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The Somali Parliament has passed a new law against sexual violence. The country’s criminal code dated back to 1962 and had not been updated since. FRANCE 24's Bastien Renouil met with Sofia Rajab in Nairobi. She is the program manager at…
Around 36,600 people have fled into northern Kenya following an uptick in fighting on the Ethiopian side of the border.
Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy? The water was…
Dispute over raising flag of Somali Regional State devolves into fighting between regional forces.
I was sentenced to three years in jail for insulting government institutions. Now I am free, I will carry on fighting for the women I met in prison ‘Why don’t you just drive your tuk-tuk and do your work?” the judge asked me after videos…
Donald Trump called Congresswoman Ilhan Omar “sick” and “dishonest” a week after federal agents raided her home.
Children have been killed and injured in fresh fighting in Baidoa, in Somalia’s South West State, where families were already facing severe hunger and other overlapping crises.
Families recount deaths, injuries and displacement as Trump accelerates US strikes against armed groups in Somalia.
Somalia’s piracy crackdown leaves coastal fishermen struggling to survive.
Critics say unilateral decision to call polls is a recipe for more conflict.
Newly sworn-in Labour MP Sagal Abdi-Wali has become the first Somali-born refugee woman elected to UK Parliament.
After Guardian investigation uncovered drone strike that killed 12 civilians and injured many more, seven-year-old Abdiqadir Salah underwent vital operation in Mogadishu On the rickshaw ride to the hospital, Marian Haji Abdi Guled felt a…
Egyptian, Eritrean, Somali and Sudanese leaders also call for talks to end the civil war in Sudan.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Addis Ababa has yet to come to Mogadishu to negotiate access to sea ports.
Somalia’s president accuses the Houthis of destabilising the region and disrupting navigation through the Bab al-Mandeb
In exclusive Al Jazeera interview, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Israel planning a naval base in Berbera.
Piracy off the Somali coast has increased in recent years after dropping when international naval operations began in 2011.
The deaths appear to be the first at the hands of Somali pirates in more than a decade.
The latest outbreak of fighting in the South West State city stranded civilians unable to flee or reach hospitals.
There are reports of casualties in Baidoa where forces have launched attacks, triggering fighting with federal troops.