Attacks, arrests and restrictions on journalists including over coverage of youth demonstrations is causing concern among Kenyan media. Journalists are taking to the streets to protest. Juma Majanga covered the protests and filed this report from Nairobi, Kenya. Camera: Amos Wangwa

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the north of Ethiopia, driven by drought, crop failure and continued insecurity in the aftermath of a brutal war.

Baku, Azerbaijan (HOL) - Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met in Baku on Friday to strengthen bilateral relations between their two countries.

The police are speaking to witnesses daily and investigating various tips around the fatal assault of a Somali man in The Hague last weekend. A spokeswoman did not want to comment on the identity of the men who are being sought as suspects due to the ongoing investigation.

Hargeisa (HOL) — Somaliland has addressed an incident involving a cargo ship attacked by Houthi militants from Yemen while docked at the Port of Berbera. The attack, which took place outside Somaliland's territorial waters, highlights growing security concerns in the region.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A diphtheria outbreak in Somalia's Shabeellaha Dhexe region has claimed the lives of two people and infected more than 20 others, according to the Deputy Minister of Health.

Hargeisa (HOL) — The Somaliland government has announced its readiness to negotiate the fate of prisoners captured during the Las Anod conflict. The talks come nearly a year after the guns fell silent between the Somaliland National Army and the SSC-Khaatumo forces of the Dhulbahante in Las Anod, the capital of the Sool region.

Mogadishu (HOL) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) have condemned the arrest of journalist and head of Dawan TV, Alinur Salaad, in Mogadishu on July 22.

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron and his Djibouti counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh agreed Wednesday to renew the defense partnership between the two countries, following two years of negotiations.

Journalist and head of Dawan TV, Alinur Salaad, was detained by regional police in Mogadishu on 22 July on charges of false reporting and insulting the armed forces. Salaad was taken to court on 23 July and remanded in custody for 45-days while investigations are undertaken and potential charges prepared.

The families of civilians killed by the U.S. in Somalia share their ideas of justice in a new report. The Pentagon has no response.

DUBAI: A boat with at least 45 refugees has capsized off the coast of Yemen’s Taiz on Wednesday night, and there are only four survivors, the UN refugee agency in Yemen said on Thursday.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali Council of Ministers approved an audit of government agencies for the 2023 financial year during its weekly meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, in Mogadishu on Thursday.

Garowe (HOL) — The United Nations has congratulated Puntland's people on peacefully conducting one-person, one-vote elections in the Nugaal region's Garowe, Dangoroyo, and Godobjiraan districts. The milestone marks Puntland as the first regional state in Somalia to hold such elections for local government councils.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (HOL) — A 23-year-old Somali man was beaten to death early Sunday morning in The Hague's Plein area. Police are searching for eight men suspected of involvement in the assault, confirmed the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA).

HELSINKI, Finland (HOL) — Finland's new law to turn away asylum seekers at its eastern border with Russia has officially come into effect. The law aims to combat what it describes as instrumentalized immigration. The Finnish Parliament approved this legislation earlier this month, reflecting growing tensions between Finland and Russia.

TORONTO — Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan Warsame’s directorial debut “Mother Mother” is among the films set to have world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival’s discovery program.

Hargeisa (HOL) - The Government of the Republic of Somaliland firmly opposes any potential deployment of Turkish naval forces within its recognized maritime zones, emphasizing that such actions constitute a grave violation of international law and threaten regional stability.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority has announced a suspension of all Ethiopian Airlines flights to Eritrea's capital, Asmara, effective September 30, 2024. This decision, published in the state newspaper Hadas Eritrea, cites «systematic mistreatment» of Eritrean passengers as the primary reason.

Ayaan Waeys, who had Somali heritage, had shown symptoms of pre-eclampsia and died at St Thomas’ hospital after giving birth to stillborn girl

Deqa Yasin’s work promoting women’s rights in Somalia has led to significant successes, including an increase in the number of women in Parliament and the development of the Somali Women’s Charter.

MOGADISHU (Xinhua) -- Some 139,155 Somali refugees have returned home since December 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Ethiopian government has denied social media reports alleging that Ethiopia was involved with illegal arms traders who smuggled weapons into Somalia from the Ethiopian border on July 15.

Mogadishu (HOL) - Two al-Shabab militant leaders surrendered to the Somali army forces stationed in the Bula Mare district in the Lower Shabelle region on Tuesday.

Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met Prime Minister of Somalia H E Hamza Abdi Barre, who is visiting Qatar, yesterday.

President William Ruto has made further changes to his Cabinet nominees with Soipan Tuya taking the Defence Ministry while Aden Duale being moved to the Ministry of Environment.

Mogadishu (HOL) - The Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly, Hon. Joseph Ntakirutimana, and members of his delegation attended a special meeting of the Somali Upper House of the Parliament in Mogadishu on Tuesday.

Stepping on to the basketball court, I feel my shoulders slacken. In that moment, it’s just me, my basketball and a hoop; nothing else matters. I couldn’t risk losing that feeling when I first started playing at college, aged 16, so basketball became my secret.

Mogadishu (HOL) — The European Union Commission has proposed new visa restrictions for Somalia, with the goal of increasing cooperation in the readmission of Somali nationals who entered and remained in the EU without proper documentation.

Dhusamareb (HOL) — General Bashir Mohamed Jama, also known as Bashir Goobe, won the by-election for the House of the People seat HOP 18 in Dhusamareb on Tuesday. The seat had been vacated by Sahro Colaad Abdi.

Palestinian factions have signed a “national unity” agreement aimed at maintaining Palestinian control over Gaza once Israel’s war on the enclave concludes.

Beledweyne (HOL) — Hundreds of Ethiopian troops have crossed the border shared by Ethiopia and Somalia's Hiiraan region for the second time this month.

Hargeisa (HOL) — Somaliland has doubled down on its commitment to a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ethiopia, promising economic gains and international recognition while sparking fierce opposition from Mogadishu and regional players.

In Ethiopia, millions are suffering from malnutrition after repeated droughts and flash floods in recent years. The severity of the drought in some regions has communities learning new ways to adapt.

The management of internal security for the president of Somalia is becoming increasingly complicated, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. A group of federal legislators has in fact publicly asked for the resignation of the head of state, in office since May 2022, citing concerns about his leadership conduct, which they say is too «centralized», and about the deterioration of the security situation in the country.