Death toll of football kids bombed by al Shabaab rises to five 28 Feb – Source: TFG – 197 words The death toll of the kids murdered by al Shabaab, the al Qaeda sponsored terrorists, in a football field in the Wardhigley district of Mogadishu has risen to five, as three more of the victims died […]
President Sharif promises to hold talks with Somaliland 27 Feb – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 150 words The president of the transitional federal government of Somalia, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said that his government will hold dialogue with the authorities of the semi-autonomous state of Somaliland over their political differences. Somaliland previously seceded from the Somali […]
Foreign militants killed in Somalia in strike on car 24 Feb – Source: Reuters / BBC – 287 words At least three foreign militants of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels were killed in a strike on a car in a rebel stronghold in southern Somalia early on Friday, a senior Somali intelligence official and […]
UN votes to increase Somalia peacekeeping force Feb 23 – Source: The Guardian – 813 words The UN security council has voted to increase an African Unionpeacekeeping force in Somalia to nearly 18,000 troops in a bid to defeat extremist rebels and help stabilise the country after more than two decades of chaos. The vote […]
Al Shabaab wants girls to join war front against Somali govt 22 Feb – Source: Daily Monitor – 367 words Sheikh Fu’ad Mohamed Khalaf Shongole, the chief of awareness raising of al Shabaab, the radical Islamist group opposing the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, has insisted that unmarried girls should join the Jihad (holy war) against the […]
Roadside bomb at IDPs camp in Mogadishu kills soldier 21 Feb – Source: Shabelle – 139 words One soldier was killed and another injured after a roadside bomb hit an IDP camp in Somalia capital, Mogadishu, military officials say on Tuesday. Witnesses say the blast was targeted on TFG soldiers who have been patrolling the […]
Heavy fighting in Mogadishu kills 2 civilians 20 Feb – Source: Radio Shabelle – 115 words Two people were killed and many others wounded in heavy fighting between Somali government soldiers backed by AU peacekeeping troops and al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants occurred overnight in Mogadishu, witnesses say. The fighting flared up in mid last […]
UK seeks backing for Somalia action 17 Feb- Source: The Independent- 448 words Britain is pushing for a United Nations resolution that would help pull Somalia back from the grip of pirates and terrorists.UN Security Council experts are discussing a strategy that would see the African Union force in Somalia extended from 12,000 to about […]
UN-organized summit on Somalia resumes 2nd day in Garowe 16 Feb – Source: Garowe Online, Shabelle – 1088 words Somali leaders are meeting in the second day in Garowe for an UN-sponsored constitutional conference in Garowe town, the capital of Puntland state of Somalia, northern of war-torn horn of Africa country, reports say. Leaders from […]
Telecommunications and broadcasting law for Somalia 14 Feb – Source: TFG – 351 words Consultation of the Draft Communications law for the Somali Telecommunications and Broadcasting industry was finalized after a two day consultative meeting concluded today at the Ministry of Information Posts, and Telecommunication Headquarters. The Communications Law consultative workshop, whose aim was to establish […]