- Reports from Mogadishu indicate that at least 5 people have been killed while scores others have been seriously wounded in the Bakara market in Mogadishu after running battles between Al Shabaab fighters and U.N Peacekeepers Amisom. Speaking to Radio Shabelle officials of the emergency traffic unit put the figures of the injured to 20 saying most were hit by a series of mortar raids into the market when they were trying to leave the crowded market place. This came after Al Shabaab fighters attacked with mortars the Somali parliament which was in session missing the target hitting nearby houses killing 4 others. Most of the injured were rushed to Mogadishu’s Medina hospital. Somali ha…

- DROUGHT SPELLS RAVAGE PARTS OF NORTHERN KENYA Once again, the North Eastern part of Kenya is trying to come into terms with long spells of drought occasioned by failed December rains. This has led to desperate calls for help from local NGO’s and community elders who describe the situation as dire and which needs urgent humanitarian intervention. The Chairman of the Consortium of Cooperation of Partners (COCOP), Abdullahi Abdinoor pictured a bleak situation in Mandera County “ The long dry spell has caused haphazard migration and panic among the nomads in this area , the migration patterns have changed now the December rains have failed, it is an absolute tragedy ,” he sa…