Minister calls for vigilance in Mogadishu ahead of major military assault on al Shabaab 05 Feb- Source: Radio RBC-206 Words The Interior Minister and Federal Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia Abdullahi Godah Barre has called on the people in Mogadishu to be prepared and more vigilant ahead of major military assault to remove […]
Somali govt warns of political unrest in Baidoa 04 Mar – Source: VOA Somali Service – 140 words The Minister of Interior of the Somali Federal government, Mr Abdullahi Godax Barre spoke to Radio VOA and warned of the political disruptions and problems in Baidoa. The Minister’s speech came after a conference in Baidoa (among […]
AMISOM hands over vehicles to Somali Police Force 03 Mar – Source: Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/RBC – 224 words The African Union Mission in Somalia has handed over ten Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles bought with donation from the Italian Government to the Somali Police Force as part of the mission’s mandate to build the capacity of the […]
Somalia, Turkey sign military pact 28 Feb – Source: Hiiraan Online/SNTV/RBC – 190 High-ranking military officials from Somalia and Turkey have on Thursday reached a military pact that will allow Turkey to train the Somali Armed Forces (SAF) as well as construct sophisticated military camps. Somali Army Chief of Staff, General Dahir Aden Elmi, has signed the […]
Car explosion in Mogadishu’s Abdiaziz district 27 Feb – Source: Radio Kulmiye/Shabelle/Goobjoog/Jowhar Online – 170 words A car bomb rocked Mogadishu’s KM 0 area near ex Fiat. Witness said a car laden with explosives blasted a restaurant in an area close to the intelligence headquarters in Mogadishu’s Abdiaziz district. The car used in the explosion […]
Somali minister cautiously plans new tax regime 26 Feb- Source: Reuters-806 Words Somalia has long defied the maxim that death and taxes are life’s only two certainties – with years of chaos and killings but little in the way of a coherent state to collect revenues and tariffs. That could all be about to change […]
PM declares tough security measures following extraordinary cabinet meeting 25 Feb – Source: Radio RBC – 240 words Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed chaired Sunday night an extraordinary meeting of his cabinet, Mayor of Mogadishu, district commissioners of Banadir region and security agencies on improving security measures in Mogadishu. The meeting discussed how to raise […]
£90m of British aid to Somalia ‘helps Al Qaeda’: Pressure grows to divert cash back to the UK 24 Feb – Source: Daily Mail – 246 words Britain is donating more than £90million a year to Somalia despite strong warnings that its corrupt government is arming al Qaeda-backed terrorists. David Cameron has approved the huge […]
Somalia: UK MP visits Mogadishu 21 Feb – Source: Horseed Media/Radio Mogadishu/SNTV – 180 words UK MP Tony Baldry paid a visit to the Somali Capital on Thursday a week after Britain warned its Citizens to travel to the war-ravaged country. The MP who was accompanied by the British Ambassador to Somalia Neil Wigan and other several […]
U.N. may extend eased Somalia arms embargo despite concerns – diplomats 20 Feb – Source: Reuters – 154 words The U.N. Security Council is unlikely to fully restore a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia, despite concerns about the possible diversion of weapons to al Qaeda-linked militants, but may extend eased restrictions on government purchases, diplomats […]