MANY SUITORS FOR STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT DJIBOUTI

Djibouti is a small country in the Horn of Africa located on the southwest shores of the Gulf of Aden. It is adjacent to the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait (a…

By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)

Four people killed, 10 hurt in suicide blast in Somali capital

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and 10 others injured on Tuesday in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in a suicide bombing at a tea-shop near a military base,…

Saudi Arabia reopens embassy in Somalia: state news agency

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, state news agency(SPA) quoted the Saudi Foreign Ministry as saying on Friday. A Saudi diplomatic delegation…

Iranian-supplied arms smuggled from Yemen into Somalia, study says

By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Guns supplied by Iran to its Houthi allies in Yemen are being smuggled across the Gulf of Aden to Somalia, according to a Geneva-based…

Dozens killed in fighting between Somalia army and former allied group

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 30 people died and over 100 were injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally Ahlu Sunnah…