Female Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers stand to attention at a training camp, where they are instructed by the Djiboutian contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), in Belet Weyne, about 315 km (196 miles) from the capital Mogadishu, Continue reading
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A 27-year-old woman in Mogadishu who reported that government security forces raped her was convicted on criminal charges this month. The court also convicted a journalist who interviewed her. He is in prison; her term will start when she finishes breastfeeding her baby. 
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag and Development Minister Cevdet Yilmaz will pay visits to Somalia and Sudan between February 22 and 24. 
Somalis aided by human traffickers are using fake passports to board the Mogadishu-to-Istanbul flight as a way to flee to Europe, a Somali official and Turkish Airlines said. 
