President, UN envoy meet to solve row over Somali parliamentarian selection 23 Aug – Source: VOA Somali Service/Bar-kulan/Jowhar Online/Somali Channel TV/Hiiraan Online/Mareeg Online – 335 words Somali Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and the UN Special Representative for Somalia Ambassador Augustine Mahiga have once again held a meeting to discuss the fate of those who were exempted […]
US warns against political interference in Somalia 22 Aug – Source: Gulf Today – 187 words Washington:The White House has warned that it would not tolerate any obstruction of war-torn Somalia’s political process, hailing the swearing-in of a new parliament as an “important milestone” for the nation. “The United States welcomes convening of Somalia’s new […]
Somali MPs sworn in to historic parliament 21 Aug – Source: Bar-kulan/BBC Somali Service – 194 words Somalia’s first formal parliament in more than 20 years has been sworn in in the capital, Mogadishu on Monday, marking an end to an eight-year transitional period. The MPs held their first session at Adan Adde International airport, […]
AU Special Envoy congratulates 602 Somali Army graduates 17 Aug – Source: AMISOM – 231 words The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Mission for Somalia, Ambassador Boubacar Diarra has sent his congratulations to the Somali National Army after over 600 Somali troops on Tuesday graduated from AMISOM-organized training in Uganda and […]
Ugandan president, UN envoy discuss Somalia elections 16 Aug – Source: Daily Monitor/ Xinhua – 162 words Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said that Uganda is ready to support Somalia as the troubled Horn of African country nears an end to the transitional period that will see new leaders on Aug. 20. A State House statement […]
Choppers were cleared, Kenya army chief says 15 Aug – Source: Daily Monitor – 221 words Kenya’s Chief of General Staff Julius Karangi says the ill-fated Ugandan war helicopters had been cleared and undergone the normal formalities to transit the Kenyan airspace. Gen. Karangi told the Parliament committee on Defence and Foreign relations yesterday that […]
Two burnt Ugandan army helicopters found in Mt Kenya 14 Aug – Source: Capital News/Standard/New Vision – 172 words The burnt wreckage of two Ugandan army helicopters was found Tuesday, two days after crashing in a remote mountainous region of Kenya while flying to war-torn Somalia, army officials said. “The aircraft have been found but […]
Ugandan army choppers crash in central Kenya 13 Aug – Source: Standard – 346 words Two of the missing Ugandan attack helicopters which went off the radar on Sunday as they flew to Somalia to shore up the final attack on the port city of Kismayo have been sighted after crash. Kenya’s Police spokesman Eric […]
Al Shabaab suspect arrested in Kenya’s refugee camp 10 Aug – Source: Xinhua – 590 words Kenyan police have arrested suspected al Shabaab fighter who is behind a spate of crimes in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp in northern Kenya. Regional deputy police commander, Noor Gabow said on Thursday that Mohamed Ibrahim Ali was arrested […]
Somalia’s government forces head to Marka and Jowhar 09 Aug – Source: Radio Mustaqbal – 106 words Somalia’s Defense Minister Hussein Arab Isse said that the government forces backed by AMISOM are heading to Marka and Jowhar, the headquarters of the two Shabelle regions. Hussein told reporters that the allied troops will soon get to […]