Killed for seeking the truth
BBC News6 days agoSomalia is one of the most dangerous places for journalists, with nearly 40 killed in the past decade.
UN lifts sanctions on Eritrea, keeps arms embargo on Somalia
Washington Post4 days agoSecurity Council voted unanimously Wednesday to lift sanctions against Eritrea following its thaw in relations with Ethiopia and other neighboring countries — but it kept an arms embargo on ...
UN Security Council resolution 1907, which was passed in 2009, noted that the Eritrean government was backing Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia government as well as other movements attempting ...
U.S. Returns to Mogadishu With Revamped Diplomatic Outpost, 25 Years After “Black Hawk Down” Battle
The Intercept2 days agoThe United States has maintained an arms-length diplomatic relationship with Somalia since two American Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in Mogadishu in 1993. The facility will allow ...
MLB Rumors: Phillies in play for both Harper, Machado
Sports Illustrated50 minutes agoHere's all of the latest talk around the MLB rumor mill.
U.N. lifts sanctions on Eritrea, ending nation’s decade of international isolation
Washington Post4 days agoThe sanctions were put in place in 2009 after U.N. experts said Eritrea was arming and training al-Shabab and other militants seeking to undermine the government in Somalia. The Eritrean ...
Somalia holds first boxing competition since civil war
AFP via Yahoo News17 hours agoSomalia has held its first boxing competition in more than three decades, with young fighters in the conflict-torn nation dreaming of a career in international rings. The three-day lightweight ...
Eritrea breakthrough as sanctions lifted
BBC News4 days agoAn arms embargo, asset freeze, and travel ban were imposed in 2009 amid claims Eritrea supported al-Shabab militants in Somalia. Eritrea always denied the accusations. The resolution, ...
Bourke St terrorist prayed at mosque attended by string of radicals
Daily Mail6 days agoThe Somalia-born terrorist who stabbed three men in last week's Bourke Street attack was a regular at a Muslim youth centre previously attended by a string of Islamic extremists. Hassan ...
The U.N. vote is the latest development in the thawing of tense relations between Eritrea its three neighbors to the south — Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. The U.N. imposed sanctions ...