UN facilitated seminar for Women concludes in Mogadishu 18 Jun – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 114 words A UN facilitated seminar for Women in Benadir region has been concluded on Monday in Mogadishu. The seminar which brought together 37 women participants was aimed at enhancing women participation in politics and their role in deciding the future […]
Al Shabaab carry out suicide car attack in Afgoye 16 Jun – Source: Garowe Online/Somaliweyn/Bar-kulan/Mareeg Online/Jowhar – 111 words A car full of explosives driven by an al Shabaab agent smashed into a base used by Somali forces in the town of Afgoye on Saturday. The suicide attack on Saturday afternoon was claimed by al […]
Somaliland Government Appoints a broad-based national committee for Talks with Somalia 15 Jun – Source: Somaliland Press/Jowhar Online – 150 words Somaliland government has nominated a inclusive and broad-based national committee to prepare and lay down guidelines for the upcoming negotiation meetings between Somaliland and Somalia, this was revealed by Somaliland Minister of Information and […]
A village commissioner gunned down in Mogadishu 14 Jun – Source: Shabelle – 7 words An unknown armed group has assassinated on Wednesday night a district commissioner for the Somali government in Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said. Abdirahman Jowle Jim’ale, the deceased was gunned down as he walked near his home after performing evening prayer […]
AMISOM urges Somali leaders to re-energize the ongoing political process 14 Jun – Source: AMISOM – 406 words The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Honorable Wafula Wamunyinyi has urged Somali leaders to re-energize the ongoing political process to compliment recent military successes; emphasizing that military achievements […]
Ethiopian forces ditch another town in south-central Somalia 13 Jun – Source: Garowe Online – 160 words Ethiopian and government backed Ahlu Sunna forces, have abandoned another town in south central Somalia, Garowe reports. The village of Wabho, approximately 40 kms south west of El Bur was vacated by Ahlu Sunnah and Ethiopian forces on […]
Mogadishu is losing ‘Most Dangerous City’ label 13 Jun- Source: AP- 1221 words Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World’s Most Dangerous City. The seaside Somali capital is enjoying a peace that, except for the infrequent attack, has lasted the better part of a year. Somalis who fled decades […]
Ethiopian troops abandon some Somali towns 12 Jun – Source: AP – 112 words Witnesses say that hundreds of gun-toting al Shabaab fighters have moved back into central Somali towns abandoned over the last week by Ethiopian troops. Ali Muhyadin, a resident in the town of El-bur, said Tuesday that residents woke up on Sunday and […]
Somalia could emerge as key tourism market 11 Jun – Source: Star/Kenya – 339 words Somalia could give its Eastern Africa neighbours a run for their money in tourism business if its internal conflict and piracy problems are contained, a UN report on regional sustainable tourism shows. The report by the United Nations Economic Commission […]
Al Shabaab retakes another central Somali town 11 Jun – Source: Bar-kulan – 118 words Al Shabaab militants on Monday regained control of Mahas town after Somali forces and their allied Ahlu Sunna militias pulled out of the town which was not defended. Heavily armed militant fighters from al Shabaab entered the town without facing […]