show solidarity with Morocco on Saturday following a powerful earthquake that killed hundreds. At least 1,037 people were killed and 721 others injured when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted Morocco late Friday, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicenter of the earthquake, which...

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 296 people, the country’s interior ministry says. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18.5km, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 23:11 local time (22:11 GMT). There was...

Iqro Abdi Farah has been unable to cook a decent meal for her 12 children since June, when they arrived in Raage-Iidle camp on the outskirts of Beledweyne, after fleeing their rural home due to an unforgiving combination of drought and insecurity. She and her 12 children must depend on whatever their relatives and other...

A suspected drone strike in central Somalia killed five civilians and three al-Shabaab militants, according to two local leaders, after the fighters sought refuge in a house compound containing a family. Diverging accounts of the incident emerged, with Somalia’s state broadcaster reporting that a woman and two children were killed by a landmine the militants...

The United States government has issued a bounty of up to 10 million dollars for information on the whereabouts of Ahmed Diriye, also known as Ahmed Umar and Abu Ubaidah, a high-ranking member of the Somalia-based Al-Qaeda linked militant group Al-Shabaab. The State Department Rewards for Justice Program issued the notice saying in a statement...