Blast rocks new leader’s meeting in Somalia 12 Sept – Source: Radio Shabelle/Reuters/Aljazeera – 50 words Two explosions rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday outside a hotel; the explosion has occurred outside the Mogadishu hotel where the newly elected Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was meeting with Kenya’s foreign minister, witnesses said. There was […]
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud: Somalia’s new president profiled 11 Sept – Source: BBC – 132 words Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s dogged determination not to give up on Somalia despite years of conflict, warlordism, piracy and Islamist insurgency has finally paid off. The peace activist and educational campaigner remained in Somalia throughout the 21-year civil war unlike many […]
Somali MPs elects a new president 11 Sept – Source: Shabelle – 154 words Somalia’s parliamentarians elected yesterday Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a university lecturer as new president for the Horn of Africa country, the first vote of its kind in more than two decades. Mr. Mohamud’s election was held in a highly fortified police academy in […]
Somali election: Hassan Sheikh elected as president 10 Sept – Source: BBC/AFP/AP/Reuters – 500 words Somali MPs meeting in Mogadishu have elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country’s new president, in the latest step to end decades of war. The academic beat President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in a run-off poll by 190 to 79 […]
Somalia lawmakers to vote for new president 10 Sept – Source: Daily Nation – 215 words Somalia’s parliament votes Monday for a new president in what the UN has described as a historic election for the war-torn nation, which has lacked an effective central government for decades. The election is the final stage of a […]
Somalia to pick president, set up first stable govt. in 21 years 09 Sept – Source: CNN News – 270 words Somali lawmakers are scheduled to choose the next president Monday, moving the nation a step closer to its first stable central government since the 1991 ouster of a dictator. The new parliament, which was […]
Prof. Jawaari: Presidential elections will be free and fair 07 Sept – Source: Bar-kulan – 107 words The Speaker of the Somali federal parliament, Prof.Mohamed Sheikh Osman says free and fair presidential elections will be held for Somalia come 10th September. Prof. Mohamed Sheikh Osman alias Jawari whispered that they were busy planning a free and […]
Somali Presidential Election Commission distributes 25 applications 06 Sept – Source: Hiiraan onlines – 106 words The Somali Presidential Election Commission has given applications to 25 presidential candidates, commission spokesman Osman Libah Ibrahim told UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan on Tuesday (September 4th). The commission began receiving candidates’ applications on Monday. Completion of the form is one […]
Fresh batch of Ugandan troops set for Somalia deployment 06 Sept – Source: Daily Monitor – 329 Words The UPDF is today sending 2,831 troops to Somalia to fight the al Shabaab insurgents. The troops are heading to the horn of Africa as battle group ten to replace battle group eight which has been part […]
AMISOM troops deploy to Elma’an Port 05 Sept – Source: AMISOM – 100 words Troops from the AU Mission in Somalia yesterday deployed in Elma’an port about 40km North East of Mogadishu as the force continues to secure more territory from Al Qaeda-affiliated extremists. The port had previously been used for import of illegal arms […]