Wanted al Shabaab terrorist enters Uganda 03 Oct – Source: New Vision – 199 Words Police has received credible information indicating that wanted terrorist Andreas Martin Mueller alias Ahmed Khaled, is said to have entered the country on Tuesday. Mueller, who is of German origin, sparked a massive manhunt in May 2012 when alongside Emrah Erdogan […]
Kenya tells Somalia to ‘put house in order’ 02 Oct- Source: Al Jazeera English-398 Words Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s president, has told Somalia to “put their house in order,” in a sign of frustration at the festering instability in the neighbouring country after members of a Somali armed group attacked and killed dozens at a Nairobi […]
Kenyan MPs ‘to demand Somali refugee camps closures’ 01 Oct – Source: Africa Review/Standard Media – 393 words A Kenyan parliamentary committee is to call for camps for Somali refugees in the country to close in the wake of the Westgate mall attack, a senior MP says. Ndung’u Gethenji, head of the defence committee, told […]
UN Envoy urges Somali Diaspora to rebuild homeland 30 Sept – Source: Somali Current/Hiiraan Online/Radio Mogadishu – 119 words United Nations Special Representative of General Secretary for Somalia Nicholas Kay urged Somali diaspora to go back home and support rebuilding of their country. In a meeting with Somali Community in Minnesota, Kay pledged that his […]
Somalis sympathise with Kenya siege victims 27 Sept – Source: Al Jazeera English – 02:15mins Somalia’s president has condemned the recent attack on a Kenyan mall that left scores dead, and called for more help to battle al-Shabab fighters in the country. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud described the group as a regional threat that must be […]
Al Shabaab calls for Kenya to withdraw troops from Somalia 26 Sept – Source: Somali Current – 13 words Al Shabaab leader Ahmed aw-Abdi Godane known as Abu Zubeir called on Kenyan government to withdraw troops from Somalia in return of peace and security for its country. In an audio speech released online a day […]
AMISOM Stretched To Its Limit: Uganda’s Armed Forces Chief 25 Sept- Source: New Vision- 388 words The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) which is fighting the Al-Shabaab extremists has become a victim of its own success, says Ugandan Chief of Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala, who has raised an alarm that capturing more territory […]
Gunmen who stormed Kenya mall reportedly spoke English, were from different countries 24 Sept – Source: Washington Post – 209 words One of the militants wore a white turban, witnesses said, while others wore black head scarves. Most were in civilian clothes, but a few donned camouflage fatigues. Some carried sophisticated machine guns, and others […]
Somali Islamist militants threaten to kill Kenya hostages 23 Sept – Source: Reuters/Sky News – 118 words Somali Islamist group al Shabaab said hostages held by militants holed up in a Nairobi shopping mall would be killed if force was used, according to an audio statement carried by a website linked to the group. “Israelis […]
President Hassan in Washington DC ahead of the UNGA Summit 20 Sept – Source: Office of the President of Somalia – 159 words The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E Hassan Sh. Mohamud, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Fowzia H. Yusuf Adam, Minister of Finance H.E Mohamud […]