President Uhuru Kenyatta: Kenya will not withdraw its troops from Somalia 01 Oct- Source: Standard/Daily Nation- 261 words Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday said no amount of intimidation would drive Kenya into removing its troops from Somalia prematurely. The President noted that events leading to a decision by Kenya to send its troops in Somalia were […]
Kenyan MPs ‘to demand Somali refugee camps closures’ 01 Oct – Source: Africa Review/Standard Media – 393 words A Kenyan parliamentary committee is to call for camps for Somali refugees in the country to close in the wake of the Westgate mall attack, a senior MP says. Ndung’u Gethenji, head of the defence committee, told […]
Somali Parliament discusses motion on its standing orders 30 Sept – Source: Raxanreeb/SNTV/Dalsan – 85 words Somalia federal parliament has started on Monday to discuss its laws after the house members tabled a motion to amend it, RBC reports. According to parliament secretary, the house started to discuss a motion on the house after some members have […]
UN Envoy urges Somali Diaspora to rebuild homeland 30 Sept – Source: Somali Current/Hiiraan Online/Radio Mogadishu – 119 words United Nations Special Representative of General Secretary for Somalia Nicholas Kay urged Somali diaspora to go back home and support rebuilding of their country. In a meeting with Somali Community in Minnesota, Kay pledged that his […]
President Hassan warns more terrorist attacks, calls for vigilance 29 Sept- Source: Radio Dalsan /Radio Mogadishu/Hiiraan Online- 171 words Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has warned possible terrorist attacks in Mogadishu and called on the locals to work closely with the security forces. Speaking at a press conference in Aden Abdulle airport in Mogadishu shortly […]
Somalis sympathise with Kenya siege victims 27 Sept – Source: Al Jazeera English – 02:15mins Somalia’s president has condemned the recent attack on a Kenyan mall that left scores dead, and called for more help to battle al-Shabab fighters in the country. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud described the group as a regional threat that must be […]
Revealed: suspected leader of Kenya terror attack 26 Sept- Source: Channel4-300 Words Multiple sources from within Somalia have told Channel 4 News the identity of the man who led the group behind the attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre. According to sources connected to al-Shabaab, his Jihadi fighting name is Omar or Umayr. Omar, who […]
Al Shabaab calls for Kenya to withdraw troops from Somalia 26 Sept – Source: Somali Current – 13 words Al Shabaab leader Ahmed aw-Abdi Godane known as Abu Zubeir called on Kenyan government to withdraw troops from Somalia in return of peace and security for its country. In an audio speech released online a day […]
US to help Kenya pursue Mall attackers 25 Sept- Source: Daily Nation-261 words The United States has offered to assist Kenya pursue the Westgate shopping mall attackers. US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec on Wednesday said the US will continue to work together with Kenya to stop terrorism. “At the request of the Kenyan government, we will […]
AMISOM Stretched To Its Limit: Uganda’s Armed Forces Chief 25 Sept- Source: New Vision- 388 words The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) which is fighting the Al-Shabaab extremists has become a victim of its own success, says Ugandan Chief of Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala, who has raised an alarm that capturing more territory […]