At least 4 injured as gunfire erupts at airport in Somaliland
HARGEISA (Somaliguardian) - An exchange of gunfire erupted at an airport in the town of Lasanod in the east of Somalia’s break-away region of...
Top cleric killed by mosque blast in Afghanistan’s Herat
A huge bomb blast at one of the biggest mosques in western Afghanistan Friday killed its influential imam, who called earlier this year for...
Why has fighting restarted in north Ethiopia?
Fighting has erupted again around the borders of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, shattering a ceasefire declared in March. Both sides blame each other for...
Tribal violence flares again in Sudan’s Blue Nile
Seven people were killed and 23 injured as tribal violence flared in Sudan's southern Blue Nile state, the state's security committee said, just weeks...
Somalia’s president meets UN humanitarian chief as drought worsens
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday met UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths at the presidential compound in Mogadishu as the...
Three dead after mortar shells land near Somalia’s presidential palace
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – At least three people were killed and 15 others wounded after mortar shells landed near Somalia’s presidential palace in Mogadishu on...
Ethiopian, Eritrean forces clash with Tigrayan forces in the north
Ethiopian and Eritrean government forces launched an attack in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray on Thursday, targeting Tigrayan forces, a Tigrayan military spokesperson said,...
Somalia’s president restores rank of top spy dismissed by his predecessor
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday restored the rank and benefits of former deputy spy chief Abdalla Abdalla, who was...
Air strike hits capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region – health official
An air strike hit the neighbourhood near a hospital in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region late on Tuesday, said the head of...
Somalia’s regional states cease cooperation with federal ministry of finance
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Somalia’s regional states on Tuesday announced that they had ceased cooperation with the federal government's ministry of finance as wrangling continues...