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Somaliland lawmakers vote to extend president's term by two years

Lawmakers in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland have extended President Muse Bihi Abdi's current term of office by two years ahead of its expiry in November, the senate chairman said on Saturday.

Reuters

Al Shabaab fighters kill crew drilling well in southern Somalia

Islamist militants from al Shabaab on Friday killed 12 people drilling a well in drought-ravaged southern Somalia, a local resident and official said.

Reuters

Climate Migration: Blind and homeless amid Somalia's drought

Issack is 80, Hassan 75

The Independent UK

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Suicide bombing kills at least 11 at army camp in Somalia

A suicide bombing by militants linked to al-Qaida killed at least 11 people at a Somali army training camp, the latest assault to rock the capital as the president vows to stamp out a yearslong insurgency.

Tribune News Service

Suicide Bombing in Somalia Kills One Soldier, Injures 6

At least one soldier was killed and six others injured in Somalia on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military base in the west of the capital Mogadishu, a soldier and a hospital worker told Reuters. Somalia's al-Qaeda-allied group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombing.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Suicide bombing in Somalia kills one soldier and injures six

One soldier was killed and at least six others injured in Somalia on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military base in the west of the capital Mogadishu, a soldier and a hospital worker told Reuters.

Reuters

Somaliland postpones presidential election to next year

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland will postpone its scheduled presidential election to next year, rather than holding it in November when the incumbent president's term ends, the region's electoral body said on Saturday.

Reuters

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Countries step up to try and avert famine in Horn of Africa

Countries on Wednesday pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in additional aid for the Horn of Africa as they sounded the alarm on a drought in the region and looming famines in Somalia and other countries.

Reuters

US military says killed 27 al-Shabab fighters in central Somalia

Air strike on Sunday in Somalia’s Hiran region is sixth so far this year, US Africa Command says on its website.

Al Jazeera

U.S. says it kills 27 al Shabaab militants in Somalia air strike

The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had killed 27 fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an air strike in Somalia's central Hiran region, where the army and allied forces have launched an offensive against the insurgents in the last month.

Reuters

Nearly 1 million people face starvation in hunger hotspots - U.N. agencies

Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday.

Reuters

Saudi FM Meets Counterparts from Maldives, Somalia in New York

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held talks on Tuesday with his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York. The officials signed a memorandum of understanding on political consultations between their countries with the aim of bolstering…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The number of hungry people has doubled in 10 countries. A new report explains why

The charity Oxfam has issued a new report on hunger and climate change. In countries most severely affected, the number of people experiencing acute hunger has doubled in just 6 years.

WEKU

Q&A: Author Boyah J. Farah reflects on being Black in America

In his memoir, America Made Me a Black Man, Farah tells of what American blackness has meant to him, from his childhood in Somalia to his adolescence in the Northeast — to his return to Somalia.

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Somalia on the brink of famine: aid efforts risk failing marginalised communities yet again

Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis of enormous severity and magnitude. This follows four failed rainy seasons, protracted conflict, political instability and the impact of rising global food prices – the latter made significantly worse by the war in Ukraine and the disruption to global food and fuel markets.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Somali Envoy Calls for More UN Aid for Country on Brink of Famine

Somalia's special envoy to the UN sought Wednesday to draw attention to the gravity of the crisis in his destitute country in order to mobilize more aid. Millions of people are at risk of starvation across the Horn of Africa, which is in the grip of the worst drought in…

Al Jazeera

From Dadaab to Mogadishu: More refugees return to rebuild Somalia

Somalis who fled the country because of conflict are now returning home from one of the world’s largest refugee camps.

Al Jazeera

In Somalia, al-Shabab’s courts win more converts

More Somalis are losing faith in the country’s slow judicial process and are taking their complaints to the armed group.

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Reuters

Half a million Somali children face hunger in world's worst famine this century

More than 500,000 Somali children under five are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition and risk death from famine this year, a number unseen in any country this century, the U.N. children's agency said on Tuesday.

Axios

Famine at Somalia's door

What is a famine and why are they so rarely declared?

Belfast Live

East Belfast GAA project shortlisted for prestigious award

The club has young members from Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Iraq

France 24

UN warns Somalia is on brink of famine

In tonight's edition: Burkina Faso's leader vows a crackdown on armed extremists, a day after dozens are killed in the north. Also, the UN warns that Somalia is on the brink of famine and that time is running out to save lives. And we see how a skateboarding crew in…

Al Jazeera

Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know

Millions of people are facing food shortages due to the worst drought in 40 years and rising global food costs.

The Independent UK

Ukraine says grain coming to Somalia, but Russia skeptical

Ukraine’s president says tons of grain from his country will arrive in the coming weeks in Somalia, where famine approaches and the global crises of food security and climate change put millions at risk

The Independent UK

UN: At least $1 billion needed to avert famine in Somalia

The U.N. humanitarian chief predicts at least a billion dollars will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia

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