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Report: 43,000 Estimated Dead in Somalia Drought Last Year

A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa. At least 18,000 people are…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 20, 2023

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year REDIRECTED

A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

Tuesday briefing: How British-Somali citizens are disappearing to ‘culture rehabilitation centres’

A report published by the Observer tells the story of young people of Somali descent being held against their will to be ‘de-westernised’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023

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Droughts bring disease: here are 4 ways they do it

Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023. Excluding Uganda, 36.4 million people are affected and 21.7 million are in need of food assistance.

The Conversation · Mar 13, 2023

Somali ‘rehab’: re-education camps where children are locked up, beaten and abused

Westernised children of Somalis are being forcibly detained for years ‘back home’ in unregulated, brutal dhaqan celis sites where sexual abuse is rife

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

Militant Islamist violence in Africa surges – deaths up nearly 50%, events up 22% in a year

Militant Islamist violence in Africa set new records for violent events and fatalities this past year. This continues a relentless decade-long upward trend. To give a sense of the accelerating pace of this threat, both violent events and fatalities have almost doubled since 2019.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2023

Somalia's al Shabaab recaptures base it lost to military offensive

Fighters from Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group on Tuesday recaptured a military base in the south that they had lost to the army in January, a Somali officer and a local resident said.

Reuters · Mar 7, 2023

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Somalia working to ‘stop violence’ amid Somaliland tension

In an interview with Al Jazeera, President Mohamud talks Somaliland, the fight against al-Shabab and Somalia’s future.

Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2023

Family treks 16 days with 8 kids to escape starvation in near famine conditions in Somalia caused by climate crisis

"We lost everything so that forced us to leave our home - it was about survival for the children"

Irish Mirror · Mar 6, 2023

The Earth's Corr: No one in this world should have to bury their toddler by the roadside

I’ve seen with my own eyes how the climate crisis we are adding to is killing people in the Horn of Africa

Belfast Live · Mar 5, 2023

US Increases Military Support for Somalia against Al-Shabab

The United States is increasing its military assistance to Somalia as the country sees success in battling what the US calls “the largest and most deadly al-Qaeda network in the world.” Sixty-one tons of weapons and ammunition arrived Tuesday in Mogadishu, the US said in a statement of support for…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 1, 2023

International concern as conflict grows in breakaway Somaliland

Six countries issue joint statement over clashes around town of Lascanood between Somaliland and local clan forces.

Al Jazeera · Mar 1, 2023

U.S. and others express concern at conflict in Somalia breakaway region

Representatives from the United States, Britain, Qatar, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey met on Tuesday and expressed concern at the conflict in and around Laascaanood, a disputed town in Somalia's northern breakaway region of Somaliland, according to a statement released by the State Department.

Reuters · Mar 1, 2023

Fleeing drought, Somalis face malnutrition and cholera in Kenya

When her three-month-old baby fell sick from malnutrition, Dool Abdirahman Ismael left her village in Somalia and walked for three days through swirling dust and scorching heat to the Dadaab Refugee Camp just across the border in Kenya.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2023

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Reuters · Feb 26, 2023

Three dead after African peacekeeping mission helicopter crashes in Somalia

Three people died and eight others were injured when a helicopter operated by the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed on Saturday in the country's Lower Shabelle region, the mission said in a statement on Sunday.

Al Jazeera · Feb 22, 2023

Drought in Horn of Africa worse than in 2011 famine

Below-normal rainfall is expected over the next three months in parts of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Horn of Africa drought trends said worse than in 2011 famine

A climate center says the trends in a historic Horn of Africa drought are worse than they were in a 2011 drought in which at least a quarter-million people died

Reuters · Feb 22, 2023

Al Shabaab attack kills 10 at officials' house in Somalia - ministry

Ten people were killed in an attack in Somalia's capital claimed by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, which said it was targeting military officials and militia fighters involved in an offensive against it.

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Tens of thousands of refugees flee from Somaliland clashes

Somalis arrive in Ethiopia from disputed town of Las Anod, where at least 82 people have died in fighting

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Somali security forces end al-Shabab siege that killed 10

Security forces in Somalia have ended a siege by al-Shabab extremists that killed 10 people and wounded three others at a home in the capital, Mogadishu

Al Jazeera · Feb 21, 2023

Turkey’s ‘aid diplomacy’ reverberates in global quake response

Analysts say ruling AK Party has for years built influence and global clout with humanitarian-heavy foreign policy.

Al Jazeera · Feb 20, 2023

What’s driving conflict in the disputed Somali city of Las Anod?

Violence has erupted in a city at the centre of dispute between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Somaliland & Puntland regions.

AAP · Feb 16, 2023

Concerns Australian smuggled to Somalia for gay therapy

The government is working to ensure the welfare of an Australian in Somalia following an allegation of a man being smuggled there for gay conversion therapy.

The Conversation · Feb 14, 2023

Al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia affect communities as far as 900km away – aid agencies need to take note

Policymakers tend to assume that the effects of conflict are felt only where violence occurs. As a result, humanitarian aid, protection efforts or asylum policies largely focus on conflict-hit areas.

Irish Mirror · Feb 13, 2023

Two men charged over murder of man found wrapped in carpet granted bail

The deceased lived in the west Dublin area with his family - originally from Somalia.

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