Ugandan army Lieutenant General, Andrew Gutti, has taken over as the new Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), bringing together peacekeepers from Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda and Sierra Leone, AU officials said on Wednesday. Gutti replaced Lt.-Gen. Fred Mugisha, who handed over to the new force commander on Wednesday during a ceremony [...]

Even on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, which is marked today, the slaying of journalists and media workers continues in the Horn of Africa in an over two decade armed conflict. Unidentified gunmen last night opened fire against a reporter for Radio Daljir – Galkayo branch in Puntland, killing him on the spot. [...]

Incumbent Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar welcomed a decision from the Department of Homeland Security to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible Somalis living in the US for an additional 18 months. “Minnesota is home to the largest population of Somali immigrants in America – they are our friends, our co-workers, and our neighbors. Returning to [...]

The Danish navy captured 16 Somali pirates and freed 12 captives when it intercepted a “mothership” vessel off the Horn of Africa, it said on Thursday.   The Danish warship Absalon, serving in NATO’s counter-piracy mission Ocean Shield, stopped the vessel off the east coast of Somalia on Wednesday, boarded it without resistance, arrested the [...]

As he was speaking to hundereds of Ungandan troops in a Singa millatary training center in Nakasake in Uganda the president Yuweri Musafeni told the soldiers to avoid sexual relations with Somali women.                         President Museveni has cautioned UPDF soldiers waiting to be deployed [...]

At least 10 dead and dozens wounded, including government minister, as al-Shabaab targets newly reopened national theatre The presidents of Somalia’s Olympic committee and football federation are among at least six people killed in a suicide attack on the country’s newly reopened national theatre. Al-Shabaab rebels said they had carried out the bombing. “We were [...]

Abdullahi Yusuf, who rose from a guerrilla warrior to president of Somalia only to watch his administration crumble under a ferocious Islamic insurgency, died Friday in Dubai. He was 78. Mr. Yusuf served as president of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia from 2004-2008. The Somali government announced a three-day mourning period for Mr. Yusuf’s [...]

It was unprecedented to hear about the news that American born jihadist alshabab fighter Omar Hamami known as Abuu Mansoor- Al-Amriki to send a recorded video message through social network on You-Tube probably on last Saturday night, speaking in an Arabic and English language Omar feared that his live is endangered by his fellow fighters [...]

This 67 Years old man was born in Tanzania. In the year 1971 Mahiga earned a Bachelor of Arts (Education) at the University of East Africa located in Dar as Salaam Mr. Mahiga completed his Masters of Arts at the University of Toronto where He also received his PhD in International Relations in the year [...]

Terrorist monitoring group spokesperson describes video as ‘unprecedented in recent history’. It seems that all is not well within Al-Shabaab, the Somali extremist group allied to al Qaeda. A short video was posted online Friday in which its best known propagandist, an American citizen from Alabama, said he believes that others in the group might [...]