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Al-Qaeda's Somali offshoot Al-Shabaab has murdered scores of Somalis over the last decade. While President Mohamud's vow to eradicate the terrorist organisation has been welcomed, Suhaib Mahamoud questions whether 'arming the clans' will be enough.

Somalia’s biggest telecom firm Hormuud said its infrastructure in Galmuduug, Central Somalia, had been destroyed.

Al-Shabaab has been active in Somalia since 2006. The group’s repeated attacks have claimed thousands of lives and destroyed dozens of

He was speaking at a high level event, “Energizing health: accelerating electricity access in health-care facilities,” organized by the World Health

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's army and associated clan militias have killed at least 20 al Shabaab fighters in towns in the centre of the country, a regional official and the Information Ministry said on Wednesday, in the latest onslaught against the group.

The company, Hormuud Telecom, said thousands of residents have lost access to its mobile money platform, known as EVC Plus

Attack comes day after Somali officials said 200 al-Shabab militants had been killed over a four-day period

Significant territory has been won back from al-Shabaab in Somali villages since September.

To call for tribal groups to arm themselves and fight al-Shabaab without a national civic pact and credible national leadership repeats the mistakes of the 1980s and 1990s, and may yet usher in decades of internal conflict after al-Shabaab is defeated.  

October 2022 in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.