Mogadishu: starting a project to re-build strategies road 29 Jul- Source: Goobjoog Online/ al Shahid- 98 words A project to rebuild a strategic road started in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The project was officially opened by the Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon, and officials from the Banadir administration. The spokesman of Banadir administration told […]
President Hassan: Attack on Turkish allies “ an act of cowardly desperatin” 28 Jul – Source: Office of the Somali President – 227 words H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, has condemned the attack on Turkish civilians in Mogadishu and offered his condolences to the Government of Turkey, the victims […]
Scores arrested in Beledweyne security swoop 25 Jul: Source: Radio Bar-kulan/Universal TV- 123 words Somali Federal government forces together with Amisom forces detained 74 suspects in a major security crackdown in the Somali central town of Beledweyne, Hiiraan capital on Thursday. Troops begun door-door crackdown in search of illegal weapons, explosive materials and alleged militants causing […]
The New Deal will generate international support to lift Somalia out of its fragile situation 24 Jul – Source: Prime Minister’s Media Office – 267 words “Somalia has embraced the New Deal process with g7+ countries to lift the country out of its fragile situation,” said His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud today, giving a […]
EU lays groundwork for Somalia conference 23 Jul- Source: UPI- 178 words The international community needs to come together to make good on commitments to Somalia, the EU foreign policy chief said. European leaders are preparing for a Sept. 16conference on support for Somalia. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the conference in Brussels is […]
Somali government names new Banadir intelligence chief 22 Jul – Source: Bar-kulan/SNTV – 112 words Reports from Somali presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu suggest that Col Mohamed Aden Kofi has been named as the new intelligence agency chief of Banadir region on Monday. Col Kof is set to replace the former intelligent boss Khalif Ahmed […]
Ethiopia troops ‘begin pullout’ from key Somali city 21 Jul- Source: Walta Information Centre/Fox News- 393 words Ethiopian troops who entered Somalia in November 2011 to help fight Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents have begun their withdrawal from the key central city of Baidoa, the foreign ministry said Thursday. “Ethiopia’s troops are pulling out of Baidoa and […]
UN delegation visits Kismayo 18 Jul – Source: Bar-kulan/Radio Mogadishu – 105 words United Nations Humanitarian and UNDP Resident Coordinator for Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini, has visited the southern Somali port city of Kismayo for his first official visit to the key Somali town. Addressing the journalist on his arrival, Lazzarini stated that he arrived in […]
Somalia Federal Government, AMISOM and Troop Contributing Countries Begin a three-day Information Sharing Meeting 17 Jul- Source: AMISOM- 313 words The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in collaboration with its partners has today started a meeting on information sharing in Mombasa, Kenya. The objective of the meeting is to set in motion and sustain […]
Somali government issues ultimatum for media stations 16 Jul – Source: Bar-kulan/Radio Mogadishu/Shabelle – 94 words Somali Federal government has issued an ultimatum for all the media station based in the country to register. In a news conference held in Mogadishu, the Somali information minister Abdillahi Elmoge Hirsi has asked the media station in the […]