Somali president holds key meeting with local elders 10 Jul – Source: Hadhwanaag Times – 107 words The president of Somali Transitional Federal Government Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Monday held key meeting with local elders in Mogadishu. Mr. Ahmed discussed with elders mainly from the Hawiye traditional elders about precipitating in the selection of […]
Government to block streets in Mogadishu 09 Jul – Source: Radio Kulmiye – 128 words Government of Mogadishu has issued warnings over the security operations in the capital of Mogadishu, the director of Ministry of Interior Affairs Bashir Gobeh says government forces will be blocking important streets including Debka junction. Gobe said this measure is […]
U.S. sanctions Eritrean officials for aiding Somalia militants 05 Jul- Source: Reuters- 449 words The United States imposed sanctions on two Eritrean government officials on Thursday, saying they had assisted Islamist militants including the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab in the lawless neighboring state of Somalia. The U.S. Treasury included the two Eritreans on a list […]
New food crisis looms in Somalia – aid agency 05 Jul- Source: Reuters- 166 words A deadly combination of conflict, poor rainfall and a predicted late harvest threatens to push hundreds of thousands of Somalis back into hunger, undermining aid efforts put in place during last year’s drought, Save the Children warned on Thursday. The […]
Turkey starts training Somali police force 04 Jul- Source: Radio Bar-kulan/Somalilanpress/Radio Mogadishu- 187 words Turkey has started training the first patch of Somali police officers in its country in order to help them stabilise their war-torn country. Over sixty officers were recently flown to Turkey where they will undergo police trainings. Out of the sixty officers, […]
Kenya to al Shabaab: We’ll not back down 03 Jul- Source: Daily Nation- 470 words Kenya will not surrender to terrorists in spite of recent attacks in the country, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Monday. Standing on the grounds of Sunday’s twin church attacks in Garissa Town, which killed 17 worshippers and left 66 injured, […]
Aid workers kidnapped from Kenya camp ‘free and safe’ 03 Jul- Source: BBC- 77 words Four aid workers kidnapped from a refugee camp in Kenya close to the border with Somalia have been released and are safe, reports say. A Somali military commander said the four had been freed in a “overnight rescue operation”, Reuters […]
Official: Gunmen attack aid convoy in Kenyan camp 29 Jun- Source: AP- 105 words Security officials in Kenya say attackers ambushed a convoy of aid workers at a refugee camp near the Somali border and kidnapped international and Kenyan workers. A police official, Philip Ndolo, said gunmen attacked a two-car convoy from the Norwegian Refugee […]
UPDF captures more weapons from al Shabaab 28 Jun- Source: New Vision- 376 words The capture of Balaad by AMISOM peacekeepers on Tuesday is not only a loss of territory, but a big blow to the al Shabaab who also lost lots of weapons. “After a peaceful entry on Tuesday, as the insurgents fled the […]
Somali PM: al Shabaab will be driven out of their last stronghold before August 27 Jun- Source: Shabelle- 196 words Abdiweli Mohammed Ali, the Prime Minister of Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, declared that his government is willing to end the reign of al Shabaab militants in the country before 20 August, the ending point […]