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Horror of a hotter world on stark display in parched East Africa

Vast tracts of countryside transformed into barren wasteland, decimated crops and animal herds and children dying of starvation.

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‘Hungry for days’: Drought’s cruel toll on pregnant Somali women

Somalia is grappling with its worst drought in 40 years; it’s taking a toll on women’s and girls’ reproductive health.

Al Jazeera

Somalia is not just a story of violence and state failure. Focus on our strengths

The country can overcome multiple urgent challenges to achieve sustainable development for and with the people

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Former development secretaries urge Sunak to increase east Africa aid amid drought

‘Famine in all but name’ ravaging Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, yet British aid is one-fifth of 2017 amount

The Guardian - UK

Somalia on the brink of famine, caught between drought and Shabaab militia

Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in over 40 years, impacting over 8 million people. The issue is set to be addressed at a summit co-hosted by the United Nations on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Somali forces, clan militias capture strategic town from al Shabaab

Somali forces and allied militias have pushed al Shabaab fighters out of a strategic town in central Somalia that the Islamist group has controlled for six years, officials and the African Union (AU) said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Fear of the F-word: Somalia avoids famine declaration as hunger spreads

Government fears interference from foreign aid agencies could destabilise development policy in a country hit by conflict and the climate crisis – yet people are dying of malnutrition

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Somalia says around 40 al Shabaab fighters killed in clashes

Somali forces killed about 40 al Shabaab fighters in the Middle Shabelle region, the government said on Thursday, the latest clashes in a months-long offensive that aims to weaken the grip of the Islamist militant group.

Reuters

‘We’re left to die of snake bites, hunger, disease’: Somalia’s people of the drought – a picture essay

Drought, hunger, conflict and rampant inflation have pushed about 130,000 people into camps around Galkayo in central Somalia. Many arrive with children suffering acute malnutrition only to face a new set of dangers

The Guardian - UK

Two never-before-seen minerals found inside giant meteorite that fell to Earth from space

Scientists at the University of Alberta have uncovered two new "interesting" elements in a 3,000lb meteorite that crashed in Somalia in 2020 - as a third mineral is currently being analysed

Daily Mirror

Researchers discover two new minerals on meteorite grounded in Somalia

‘Phenomenal’ finds are named elaliite and elkinstantonite, and Canadian scientists are analysing third mineral

The Guardian - UK

Somali troops overpower al-Shabab fighters to end hotel siege

Eight civilians and one soldier killed during siege and five other soldiers wounded, police spokesman says.

Al Jazeera

Brit feared to be among four dead in Al-Shabaab terror attack in hotel in Somalia

Al-Qaeda-linked group behind attack in battle to reclaim Somalia from government forces

Evening Standard

Somali hotel siege 'kills Brit and three others' after Islamic militants storm building

Mohamed Sayid Hassan Elmi is believed to have been in Somalia for less than two weeks before the attack, which saw al-Shabaab militants open fire at guests of the Villa Rose Hotel

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Somali parliament moves session, gunfire heard at besieged hotel

Government officials frequently use the Villa Rosa hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu for meetings.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Somalia: 100 Shabab Militants Killed in Military Operation

Somalia’s government said Saturday that a military operation in the country’s Lower and Middle Shabelle and Hiran regions killed more than 100 extremist al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab militants. Somalia’s deputy information minister Abdirahman Yusuf Omar Adala said the operation took place on the outskirts of the village of El-Dhere at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gunfire Heard inside Besieged Somalia Hotel, Parliament Session Delayed

Gunfire was heard on Monday from inside a besieged hotel in the Somali capital that was attacked on the weekend, a nearby resident and a police officer said, while parliament said it had postponed a scheduled session. The Villa Rose hotel, near the presidential residence, was stormed on Sunday by…

Radio France Internationale

Hotel siege ends in Somali capital, at least eight dead

At least eight people have been killed in an attack by suspected Al-Shabaab militants who laid siege to a popular hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight. Local security officials took over 18 hours to dislodge the attackers.

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Reuters

Somali troops overpower militants to end hotel siege

Somali security forces stormed a hotel in the capital on Monday to end a near day-long siege by al Shabaab militants who killed nine people at the building near the president's residence in the capital, police said.

Bangkok Post

Somali forces battle militants for hotel in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU: Somalia's security forces exchanged gunfire with militants holed up in a hotel in Mogadishu on Monday after Al-Shabaab stormed the popular venue near the presidential palace and occupied it overnight.

France 24

Somali forces end deadly hours-long siege in hotel by Al Shabaab

Somali security forces have ended a deadly hours-long siege by Al Shabaab militants who stormed a popular hotel in the capital Mogadishu overnight, the national police spokesman said on Monday, adding that eight people had been killed in the attack.

WEKU

The al-Shabab extremist group attacked a hotel in Somalia's capital

There has been no immediate word of any casualties. Al-Shabab said its fighters attacked the hotel Villa Rose, which has a restaurant popular with government and security officials.

Reuters

Militants attack hotel used by officials in Somalia's capital

Islamist militants attacked a hotel used by government officials in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening, police and witnesses said.

France 24

Freezing temperatures grip Kyiv as power shortages persist in Ukraine

Snow fell in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv Sunday, while the electricity supply was still disrupted due to recent air strikes carried out by Russia, guaranteeing a difficult winter for the city's inhabitants. Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of fresh strikes from Moscow. Read our live blog to review all…

Reuters

Al Shabaab attack Somali military base, government forces fight back

Militants from Somalia's al Shabaab attacked a military base in the central Galgaduud region on Friday, the group and a local government minister said, prompting violent clashes as the army and allied clans sought to repel them.

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