>"Police say two car bombs have exploded at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital near key government offices and there are _...Read More_

The New York Times: Biden Approves Plan to Redeploy Several Hundred Ground Forces Into Somalia. >"The president also signed off on targeting about a dozen Shabab _...Read More_

A massive fire tore through the main market in the city of Hargeisa in northern Somalia overnight, injuring about two dozen people and destroying hundreds of businesses, officials have said. Images posted on social media showed flames and _...Read More_

>"Question of French troops leaving country ‘not on the table for the moment’, Malian foreign minister says."

The New York Times: Texas Hostage Taker Was Known to British Intelligence. >"Malik Faisal Akram was listed as a “subject of interest” in 2020 _...Read More_

Al Jazeera English: West Africa bloc ECOWAS imposes sanctions on Mali leaders. >"The move by ECOWAS comes after Mali’s transitional _...Read More_

Al Jazeera English: Somalia gives African Union envoy seven days to leave country. >"Government accuses Simon Mulongo of engaging in activities _...Read More_

"While slavery was abolished during colonial rule, local communities still place their descendants at society’s margins."

>"Somalia was meant to choose a new president this month, but a dispute between president and PM halted the process."

>"ICJ rules largely in favour of Somalia in setting a sea boundary believed to be rich in oil and gas."

>"Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's party was the biggest winner in an Iraqi election on Monday, increasing the number of seats he holds in parliament, according to initial results, officials and a spokesperson for the Sadrist _...Read More_

>"Gloria Cecilia Narváez was kidnapped by Islamist militants while working as a missionary."

"PM Maiga says French troops created an enclave in Kidal, north Mali, and gave control to ‘terrorist group’ Ansar al-Din."

>"Deal could push relations between France and Mali to breaking point, and underscore growing Russia influence in region."