UN expert urges Somalia to strengthen justice system following attacks 17 Apr- Source: UN News Centre- 343 words The Somali Government and international community must continue their efforts to strengthen the East African country’s justice sector in spite of a series attacks on Sunday which killed dozens of civilians including judges and lawyers and injured […]
President orders Courts security review 17 Apr – Source: Office of the Somali President – 168 words Following Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Courts in Mogadishu on Sunday 14th April, H.E. President Hassan has ordered a review of security at the Courts. “We acknowledge the concerns and frustrations of the Chief Justice, and it is […]
Somalia begins to amass national wealth after defeating piracy 16 Apr – Source: Daily Nation – 110 words Somalia is beginning to build its national tax revenue from imported goods with the new freight building up at the Port of Mogadishu. For the first time since the country slid into anarchy, container arrivals hit more […]
Somali judges need protection from Islamist rebels 16 Apr – Source: Reuters – 115 words Somalia’s judges and lawyers at the vanguard of judicial reforms need protection from al Qaeda-linked militants, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday after deadly bomb attacks targeted law courts in Mogadishu at the weekend. The al Shabaab […]
Somalia calls on citizens to help root out militants 15 Apr – Source: Wall Street Journal /CNN – 272 words Somalia’s fledging democratic government appealed on Monday for its people to help fight a militant group it said carried out a gun and bomb assault on the nation’s highest court the day before, an attack […]
Somali police launch major security operation 15 Apr – Source: Middle East Online – 348 words Somalia’s police force launched a major security operation Monday searching for explosives and weapons, a day after a spectacular suicide attack by Islamist insurgents in the city. “There is a major security operation under way in Mogadishu,” said senior […]
Militants’ attack kills 29 at Somali courthouse 14 Apr – Source: CNN/Reuters/The Guardian/AP – 122 words At least 10 heavily armed militants forced their way into a court building Sunday in Mogadishu, Somalia, and launched a deadly attack, according to a local journalist who witnessed the aftermath. Some of the assailants detonated explosives before others […]
Security beefed in Mogadishu as Somali army celebrates 53rd anniversary 12 Apr – Source: Radio Mogadishu/al Shahid/Radio Bar-kulan/SNTV – 112 words The Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday morning witnessed tight security amid celebration Somali armed forces on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of its founding. Security forces were deployed last night in the streets […]
Shabelle River continues to rise with fears of more floods 11 Apr- Source: Radio Ergo- 196 words The river Shabelle has seen a drastic increase in river levels after heavy rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands and fears of further flooding of farm areas. District commissioner of Janaale in Lower Shabelle, Mohamed Idris Abdi, told Radio […]
Somali President receives delegation from Britain 11 Apr – Source: Radio Mogadishu/ al Shahid – 133 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud on Wednesday met in his office in Mogadishu delegation from the Britain led by the adviser of British Prime Minister for Security Affairs, Oliver Robinson. Somali President discussed with the visiting British delegation […]