CECAFA Kagame club cup draws in Khartoum + Pictures

The draws for the 39th Edition of CECAFA-Kagame club cup championship will be held in Khartoum, Sudan on Tuesday, CECAFA Secretary General Nicholas Musonye of Kenya announced after making a second vis

2 Minnesota women sentenced for funding Somali militants

(CNN) — A federal court has sentenced two Minnesota women to lengthy prison sentences for soliciting donations in the name of charity, then funneling the funds to Somali militants.

Authorities

Two claim to be Jubaland’s ‘president’

MOGADISHU (AFP) — A warlord in southern Somalia’s Jubaland has declared himself “president” of the region, clan leaders said Thursday, shortly after the election of another militia commander to

European Union Training Mission to train Somali force in Somalia

15 April 2013, Mogadishu – The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, today welcomed the deployment of the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) to Somalia, c

Man gets 20 years in Somali terror probe

Minneapolis – A man who authorities say played a key role in funnelling young men from Minnesota to a terrorist group in Somalia was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison, while another man wh

To Stabilize Mali, Look to Somalia’s Lessons

The United Nations Security Council has made a wise decision to create an ambitious African stabilization mission for Mali.

To succeed, however, this mission will need to draw lessons from the

To Stabilize Mali, Look to Somalia’s Lessons

The United Nations Security Council has made a wise decision to create an ambitious African stabilization mission for Mali.

To succeed, however, this mission will need to draw lessons from the

Sentencings Approach In Somali Terror Case

Nine people convicted in a government investigation of terror recruitment and financing for an al-Qaida-linked group in Somalia are to be sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.

Somalia needs a Marshall plan, president says before aid meeting.

By Katrina Manson in Mogadishu.

Somalia needs its own Marshall plan to recover from decades of poverty, civil war and terrorism, says the country’s president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

Mr Moh

International Donors Pledge Millions to Rebuild Somalia

Britain, the United States and other international donors have pledged more than $300 million to help Somalia, as the country rebuilds from two decades of chaos and war.

British Prime Minister