Somalia says it is restoring diplomatic relations with Kenya, six months after the country severed ties with its neighbour, accusing Kenya of meddling in elections taking place in Jubbaland.
Somalia’s government is withdrawing its diplomatic staff from Kenya as the country cuts diplomatic ties with the neighbouring country.
A CIA officer has been killed in combat during an unspecified operation in the Horn of Africa nation.
US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of almost all US troops from Somalia by January 15.
The US military has admitted that two civilians were killed and three more injured during an airstrike carried out in Somalia last year.
A senior commander of Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabaab has been killed in an airstrike, according to local reports.
A telecoms company in Somalia says one of its workers was killed in a US airstrike on Monday.
At least 12 soldiers have been killed in al-Shabaab attacks at a military base in Somalia.
Somalia has declared a national emergency over a number of large locust swarms that are spreading across East Africa.
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