Larry O’Dell  (AP)-The former prime minister of Somalia is asking a federal appeals court in Richmond to rule that he can’t be sued over alleged war crimes. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals heard arguments in Mohamed Ali Samantar’s case today. Samantar was a top official in dictator Siad Barre’s regime. [...]

Allie Shah for the Star Tribune (Minneapolis)-A major bump has surfaced in the well-traveled road from Nairobi, Kenya, to Minnesota for Somali refugees hoping to reunite with family members here. Recently, the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi began asking for more proof to verify that refugees applying to come here are who they say are. The [...]

Eva Salinas for The Sun Times- While Somali people around the world mourn a well-respected doctor this week, his death has shocked the mental health community in Owen Sound. Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar, chief of psychiatry at Grey Bruce Health Services, was killed Sunday in a car crash in his native Somaliland, an autonomous region in [...]

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A military court in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced 17 people to death for attacking a military base over a land dispute one day earlier, an official said Thursday. Dozens of angry people marched through the streets of Hargeisa on Thursday to demand the release of the defendants. Riot police [...]

By Mike Pflanz, Nairobi and Thomas Harding for the Telegraph- The midnight attack by a single helicopter firing its machine gun into   half-a-dozen Somali pirate skiffs is some distance from the “shock and awe”   that usually heralds the start of most campaigns. But as innocuous as it might seem, the first act of aggression by [...]

GENEVA – The World Food Program says a program in Somaliland that allows people to buy food with cash vouchers instead of receiving handouts is proving to be a huge success. Based on the favorable results, WFP says it plans to expand the initiative to other accessible parts of Somalia. The World Food Program says [...]

Hobyo (SDN) Residents of Hobyo in Somalia’s Mudug region are fed up of the air campaign that has disrupted their livelihoods and sense of security. Residents told our website that they fear for their lives. As a precaution they leave their homes whenever they hear the engines of the planes approaching and stand outside so [...]

Hargeisa (SDN)-A confrontation between civilians and government soliders resulted in multiple casualties and injuries in Hargeisa, Somaliland today. The dispute took place in the neighbourhood of Ga’an Libaah in the city of Hargeisa. Casualties were reported on both sides after members of the community attempted to forcibly take over a parcel of land known as [...]

Dhagahleey (SDN) Reports emerging from the Dhagahleey refugee camp in Northern Kenya say that Kenyan defence forcers were targeted in an attack that left several dead. Witnesses say that the forces were targeted with an explosive device they believe was either a land mine or an improvised explosive device buried in the ground. Five Kenyan [...]