Amid Longest Drought on Record, Many in Somalia Are Breaking Ramadan Fast With Little but Water
This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia.
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UN Report Says Somalia Drought May Have Killed 43,000 In 2022
The research, led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, found that half the deaths in Somalia were children younger than five [File: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters] Al Jazeera: Somalia drought may have killed 43,000 in 2022, half under 5…
Drought caused 43,000 ‘excess deaths’ in Somalia last year, half of them young children
New report uncovers tragic scale of climate-led crisis and warns of up to 34,000 more deaths so far this yearA new report released by the Somalian government suggests that far more children died in the country last year due to the ongoing drought than …
U.S. Commandos Advise Somalis in Fight Against Qaeda Branch
A campaign in the Horn of Africa is now the most active element in the “forever wars” the United States has waged since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Tens of thousands of refugees flee from Somaliland clashes
Somalis arrive in Ethiopia from disputed town of Las Anod, where at least 82 people have died in fightingMore than 60,000 Somali refugees have fled to Ethiopia after an escalation in fighting in the town of Las Anod, in the Sool region, where tensions …
Democrats’ Ilhan Omar defence weakened by party’s own attacks over Israel
Party’s criticism of Omar’s Israel position has greased the path for Republicans to oust her from the foreign affairs committeeThe resolution that set in motion the removal of the only African immigrant, Muslim and former resident of a refugee camp on …
Ties to Kabul Bombing Put ISIS Leader in Somalia in U.S. Cross Hairs
Bilal al-Sudani’s financing of the ISIS branch in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. troops in 2021 elevated him on U.S. kill-or-capture lists.
Somalia’s challenges in 2023
Two key interlinked dynamics will define developments in Somalia in 2023. The first is the scale of starvation in the country. The second is how the Somalian government and the jihadi military and political organization al-Shabaab will respond to anti-al-Shabaab clan uprisings. Since mid-2022, these uprisings have been backed by the new government of Somalian…
US military raid kills key Islamic State regional leader in Somalia, officials say
Bilal al-Sudani, ‘responsible for fostering the growing presence of IS in Africa’, was killed in strike approved by Joe BidenA US military raid in Somalia ordered by President Joe Biden this week killed a key regional leader of the Islamic State group,…
U.S. Military Kills Senior Islamic State Official in Somalia
The operation targeted Bilal al-Sudani, a key financial facilitator for the global terrorist organization, in a mountainous cave complex.