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Amnesty International: Tanzania should halt brutal security operation in Loliondo

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) Tanzanian authorities must immediately halt the violent forced eviction of the Indigenous Maasai community in Loliondo, and launch an urgent investigation into the security crackdown which has left dozens of people injured, many missing and a police officer killed, Amnesty International…

Rights group urges civilian protection as U.S announces redeployment of forces into Somalia

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) The reported United States decision to redeploy several hundred US troops in Somalia, as part of a joint operation with the Somali government and African Union forces, should make civilian protection a priority, Human Rights Watch said today.

Somali journalists condemn killing of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) today joined a silent protest to condemn the brutal killing of Al-Jazeera Arabic journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, shot dead by Israeli forces during as assignment in Jenin town in the West Bank.

UNSC condemns heinous terrorist attack on AU forces in Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms the heinous terrorist attack by Al-Shabaab against the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) Forward Operating Base in Elbaraf, Middle Shabelle region, on 3 May 2022.

Somalia expels corrupt AU diplomat over leaked voice recording

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia Federal Government on Thursday expelled top African Union diplomat in Somalia, Francisco Madeira after a leaked voice recording circulated online in which he insulted certain communities in Somalia and the country's prime minister.

Contest for interim Somali Parliament Speaker taints Immigration and Naturalisation Dept

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The heated contest on who will be chairing the first session of the recently selected Somalia Federal Parliament has now taken to a new direction.

On Mine Awareness Day, UN in Somalia highlights impact on lives and development

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) On the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the United Nations in Somalia today highlighted the impact that the scourge has on Somalis, and reaffirmed its support for freeing Somalia from explosive hazards.

NISA-al-Shabaab partnered bombings kill 50 including a critic female lawmaker in Somalia

BELEDWEYNE (HORN OBSERVER) The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) partnered with the militant group al-Shabaab to carry out deadly bombings in central Somalia on Wednesday, according to security experts and police sources.

Turkish-trained Somali police attack independent journalists covering al-Shabaab attack in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) deplore the brutal attack of the Turkish-trained Haramcad police force against journalists covering militants attack in Mogadishu on Wednesday 16 February 2022.

Fake Somalia police officers enrolled for Russian law enforcement training— leaked documents

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Fake Somali police officers have been enrolled into a Russian-supported law enforcement training intended to capacitate Somali Police Force, according to leaked documents obtained by Horn Observer.

Amid suspicions, Al-Shabaab claims responsibility of attack targeting Somali govt spokesman

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia's government spokesman, Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu, has survived an assassination attempt after a lone suicide bomber targeted his vehicle in the busy Maka al-Mukarama road on Sunday, police officials said.

Suicide car bomber kills 8 in Somalia's capital Mogadishu

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) At least eight people were killed in Mogadishu on Wednesday after a suicide bomber struck shortly after noon in the Waberi district.

Somali army killed innocent siblings in Mogadishu, police say

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somali military officers shot dead two siblings in the city centre of Mogadishu on Thursday, police said on Friday amid a public outcry of a growing brutality against civilians in Somalia.

A local flight carrying journalists, humanitarian workers makes emergency landing in Mogadishu after it was shot at Garbaharey Airport

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) A local flight ferrying a group of local journalists covering drought-affected communities and humanitarian workers made an emergency landing on Tuesday after it has been shot with several bullets while landing at Garbaharey Airport in Gedo region, local security official and…

UK Ambassador strongly condemns terrorist attack in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - The United Kingdom strongly condemns the terrorist attack carried out in Mogadishu on Thursday and stands with the victims and their families.

Somalia car bombing kills 10, wounds 20 in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) At least 10 people were killed and 20 others were wounded among them 13 students, after a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives near the school reportedly targeting a local security company, witnesses and officials

State media director killed, others injured by a suicide bomber in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 21 November 2021 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemn in the strongest terms possible the targeted killing of the state-owned Radio Mogadishu journalist and director, Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled (popularly known as Abdiaziz Africa) and the…

Director of state run radio Mogadishu killed in suicide attack in Somalia's capital

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) Director of Somalia's state run radio Mogadishu Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled was killed and another director who runs the State run Television SNTV Sharmarke Warsame was wounded in an attack in Mogadishu on Saturday evening, after a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle,…

Turkey donates vehicles to Somali military

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Turkish government has donated several military vehicles including trucks and ambulances to Somali national army (SNA) to use for the fight against al-Shabaab militants.

Somali trader killed in Cape town

CAPE TOWN (HORN OBSERVER) - Unidentified assailants have killed a Somali traders in Cape town barely two weeks after another national from the horn of African nation murdered in South Africa.