Officials from UN agencies visit Baidoa town 18 Apr – Source: Raxanreeb – 98 words The new governor of southern Somalia region of Bay Abdi Aden Hoshow on Thursday received high-ranking officials from the United Nations aid agencies in Baidoa town, RBC reports. The high ranking officials from UN agencies including World Food Program, World […]
UN expert urges Somalia to strengthen justice system following attacks 17 Apr- Source: UN News Centre- 343 words The Somali Government and international community must continue their efforts to strengthen the East African country’s justice sector in spite of a series attacks on Sunday which killed dozens of civilians including judges and lawyers and injured […]
Somalia begins to amass national wealth after defeating piracy 16 Apr – Source: Daily Nation – 110 words Somalia is beginning to build its national tax revenue from imported goods with the new freight building up at the Port of Mogadishu. For the first time since the country slid into anarchy, container arrivals hit more […]
Somalia calls on citizens to help root out militants 15 Apr – Source: Wall Street Journal /CNN – 272 words Somalia’s fledging democratic government appealed on Monday for its people to help fight a militant group it said carried out a gun and bomb assault on the nation’s highest court the day before, an attack […]
Militants’ attack kills 29 at Somali courthouse 14 Apr – Source: CNN/Reuters/The Guardian/AP – 122 words At least 10 heavily armed militants forced their way into a court building Sunday in Mogadishu, Somalia, and launched a deadly attack, according to a local journalist who witnessed the aftermath. Some of the assailants detonated explosives before others […]
Shabelle River continues to rise with fears of more floods 11 Apr- Source: Radio Ergo- 196 words The river Shabelle has seen a drastic increase in river levels after heavy rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands and fears of further flooding of farm areas. District commissioner of Janaale in Lower Shabelle, Mohamed Idris Abdi, told Radio […]
Immigration officials order all foreigners in the country to register themselves 10 Apr – Source: Radio Kulmiye/Shabelle – 91 words The Immigration Department of Somalia has requested all foreigners to register themselves at the immigration department offices in Mogadishu. The head of the immigration department Mr. Abdullahi Gaafow Mahmud said this while addressing the media […]
Obama takes first step to selling arms to Somalia 08 April – Source: AFP – 375 words President Barack Obama took the first step Monday toward providing US military assistance to Somali forces battling Islamist militants, after the easing of a UN arms embargo last month. Obama signed a determination stating that having the legal […]
AMISOM Head of Mission Visits AU Forces in Kismayo 06 Apr – Source: AMISOM-HQ -220 words The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif accompanied by the Force Commander, Lt General Andrew Gutti, and the Director of the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA), Amadou Camara and the Representative […]
Kenya may reduce troops in Somalia 04 Apr- Source: Daily Nation-170 Words The Kenya Defence Forces could pull out more than 1,000 soldiers from the peacekeeping mission in Somalia after a battalion from Sierra Leone boosted the number of AMISOM troops. According to a statement from the African Union Mission in Somalia, a battalion from […]