Al Shabaab’s regional threats after Kenyan mall attack 18 Oct – Source: AFP/News 24 – 788 Words One month after Somalia’s al Shabaab fighters stormed Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall and massacred dozens of people, the threat from regional sleeper cells or local sympathisers remains high, analysts warned. “If you haven’t learnt the lesson Westgate, more […]
US warns of “Westgate- style” attack in Kampala 17 Oct – Source: Daily Monitor – 109 words The United States Mission in Uganda is warning of the possibility of a “Westgate-style” terrorist attack in Kampala anytime. In a security alert issued on Tuesday, October 15, the embassy says it “continues to assess reports that a […]
Parliament Secretary dismisses existence of motion against cabinet 16 Oct – Source: Raxanreeb/Hiiraan Online – 130 words After local media reported that Federal Parliament of Somalia is preparing motion against Somali cabinet, On Tuesday the Parliament’s General Secretary Abdikarim Haji Buh dismissed the existence of such motion. In a press statement released shortly after President […]
Bomb blast in Ethiopian capital kills two: State Radio 14 Oct – Source: Ahram English – 276 Words A bomb blast in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa killed two people on Sunday, state radio said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but Ethiopia says it has thwarted plots of attacks in the […]
Cabinet meeting discusses security, Barawe operation 11 Oct – Source: Raxanreeb/SNTV – 154 words Somalia cabinet of ministers discussed on Thursday the security situation in the country following the U.S covert operation on the country’s southern town of Barawe early this week. The cabinet meeting late on Thursday chaired by the Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon hailed the U.S […]
EU looking into establishing Somali coast guard 10 Oct – Source: Transport Journal – 121 words During a recent press conference, Etienne de Poncins, head of the EU’s regional maritime capacity-building mission EUCAP Nestor, mentioned the possibility of a Somali coast guard. As there is currently no coast guard in that country at all but […]
Al Shabaab remains dangerous presence in Horn of Africa – officials 09 Oct- Source: Kuwait News Agency- 391 words The Somalia-based al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab remains dangerous, as the recent attack on the shopping mall in Nairobi showed that violent extremism in the Horn of Africa may be evolving, top US officials said here. […]
Somalia Oil and Gas Summit concludes in London 08 Oct – Source: Radio Dalsan/Somali Current – 259 Words As Somalia Oil and Gas Summit was concluded in London, Minister of Finance and Planning of the federal government of Somalia Mohamud Hassan Suleiman, told investors that Somalia is investment-friendly and must “seize the opportunity” to encourage […]
Hagel says raids in Somalia, Libya send “strong message” to world 07 Oct – Source: Kuwait News Agency – 290 words US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel stressed here late Sunday that operations recently conducted in Libya and Somalia “send a strong message to the world that the United States will spare no effort to hold terrorists […]
Somali government postpones reconciliation conference for Jubba region 04 Oct – Source: Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/al Shahid – 104 words Somali cabinet announced in its weekly meeting on Thursday postponement of the reconciliation conference for the clans in Juba region. This came after members of the Council of Ministers on Thursday discussed with regard to Juba reconciliation conference aimed at reconciliation […]