Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

Somali president says death toll to rise further after Saturday’s twin bombings that targeted the education ministry. At least 100 people have been killed and 300 wounded in two car bomb explosions in the capital Mogadishu, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said. Rescuers remove a body from the scene of a double car bomb attack […]

The thrill of a precise artillery strike was fading as the Ukrainian defenders of the last village before the invading Russians cowered for safety in the shattered remains of a school. Puffs of smoke revealed where the Russians had suffered their latest losses along the flat and almost completely lifeless terrain of Ukraine’s southern front. […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that military assistance to Ukraine by the United States and NATO results in them being parties to the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (2nd L) and Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha (L) attend a joint press conference following talks in […]

Editor’s note: The names of the people interviewed by the Kyiv Independent for this story have been changed to protect their identity as they have shared sensitive information that could place them and their families in danger.   A Russian soldier, drafted as part of Russia’s ongoing mobilization, is photographed in Moscow on Oct. 10, […]

South Korea has not resumed loudspeaker broadcasts at the inter-Korean border as North Korea claimed earlier this week, a Seoul official told NK News on Wednesday Kim Jong Un inspecting a missile test with his wife Ri Sol Ju| Image: KCNA (Oct. 10, 2022) The DPRK’s Korean People’s Army (KPA) leveled the accusation that South […]

The missile and artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine performed 190 fire missions, eliminating more than half a hundred invaders in the southern direction over the past day. “The situation in the Southern Buh direction in the entire operational zone is quite tense but controlled. The enemy continues holding active defense, looks for […]

Homes in Mykolaiv, a city on the southern coast of Ukraine, have been without safe drinking water for six months, a recent BBC report claims. Residents have been forced to live in these conditions since the city’s water supply was shut off. Residents in Mykolaiv say they have to queue for more than three hours for […]

Addis Abeba – Juweria Subcis, a member of the Somali regional state parliament, was shot by a member of federal police officer inside Jigjiga Airport in the region’s capital. Juweria died immediately due to her injuries, according to her close friend Dr. Juweria Ali. Picture: Dr. Juweria Ali. Details are sketchy, and there is no official […]

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said Tuesday the new government was committed to overcoming Türkiye’s objections to Sweden’s historic bid to join NATO. Turkish and Finnish delegations meet to discuss the implementation of the NATO deal in the capital Ankara, Türkiye, Oct. 25, 2022. (AA Photo) After Russia invaded Ukraine, Sweden and Finland tore up […]

In Zelensky’s latest address on Tuesday evening, October 25, the Ukrainian President stated that the sooner peace is achieved in Ukraine, the less evil Russia would bring to other regions, including the Middle East, in its cooperation with Iran. Zelensky also believes that one day Israeli politicians will hear this position, as Israeli society has already done. […]