Somalians fear that they will become the targets of a police crackdown in both Kenya and South Africa.
Somalia’s Parliament votes on Monday for a new president in what the UN has described as a historic election for the war-torn nation.
Corrupt leaders in war-ravaged Somalia should face immediate security council sanctions, a report by the United Nations says.
Somalia has begun training fighters to fill the void created by having an army that comprised mostly a jumble of militia groups.
Soldiers, insurgents and bandits are routinely attacking Somalian civilians, carrying out murder, rape, and robbery on villagers, and destroying entire districts, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Gang rape and throat cutting — referred to locally as ”killing like goats” — is prevalent.