Somali Prime Minister Arrives in Kenya 19 Feb – Source: Hiiraan Online/Radio Kulmiye/Radio Mogadishu/Bar-kulan – 169 words Somali Prime Minister, AbdiWeli Sheik Ahmed, is in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for talks with top Kenyan government officials. The prime minister arrived in Kenya on Tuesday and was received at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by Kenyan officials and the […]
Federal Government will help facilitate regional administrations in Somalia: President Hassan 18 Feb – Source: Hiiraan Online – 144 words Somali President Hassan Sheik Mahmoud of Somalia said that his government was in the legislative process for the formation of regional state administrations. The president said that it was the government’s responsibility to form interim […]
Somalia Air force celebrates 53rd anniversary in Mogadishu 17 Feb – Source: RBC – 130 words Somalia air force celebrate their 53rd anniversary since their establishment in 1961 in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. High profile Somali government officials including Minister of Defense, Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud, Commander of Somali Armed forces and Commander of […]
Biggest donor Turkey stops direct budget support to Somalia 14 Feb – Source: Reuters – 223 words Turkey is a key ally of the Somali government. Its vast humanitarian aid effort at the height of the 2011 famine has endeared the country to many Somali people, especially as Ankara continues to build hospitals and dispatch […]
Exclusive: U.N. monitors warn of ‘systematic’ Somali arms diversion 13 Feb – Source: Reuters – 871 words A confidential U.N. monitors’ report warns of “systematic abuses” by Somalia’s government, which the monitors say has allowed the diversion of weapons Somali authorities purchased after the U.N. Security Council eased an arms embargo on Mogadishu last year. […]
Fact finding mission to reach Baidoa town 12 Feb – Source: RBC – 137 words A fact finding delegation comprising the African Union, IGAD and the United Nations Office for Somalia “UNSOM” are planning to visit Baidoa town of Bay region where rival opposition groups are striving to establish opposing regional states, RBC reports. Representative […]
‘Over 100,000 Somali refugees have voluntarily returned home’ 11 Feb – Source: Coastweek – 702 Words About 100,000 Somalia refugees have voluntarily returned home since the East African nation inked a tripartite agreement in 2013, a senior Kenyan government official said on Monday. Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Lenku told journalists in Nairobi that the UN refugee […]
Plans for German troops to help train Somali forces 10 Feb- Source: Deutsche Welle/Reuters/dpa-186 Words According to the report, Germany’s federal armed forces, the Bundeswehr, is to discuss plans for German soldiers to join in the EU training mission in Somalia. Spiegel Online says an as-yet unspecified number of troops would join the European Union […]
State burial held for former Somali PM in Mogadishu 07 Feb- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Barkulan/Risaala/Dalsan/Kulmiye/Mustaqbal/RBC-150 Words A plane carrying the body of former Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdirizak Haji Hussein has landed at Aden Adde International airport in Mogadishu for the state burial. Security was tightened in and around the airport with security personnel seen manning […]
Mogadishu residents question security measures after two nights of explosions 06 Feb- Source: Sabahi Online-1107 Words After two consecutive nights of bombardments in Mogadishu, residents have been left wondering whether the newly implemented security measures in the capital are sufficient to protect them from militant attacks. Officials said al Shabaab fired “improvised devices”Sunday and Monday nights (February 2nd-3rd) […]