Kenyan army recovers bodies of soldiers killed by Somali militants 11 Oct – Source: Standard – 171 words Kenyan troops in Kismayu, Somalia have recovered bodies of two of their colleagues who were killed and later dragged in the town by the al Shabaab militants. Department of Defence spokesman Maj Emanuel Chirchir said the bodies of […]
Somalia: 60,000 flood and conflict victims in Beletweyn receive aid 10 Oct- Source: ICRC- 318 words Around 60,000 people affected by conflict and flooding in Beletweyn-Hiiraan, central Somalia, are receiving emergency food rations. They include 39,000 to whom the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent distributed essential shelter and […]
Allied forces capture Jameeca, near Bur-hakaba 10 Oct – Source: Bar-kulan – 129 words Somali and African Union forces on Tuesday said they have taken control of Jameeca area, some 12 kilometres east of the rebel held Bur-Hakaba town, Bay region. Gen. Adan Yabarow of the Somali National Army told Bar-kulan they are now advancing […]
Roadside bomb kills 2, injures 5 in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo 09 Oct – Source: Shabelle – 111 words At least two people were killed and five others injured in a huge roadside bomb explosion inn Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, the latest in series of attacks against Somali and Kenyan forces, reports […]
Eritrea calls for lifting of sanctions, rejects UN accusations 09 Oct – Source: Reuters – 153 words Eritrea has asked the U.N. Security Council to lift sanctions against it after a recent U.N. experts’ report showed that the tiny east African state had cut its support for the al Qaeda-allied al Shabaab militant group in […]
Somalia facing aid shortfall after al Shabaab bans Islamic Relief 08 Oct- Source: Guardian- 783 words Just over a week after its fighters abandoned their last major stronghold in southern Somalia, al-Shabaab have banned Muslim aid group Islamic Relief from the territory it controls, threatening programmes for more than a million people in an area […]
Somali rebels ban aid group Islamic Relief 08 Oct – Source: Capital News/AFP – 289 words Somalia’s al Shabaab insurgents on Monday banned the aid agency Islamic Relief, one of the very few groups who were able to work in the war-ravaged region controlled by the al Qaeda linked fighters. Al Shabaab said it “has […]
Somali president names political newcomer as PM, urges unity 07 Oct – Source: Reuters – 752 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday named political newcomer Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid as the country’s new prime minister, a man diplomats say is untainted by the clan rivalry and feuding that has plagued Somalia for decades. “I […]
Somali, AMISOM police carry out night-time operations in Mogadishu 05 Oct – Source: Shabelle/Radio Mogadishu/SONNA/Radio Kulmiye – 124 words Mogadishu, Somali capital has seen on Thursday night a heavy presence of army patrolling the streets. Soldiers from Somali and African Union police force were lined up in every junction in the capital, searching cars and […]
Somalia has made ‘quantum leap’ in its progress but security threats remain, UN envoy warns 04 Oct- Source: UN News Centre- 837 words With the sound of construction hammers replacing the blast of guns and al Shabaab militants ousted from their last major stronghold in Somalia, an “unimaginable” change has taken hold although the threats […]