How Somalis see the 'Black Hawk Down' battle three decades on
The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in ...
Puntland offensive deals blow to Islamic State in Somalia
Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a ...
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Why vetting Kenyan Somalis for identity cards is discriminatory
The Somali vetting is not similar to the vetting of applicants in other border areas, it is a deliberate State policy to ...
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Turkey is building a spaceport in Somalia
In December the government began work on a spaceport in Somalia, a project that has been projected to cost $350m. Space is a ...
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Kenya Police destroy OLA hideouts days after warning
NAIROBI, Kenya - A few hours after Kenya's Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja warned the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) ...
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Kenya Launches Security Operation Targeting Ola 'Hideouts' - Armed Group Denies Criminal Links
The National Police Service (NPS) of Kenya has launched a security operation, 'Operation Ondoa Jangili,' to "flush out hideouts" allegedly used by the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in Marsabit and ...
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Emerging threat of ISIS forces Somalia, US to old tools
The Igad Centre of Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (ICEPCVE) says it has observed a growing ...