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7 Kenyan Towns Blacklisted By The UK in New Travel Advisory

Waagacusub.com- The Kenyan tourism industry suffered a major blow on Tuesday after the UK issued a fresh travel alert cautioning it's citizens against travelling to 7 major towns within the country. In the new directive, the UK government highlighted the high risk of kidnapping as a key reason behind…

Somalia minister, lawmakers denied entry into Kenya

Waagacusub.com- Three senior Somalia government officials were refused entry at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi for lacking visas. The officials were part of a government delegation scheduled to attend the launch of an European Union-sponsored cross-border conflict management programme…

Somalia's Al Shabaab changes tactics, uses home-made explosives

Waagacusub.com- The findings are a blow for internationally backed efforts to fight the al Shabaab insurgency, which has repeatedly carried out attacks in East Africa and launched dozens in Somalia this year despite a dramatic increase in U.S. air strikes.

Somali President Farmajo Has No Legal Base to Force Galmudug Presidential Election in 2019

WAAGACUSUB.COM - As a caveat, I would like to state here that my argument against the involvement of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) in any presidential elections of the federal member states (FMS) should not be interpreted as an approval of state elections.…

AU commends progress in securing peace, stability in Somalia

Waagacusub.com- The African Union (AU) on Wednesday commended the "significant progress" made to secure peace and stability in Somalia under the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

UPDF soldiers kill themselves in Somalia

Waagacusub.com- The army is investigating the circumstances under which one of its soldiers deployed in Mogadishu, Somalia, shot his administration officer dead before killing himself.

Somalia: Social media shut down over exam leakages unjustified

Responding to reports that Somalia's education minister has announced that social media may be shut down for five days from 27 to 31 May as one of the ways to stop cheating in the national secondary school exams, Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and…

Bomb-laden vehicle hits district HQs in Mogadishu

Waagacusub.com- A vehicle loaded with explosives has rammed into the headquarters of Warta Nabada district headquarters in Mogadishu.

WhatsApp urges update after 'serious' security breach

Waagacusub.com- WhatsApp on Tuesday encouraged its users to upgrade the app to plug a security breach that allowed sophisticated attackers to sneak spyware into phones, in the latest trouble for its parent Facebook.

Video Somalia has cancelled national secondary school examinations after papers were sold and leaked via social media.

Waagacusub.com - Students have been sitting their final year exams since Saturday, but the leakage of papers at an examination centre forced Education Minister Abdullahi Godah Barre to go on national television on Monday night to announce their cancellation. The exams would now be retaken from 27 to…

Chinese Bank Loans 200 Million And Takes Full Exclusive Fishing Rights Over The Coast Of Somalia

The bank and the Government of Somalia today agreed to a loan of $200million for the rebuilt of Mogadishu port. In trade for that, the bank will have exclusive fishing rights over the coast of Somalia and maintain part ownership of the port until the loan has been fully paid.

Saudi crown prince defends China's right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps

Waagacusub.com- Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia''s crown prince, on Friday defended China's use of concentration camps for Muslims, saying it was Beijing's "right". "China has the right to carry out anti-terrorism and de-extremisation work for its national security,"…

Ethiopia to try ex-spy chief, Getachew Assefa

Ethiopia has formally charged a former intelligence chief widely reported to have superintended over systemic rights abuse during his tenure.

Djibouti: Guelleh, the spy of China

It is nevertheless extraordinary to see how much the colonial powers persist in reserving the right to question the sovereignty of African states. In Djibouti, the telecommunications company Huwaei, engaged in a direct battle with the United States, is now cited in a case of espionage, whose main actor…

UNDP sanctions 18 Somali entities and individuals over graft, collusion and fraud

The UN Development Programme has blacklisted 18 Somali individuals and organisations from conducting any business with the UN agency over what it termed as their 'engagement in proscribed practices'.

The man behind Somalia's only free ambulance service

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's capital city - where there are frequent and deadly bomb blasts - only has one free ambulance service, which was founded by Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan 13 years ago.

VIDEO Air strike kills Islamic State deputy in Somali region

Sunatimes.com - An air strike killed the deputy leader of the Islamic State group in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, alongside another militant, a local security official said on Sunday.

Djibouti/Somaliland : Réunion d'urgence ce matin entre le président de la Somaliland et Ahmed Osman Guelleh Arab.

Somaliland. L'interview que le président du Parti Démocrate Djiboutien — PADD —, Hassan Cher Hared, a accordé hier aux médias somaliens en ligne dénommés « WAAGACUSUB.COM » du célèbre journaliste Dahir Alasow a éclairé aux lambdas djiboutiens et somalilandais le visage caché…

Entrench NISA into law for efficiency and accountability-security expert

Waagacusub.com- The absence of a legal framework establishing the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) is an impediment in the proper functioning and accountability of the intelligence agency, a security expert has said.

Somaliland protests exclusion from IGAD task-force

Waagacusub.com- Somaliland has lamented exclusion from the newly formed IGAD Taskforce on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden despite being a major stakeholder in the Red Sea governance.