UN Security Council establishes assistance mission in Somalia for one year 02 May- Source: Kuwait News Agency- 230 words The Security Council on Thursday voted unanimously to establish the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) which will be deployed starting June 3 and for an initial period of 12 months. The mission will support peace […]
Somali President Says Terrorists Are Defeated 02 May – Source: Sky News – 163 words The Somali President says the al Shabaab terrorists operating in his country have been “defeated as a fighting force” after decades of creating havoc. But he has warned that the extremists are an international network with links to al Qaeda […]
President of Somalia “puts the world on notice” over illegal fishing and illegal waste dumping 01 May – Source: Office of the Somali President – 390 words The President of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made a visit to a fish factory in Mogadishu, to highlight the need for Somalia to […]
Ban Ki-Moon appoints new envoy to Somalia 30 Apr- Source: Radio Dalsan/Raxanreeb/Shabelle/RBC/Bar-kulan/Hiiraan Online – 84 words The British diplomat Nicholas Kay has been appointed as the UN Sec General’s Special Representative for Somalia, replacing Augustine Mahiga. Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of UN appointed Kay, who is currently the Africa Director at the UK Foreign and […]
Somalia hospitals see fewer war victims 29 Apr- Source:VOA- 362 words As security improves in Mogadishu and much of south central Somalia, hospitals are seeing fewer victims of violence than before. Doctors say more and more patients come in for elective surgeries and to seek treatment for “normal” illnesses. For over 20 years, the Medina […]
United Somalia is the only option we have, says president Hassan 29 Apr – Source: Raxanreeb – 251 words The President of Somalia Federal Republic Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a short working visit to the northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland has rebuffed claiming from local politicians towards the unity of the country as a northern […]
Public consultation on Human Rights issues begins in Mogadishu 28 Apr – Source: Radio Kulmiye/RBC Radio – 124 words The first public consultation on Somalia’s Human Rights issues began in Mogadishu on Sunday. It was called for by a parliamentarian sub-committee on Human rights and Humanitarian affairs. The public consultation was officially opened by the […]
American jihadi in Somalia tweets on kill attempt 26 Apr – Source: AP/Washington Post – 126 words A most-wanted American jihadi in Somalia says a known assassin from the militant group al Shabaab has shot him in the neck. Omar Hammami posted on Twitter about what he labeled an assassination attempt late Thursday as he […]
Main Story UK Foreign Secretary opens new British embassy in Somalia 25 Apr- Source: Standard-392 words Foreign Secretary William Hague has opened a new British embassy in Mogadishu – the first time the UK has had one in Somalia since 1991. The UK is the first European Union country to reopen an embassy in the […]
The world will see that Somalia has turned the corner, Prime Minister tells UK Foreign Secretary 25 Apr – Source: Prime Minister’s Media Office – 407 words His Excellency Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon today outlined recent progress on security and human rights and laid out his government’s hopes for a successful Somalia Conference in […]