[Shabelle] The U.N. refugee agency warns humanitarian conditions are deteriorating for tens of thousands of Somalis in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camps as unrelenting drought grips the Horn of Africa and funding dries up.

[Shabelle] GAROWE [SMN] - The President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, has issued a Presidential Decree regarding the appointment of two members of the High Committee of the Judiciary.

[Shabelle] The Ethiopian government deployed federal troops again in the Oromia region where armed groups have repeatedly attacked local residents and killed civilians.

[IMF] Washington, DC: On December 5, 2022, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fourth review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for Somalia. The Board's decision enables the immediate disbursement...

[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency warns humanitarian conditions are deteriorating for tens of thousands of Somalis in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camps as unrelenting drought grips the Horn of Africa and funding dries up.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Somali army troops and a local militia dubbed the Community Defense Forces took the town of Adan Yabal from al-Shabab without a fight.

[RFI] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in over 40 years, impacting over 8 million people. The issue is set to be addressed at a summit co-hosted by the United Nations on Tuesday.

[Shabelle] The National Intelligence and Security Agency [NISA] stepped up security operations in the capital, Mogadishu to avert pending Al-Shabaab attacks.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The Somali government forces and the local people in cooperation have taken over several areas in the Middle Shabelle region from Al-Shabaab on Saturday.

[African Arguments] Having survived centuries of successive governments, colonialism and war, have Berbera's dockworkers finally met their match?

[VOA] Despite relentless al-Shabab attacks, Somali defense officials say the country is making progress in building a viable security force capable of not only protecting state institutions but also expanding governmental authority.

[DW] Human rights activists and organizations were honored for their role in promoting peace and justice. The Swedish-based award is often dubbed the Alternative Nobel Prize.

[allAfrica] The majority of political associations in Puntland issued a joint communique following a consultative meeting on the controversial municipal election. A communique was issued by Puntland political actors in the capital Garawe. The purpose...

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU - Somalia's economy is expected to grow by 2.7 percent in 2022, down from 2.9 percent in 2021, amid a global environment characterized by multiple shocks, high volatility, and uncertainty, the World Bank projected on Tuesday.

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[VOA] Dadaab Refugee Camp -- Raho Ali has just arrived from Somalia with four of her children at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit area in Kenya's northern border town of Dadaab.

[DW] Somali-born Fartuun Adan and her daughter Ilwad Elman are in Stockholm to receive the 2022 Right Livelihood Award. They have been honored for their fight for human rights despite facing dangers.

[Shabelle] Somali troops and their allied clan militia have vacated Qayib, a small town in the Galmudug state of Somalia, in what could be a major setback to the ongoing military operation against Al-Shabaab.

[Shabelle] The leader of Jubaland state Ahmed Madobe has made an appointment as his region is facing the threat of Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda-linked group.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - Unknown Gunmen killed a family of five last night in a locality in the Middle Shabelle region, south of Somalia.

[Shabelle] The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), condemns in the strongest terms the heinous attack by Al-Shabaab terrorists on Villa Rossa Hotel in central Mogadishu, Somalia.

[DW] The deadly attack came amid a new offensive by the Somali government against the Al-Shabab terror group, which controls large parts of central and southern Somalia.

[World Bank] Nairobi -- omalia's economy rebounded with GDP growth of 2.9 percent in 2021, up from a contraction of 0.3 percent in 2020 and 0.5 percent higher than last year's forecast of 2.4 percent. This, despite significant shocks and factors that...

[RFI] At least four people have been killed in an attack by suspected Al-Shabaab militants who laid siege to a popular hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight. Local security officials say efforts to dislodge the attackers are continuing.

[VOA] Washington -- Explosions and gunfire rang out Monday from a hotel in Somalia's capital that was attacked by a group of insurgents Sunday. Four people were killed overnight in the hotel, according to an Agence France Presse report.

[VOA] Al-Shabab militants have carried out a complex attack on a hotel located in a secure area not far from the presidential palace in Mogadishu and a prison run by the national intelligence agency, according to witnesses and police.

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's government said Saturday that an operation in the country's Lower and Middle Shabelle region, conducted by the army, backed by locals, killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - An explosion followed by heavy gunfire was heard in downtown Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Sunday evening.

[VOA] Washington -- From refugees to elected office, 14 Somali Americans have won legislative seats across the U.S. this year. Some also have been elected to city councils, school boards and the boards of parks and recreation in their respective citi...

[VOA] Washington -- Somalia's army and allied clan militias have killed at least 100 al-Shabab fighters in an operation in the central Middle Shabelle region, the Information Ministry said Saturday, days after another 49 al-Shabab militants were kill...