The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) issued a stark warning on Friday, February 20, 2026, stating that its humanitarian assistance in Somalia will cease entirely by April unless new funding is secured immediately. The Rome-based agency revealed that severe budget constraints have already forced a drastic reduction in its operations, with the number of […]
Al-Shabaab Islamist militants shot dead a government official in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and a spokesperson for the group said. Abdifatah Barre, the deputy district commissioner of Mogadishu’s Wadajir district, was shot dead in his car. “Gunmen opened fire on the car of the deputy district commissioner this morning. The […]
Seven people are feared dead in an attack on the higher education ministry in a busy area of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Witnesses told the press that car loaded with explosives was driven into the wall surrounding the compound and there is an ongoing gun battle. A police official said that gunfire was coming from inside […]
Though, it is still developing reports but according Aljazeera, a popular hotel in the capital of Somali,Mogadishu, has been attacked. The African Union mission to Somalia, AMISOM, confirmed that there had been an explosion and gunfire at the Makka Al-Maukarama hotel today Friday. Police told the media that government officials were trapped inside the hotel. […]