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Trainee cop who was held down and cut with razor aged 6 vows to help other FGM survivors

Shamsa Sharawe who grew up in Somalia wants to help other survivors seek help and therapy for FGM - which involves partial or total removal of external female genitalia for non-medical reasons.

Daily Mirror

Somali capital opens first horse riding stable in decades

On a tree-lined, unpaved road in Somalia's capital, people duck out of their homes to stare in awe at an unusual sight: two young men atop white horses, racing neck and neck, in training for what would be the city's first horse races in decades.

Reuters

African states need a vision for relations with the Indo-Pacific

This year sees the 25th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Rim Association. Nine of the organisation’s member states are African, ranging from Somalia in the north west to South Africa in the south. It also includes islands, such as Mauritius, off the western seaboard. It brings together governments, business and…

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US announces sanctions for Somali officials after election delays

The Somali parliamentary elections, which were due to hold on February 25, have been moved yet again.

Al Jazeera

Warsan Shire talks to Bernardine Evaristo about becoming a superstar poet: ‘Beyoncé sent flowers when my children were born’

One is a breakout poet, the other is a Booker-winning champion of Black talent. They swap notes on class, impostor syndrome and the day pop’s biggest star came knocking

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U.S. restricts visa issuance for Somali officials accused of undermining democracy

The United States on Friday barred Somali officials and other individuals from traveling to the United States, accusing them of "undermining the democratic process" in Somalia.

Reuters

The Somali general fighting al-Shabab and the patriarchy

Somalia’s highest-ever ranking female police officer is charting a new path for its male-dominated security forces.

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Somalia's elections are finally under way: five things you should know

Following a series of setbacks going back more than a year, Somalia is nearly wrapping up parliamentary elections (Lower House) leading to presidential elections. The Horn of Africa country uses a complex indirect model, whereby state legislatures and clan delegates pick lawmakers for the national parliament, who will in turn…

The Conversation

UN Says Internal Displacement, Refugee Influx Continues in Yemen

Internal displacement remains one of the defining features of the Yemen crisis after over 157,000 Yemenis were forced to flee their homes due to conflict, announced the United Nations. The UN indicated that the arrivals to Yemen from the East and Horn of Africa mainly represent migratory movements, and asylum…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China appoints new special envoy for turbulent Horn of Africa region

China has appointed senior diplomat Xue Bing as its new special envoy for the Horn of Africa, a region that is currently troubled by conflict including in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.

Reuters

Somalia: Dozens of Casualties in Suicide Blast

At least 15 people were killed in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday, state television said, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in a restaurant that witnesses said was packed with local officials and politicians. A further 18 people were injured in the Beledweyne attack, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At least seven people killed by blast in central Somalia

At least seven people were killed in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday after a suicide bomber blew themselves up in a restaurant packed with local officials and politicians, witnesses said.

Reuters

Exclusive-Voting delays risk starving Somalia of budget funds, says IMF

A key IMF-supported programme funding military wages and other essential services in Somalia could expire in May if there are any further delays to elections, the chief International Monetary Fund representative in the country said.

Reuters

Somalis in crowded camps on ‘brink of death’ as drought worsens

UN warns of looming catastrophe as hundreds of thousands more arrive at settlements that do not have enough food or water

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Somali doctors open war-scarred nation's only public blood bank

When Somalia's biggest bomb blast killed more than 500 people in 2017, Dr. Ahmed Abdikadir Mohamed watched helplessly as many of the injured bled to death.

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Five Killed as Gunfire, Explosions Rock Somali Capital

Al Shabaab militants attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in Somalia's capital Mogadishu early on Wednesday, officials and the militants said, a show of force as the nation prepares for a much-delayed presidential election. State TV reported that five people, two of them children, were killed in two attacks,…

The Independent UK

Somalia says al-Shabab attack kills 6 outside capital

Authorities in Somalia say an attack by the al-Shabab extremist group has killed six people and wounded 16 on the outskirts of the capital of Mogadishu

The Guardian - UK

‘Men must be involved in the fight against girls being cut, it’s a violation’

Female genital mutilation cannot be considered solely a ‘women’s issue’ if it is to be stamped out by 2030, say male campaigners in Guinea, Somalia, Kenya and Nigeria

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Gunfire and explosions rock Somalia capital as terror group launch huge attack

Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, which aims to topple the central government and impose its severe interpretation of Islamic law, carries out frequent attacks against the government

Reuters

Gunfire, explosions rock Somalian capital in militant attacks

Gunfire and explosions went off in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in the early hours of Wednesday as al Shabaab militants attacked police stations and security check points, the internal security minister said.

Daily Mirror

Mystery over whereabouts of White Widow terrorist 10 years after she disappeared

Security analysts have told The Mirror the widowed wife of London 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay is probably being sheltered at a remote location in Somalia or Tanzania

The Hindu

Somalian held at RGIA, US $ 40,000 recovered

A Somalia national bound for Sharjah was intercepted by the Central Industrial Security Force personnel at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, on Monday and recovered USD 40,000 from him.

The Conversation

Five reasons why militants are targeting Kenya's Lamu county

The frequency of terrorist attacks within Kenya’s Lamu County on the border with Somalia has been alarming. Frequent kidnappings there were the ostensible reason Kenya invaded Somalia in 2011. Three years later, the seaside county was the scene of a deadly attack in which 48 were killed during an Al-Shabaab…

The Independent UK

Fleeing drought, hunger thousands trek to Somalia's capital

Thousands of desperate families have fled a severe drought across large parts of Somalia, seeking food and water in camps for displaced people outside the capital, Mogadishu

Reuters

Car bomb targeting Somalia election delegates kills six

A suicide bomber targeting a minibus full of delegates involved in Somalia's parliamentary elections killed at least six people in Mogadishu on Thursday, the ambulance service said, while Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack

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