AMISOM apologizes for road accident 13 Apr – Source: AMISOM Force HQ – 208words The AMISOM Deputy Force Commander issued an apology today for an incident that happened near Kilometre 2 at approximately 5.30pm yesterday (4th April). An armoured vehicle that AMISOM uses routinely for carrying out its duties hit a civilian commuter vehicle. Five […]
Stop speculations ahead of committee findings, Somali PM tells public 12 Apr – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 177 words Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has called on the public to stop speculations ahead of the highly awaited findings of the investigation into the recent blast in Somalia’s national theatre in Mogadishu where six people were […]
Two crew members killed in rescue operation 11 Apr – Source: Gulf Times – 172 words Two Filipino crew members of a hijacked Iranian-owned cargo ship were killed in an Iranian rescue operation, the Philippines said yesterday. Twenty-one other crew members of the MV Eglantine, including eight Filipinos, were rescued unharmed in the operation by the […]
Somali president, PM condemn Baidoa market blast 10 Apr – Source: Shabelle – 180 words Somali president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his premier Abdiweli Mohammed Ali have both condemned the bombing at a vegetable market in Baidoa, the country’s third largest city, killing at least 12 people. “We are deeply concerned about what happened […]
Kenyan, Somali soldiers kill 40 al Shabaab militia 05 Apr – Source: Standard – 316 words Kenyan forces in Somalia killed more than 40 al Shabaab militants in Southern Somalia and destroyed nine enemy vehicles in attacks on Wednesday. Three Kenyan soldiers were slightly injured in the battles, according to Col Cyrus Oguna of Kenya Defence […]
Explosion hits Somali theatre in Mogadishu 04 Apr – Source: Radio Bar-kulan, Kulmiye, Shabelle – 171 words An explosion has hit the newly-reopened national theatre in Mogadishu on Wednesday during an event attended by senior government officials including Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohed Ali, witnesses said. Reports say the PM escaped unhurt but several other senior […]
Dutch authorities to deport 70 Somali asylum seekers 03 Apr – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 170 words Over 70 Somali asylum seekers will be deported from the Netherlands after failing to secure refugee status in the country, reports say. Abdiweli Abdullahi Ahmed, one of the rejected asylum seekers told Bar-kulan that their lawyer informed them […]
Al Shabaab attacks pro-TFG base in El-Bur town 02 Apr – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 215 words Al Shabaab militant fighters on Sunday night raided a military base used by pro-TFG militias in central Somalia town of El-Bur town, Galgadud region, officials say. Heavily armed militants stormed the base mid-night before they were repelled, according […]
Al Shabaab loses new grounds to AU force in Mogadishu 30 Mar – Source: Bar-kulan, Radio Mogadishu, Jowhar Online – 123 words The African Union Force in Mogadishu said Friday it has secured entire Daynile district following a fierce gun-battle with al Shabaab militants earlier in the day. The force’s Deputy Spokesman Gilbert Mutunga told […]
Somali PM meets EU delegation in Mogadishu 29 Mar – Source: Radio Mogadishu – 147 words Somalia’s Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali hosted a high level delegation from the European Union who included Nick Westcott, the managing director for Africa in the European External Service and Alexander Rondes, EU envoy to Somalia. The leaders discussed […]