Somalia: Strengthen Human Rights Law 12 Jun- Source: Human Rights Watch- 681 words The Somali parliament should revise the draft law establishing a national human rights commission to ensure a robust, independent body with a broad mandate and enforcement powers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Parliament should hold public hearings on […]
UN envoy faces Somalia challenges 11 Jun- Source: Al Jazeera- 02:42 min The Somali government says it will host a reconciliation conference to calm tensions in the southern city of Kismayo after an eruption of fighting between rival clans during the weekend. Restoring peace in Kismayo is a key challenges facing the UN’s new special representative to […]
Prime Minister welcomes foreign investment law as business-friendly step in the right direction 10 Jun- Source: Office of the Prime Minister-252 words His Excellency Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon today signed a foreign investment law and said Somalia was “ready to do business with the world”. The draft legislation, prepared by the Ministry of Commerce […]
UN Security Council urges international support for Somalia 07 Jun- Source: Xinhua- 270 words The UN Security Council on Thursday called on the international community to support Somalia in the process to long-term stability, while recognizing recent progress in the northeastern African country. In a statement adopted at a meeting on Somalia chaired by Mark Simmonds, Parliamentary […]
Kenya, Somalia to work for eliminating al Shabaab threats 06 Jun- Source: Xinhua-628 words Kenyan and Somali leaders on Wednesday declared that they would direct their respective security forces to work closely in eliminating al Shabaab threats, who is blamed for sporadic attacks and killings in both countries. “We have called for the support of IGAD, UNHCR […]
Somali President meets with his Kenyan counterpart in Nairobi 05 Jun- Source: Radio Mogadishu/RBC/al Shahid- 132 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud met his Kenyan counterpart President Uhuru Kenyatta in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The Somali president and his delegation arrivedTuesday Nairobi, after his participation in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, which concluded on Monday in […]
President Uhuru assures of Kenya’s commitment to Somalia 04 Jun- Source: Star (Kenya)- 301 words President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday reassured Somalia of Kenya’s commitment to the stabilization of the war torn country within the framework of the IGAD peace process and in accordance with the country’s Federal Constitution. President Kenyatta made the remarks at State […]
Al Shabaab parade Kenyan hostages 03 Jun- Source: Daily Nation/ AFP/Standard/ Capital News- 192 words Somalia’s militant fighters have paraded two prisoners, believed to be Kenyans captured last month after a cross border raid, witnesses said Monday.”Hundreds of people came to see the hostages who the al Shabaab said were Kenyans,” said Ali Moalim, who was […]
Somali government denies asking Kenyan and Ethiopian forces to leave 30 May – Source: Somaliatoday Online/SNTV/ Radio Mogadishu – 136 words At a press conference in Mogadishu, the Minister of State for Presidency, Farah Sheikh Abdiqadir denied some media reports which suggested that the President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud ordered forces from neighbouring Kenya […]
Kenya: Police Abuse Nairobi’s Refugees 29 May- Source: Human Rights Watch- 1458 words Kenyan police in Nairobi tortured, raped, and otherwise abused and arbitrarily detained at least 1,000 refugees between mid-November 2012 and late January 2013, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Kenyan authorities should immediately open an independent public investigation, […]