EU unveils €100 million fund for Somalia peace effort 11 May- Source: Radio Bar-kulan/RBC- 136 words The European Union has announced that it will scale up its Somali funding by €100 million to support the African Union Mission (AMISOM). The mission was expanded by the rehatting of Kenya Defence Forces early this year. The money […]
Aid worker shot dead in Somalia 10 May – Source: Africa Review – 118 words Unidentified gunmen in Somalia shot dead an aid worker with the UK-based Islamic Relief organisation Mohamed Ahmed Fanah. Mr. Fanah was shot by two men on Wednesday evening in Baidoa, 240km southwest of Mogadishu. The gunmen fled the scene soon […]
Explosion kills 3 al Shabaab militants in central Somalia 10 May – Source: Radio Shabelle/Raxanreeb Online/Somalia Report – 158 words Witnesses said on Thursday that at least three al Shabaab fighters lost their lives when blast struck militants who were preparing explosives at an area near Somalia’s central town of El-Bur, central Somalia. “We heard large […]
Al Shabaab arrest 100 local elders in south-Central Somalia 09 May – Source: Shabelle – 161 words Fighters of al Shabaab insurgent group apprehended nearly 100 elders in three locations in central Somalia, a lawmaker confirmed to Shabelle Media. Dahir Sheik Amiin Jesow, a Somali MP said the arrests took place yesterday at three areas […]
Al Shabaab agent killed in failed landmine explosion 09 May – Source: Radio Mogadishu/SONNA – 161 words An al Shabaab sympathizer died as he was planting an improvised explosive device at a road in Mogadishu’s Howlwadag district on Tuesday evening. Local residents report that the man died on the spot after he messed up with […]
Somalia’s national joint security committee meeting concludes in Mogadishu 08 May – Source: Bar-kulan/ Radio Mogadishu – 104 words The national joint security committee’s members concluded their meeting on yesterday in Mogadishu where they discussed the general security situation in the country. The meeting, which was chaired by PM Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was also attended […]
Big blast in Mogadishu kills three, including soldiers 08 May – Source: Shabelle – 120 words Witnesses say at least three people, among them two government soldier have been killed on Tuesday in a landmine blast that took palace in Somalia’s conflict-torn Mogadishu. “At dawn on Tuesday morning a remote-controlled landmine explosion ripped through a military […]
Traditional elder at conference says ‘he was mistreated by police’ 07 May – Source: Garowe Online – 133 words A traditional elder from southern Somalia Suldan Faqi Sayid said that he was mistreated at the traditional elder meeting in Mogadishu. Suldan Faqi, one of the 135 traditional elders invited to Mogadishu to take part in […]
Children bear brunt of Somalia strife 07 May – Source: News Day – 368 words The Somali flag is plain, a sea of light blue with a white, five-point star in the centre. The blue honours the United Nations which was instrumental in Somalia’s independence and the white represents peace and prosperity. The points of […]
Crucial constitutional meeting kicks off in Mogadishu 06 May- Source: xinhua- 450 words A major conference for Somalia top traditional elders and aimed at selecting an assembly that will adopt the newly drafted constitution and a new parliament continued for the second day running. The gathering brings together 135 key traditional elders who will decide […]