Three rocket salvos were fired toward central Israel in less than an hour overnight ■ Total rockets since beginning of escalation of 1,160 ■ Seven dead in Israel, including a soldier, as well as father and daughter killed in city of Lod, following Gaza rocket fire
(Bloomberg) Somalia will expedite elections in a bid to quell instability and coax donors into releasing funds needed to pay the nation’s security forces and other state employees, Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak said.
Row has been affecting war against al-Shabaab, to which Kenya has contributed over 3,500 troops Magdalene Mukami | 22.12.2020
Somalia agreed to de-escalate tensions with neighboring Kenya during a conference Monday in Djibouti.
Somalia said the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) put pressure on the country to resolve its diplomatic tiff with Kenya during the 38th Extraordinary Assembly of IGAD Heads of State and Government.
IGAD, which consists of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, with Eritrea being an inactive member, devoted the conference to solving regional problems, with a focus on the situation in Ethiopia and the diplomatic tensions between Kenya and Somalia.