President: Somalia’s recovery will continue to thwart the terrorists 22 Feb – Source: Office of the Somali President – 224 words Somalia’s ongoing recovery will continue to defy the enemies of peace, His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said after a terrorist attack in Mogadishu. The President said: “My first duty is to send my […]
Somalia: UK MP visits Mogadishu 21 Feb – Source: Horseed Media/Radio Mogadishu/SNTV – 180 words UK MP Tony Baldry paid a visit to the Somali Capital on Thursday a week after Britain warned its Citizens to travel to the war-ravaged country. The MP who was accompanied by the British Ambassador to Somalia Neil Wigan and other several […]
Al Shabaab ambushes Ethiopian troops in Gedo 20 Feb- Source: Radio Shabelle- 114 words Reports coming from the Luuq district in Gedo region says that intense fighting took place between the Ethiopian troops and government forces on one side and al Shabaab fighters on the other side, in Kureed territory; 12km south of Luuq district. […]
U.N. may extend eased Somalia arms embargo despite concerns – diplomats 20 Feb – Source: Reuters – 154 words The U.N. Security Council is unlikely to fully restore a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia, despite concerns about the possible diversion of weapons to al Qaeda-linked militants, but may extend eased restrictions on government purchases, diplomats […]
Somalia wants to expel Islamist rebels from strongholds in 2014 19 Feb – Source: Reuters – 159 words A military offensive led by an expanded African peacekeeping force aims to drive Somali Islamist rebels out of their remaining strongholds by the end of 2014, the Somali prime minister said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, […]
Somali Prime Minister Arrives in Kenya 19 Feb – Source: Hiiraan Online/Radio Kulmiye/Radio Mogadishu/Bar-kulan – 169 words Somali Prime Minister, AbdiWeli Sheik Ahmed, is in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for talks with top Kenyan government officials. The prime minister arrived in Kenya on Tuesday and was received at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by Kenyan officials and the […]
President Mohamud holds closed door meeting with senior security officials 18 Feb- Source: Radio RBC/Jowhar Online/Hiiraan Online- 184 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh has visited the Police Commando, the biggest base of Somalia Police Force (SPF) where he held a closed door meeting with senior officials of the security apparatus. Minister of Security Abdikarim Hussein […]
Federal Government will help facilitate regional administrations in Somalia: President Hassan 18 Feb – Source: Hiiraan Online – 144 words Somali President Hassan Sheik Mahmoud of Somalia said that his government was in the legislative process for the formation of regional state administrations. The president said that it was the government’s responsibility to form interim […]
Military chief says UN Monitoring Group “empowers al Shabaab” 17 Feb- Source: Radio Mogadishu/RBC-257 Words Somalia Military Chief Gen Dahir Aden Elmi “Indhaqarshe” has blamed the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia arms embargo for making Somalia’s government and its military look nonfunctional and al Shabaab militant group as an endless project in Somalia. Responding to […]
Somalia Air force celebrates 53rd anniversary in Mogadishu 17 Feb – Source: RBC – 130 words Somalia air force celebrate their 53rd anniversary since their establishment in 1961 in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. High profile Somali government officials including Minister of Defense, Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud, Commander of Somali Armed forces and Commander of […]