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Terrorists from the Al-Shabaab group has launched an attack on a military base in Somalia on Wednesday, coinciding with the announcement by the African Union (AU) that it was commencing the reduction of troops in the conflict-ridden country. The base, located in the southern city of Baardhere and housing Ethiopian and Somali forces, was targeted […]
Somali diplomats have said that Russia had offered to help support Somalia’s armed forces in their battle against the al-Shabab terrorist group. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the offer after talks with his Somali counterpart Abshir Omar Jama in Moscow. Russia’s top diplomat said Moscow reaffirmed its readiness to meet the material needs of […]
At least 5 people have been killed and 11 wounded, including a governor, in a suicide bombing in southwestern Somalia on Tuesday. The attack was not immediately claimed, but eyes are on the Shebab, an al-Qaeda affiliated group that regularly carries out suicide bombings in the poor and volatile Horn of Africa country. “A suicide […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Director-General of International Organization for Migration (IOM), Antonio Vitorino. The meeting was held on Sunday February 19, 2023, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the meeting on the margins of the 36th AU Summit, President Buhari pledged Nigeria’s continued support to international organisations working in the northeast region […]