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Somalia president hails lifting of arms embargo as government vows to wipe out al-Shabab militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomed Saturday the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation more than 30 years ago. The 15-member council unanimously voted Friday night in favor of the...
Somali maritime police intensify patrols as fears grow of resurgence of piracy in the Gulf of Aden
BOSASO, Puntland (AP) — Somalia’s maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Gulf of Aden following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship earlier this week. The commander of the maritime force in the semiautonomous region of Puntland, Abdullahi Mohamed Ahmed, told...
Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with thousands marooned by worsening rains
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government on Monday urged people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa. At least 76 people have died and 40,000 displaced from their homes since the...
El Niño-worsened flooding has Somalia in a state of emergency. Residents of one town are desperate
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — First, some families fled drought and violence. Now they say they have nowhere to hide from intense flooding as rainfall exacerbated by the weather phenomenon El Niño pummels large parts of Somalia. Floods have killed at least 96 people, the country’s...
Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 130 people have died in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia following heavy rains that triggered what aid agencies described as flooding seen only once every 100 years. Somalia bore the brunt of the flash floods that inundated the Horn of Africa region. The...
Floods kill at least 31 in Somalia. UN warns of a flood event likely to happen once in 100 years
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of Somalia, authorities said Sunday. Since October, floods have displaced nearly half a million people and disrupted the lives of over 1.2 million people, Minister of...
United Nations suspends pullout of African Union troops from Somalia as battles with militants rage
NAIROBI,Kenya (AP) — The United Nations Security Council on Thursday suspended for a period of three months the pullout of African Union troop from Somalia, where fighting rages with al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa. The decision follows a request by the Horn of Africa nation...
40 people dead in Kenya and Somalia as heavy rains and flash floods displace thousands
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy rains and flash flooding have killed at least 40 people and displaced tens of thousands in Kenya and Somalia, aid agencies reported Monday. In Somalia, the government declared an emergency after the extreme weather killed at least 25 people and destroyed...
A car bombing at a Somali military facility kills 6 people, including 4 soldiers, police say
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An explosives-laden car detonated at a military facility on the outskirts of Somalia's capital Saturday and killed at least six people, four of them soldiers, police said. Police spokesman Sadik Dodishe said nine others, including five soldiers, were...
Today in History: October 14, Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize
Today in History Today is Saturday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2023. There are 78 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. ...
