Somali federal parliament gives vote of confidence to cabinet 13 Nov- Source: Radio Mogadishu/SONNA/Shabelle/Radio Kulmiye/Hiiraan Online- 156 words Members of the Somali federal parliament have on Tuesday given vote of confidence to the newly appointed cabinet of the prime minister Abdi Farah Shirdon. President of the Somali federal government, Hassan Sheikh Mohamed and his premier […]
Somalis protest al Qaeda’s call for sustained al Shabaab war 12 Nov – Source: Bar-kulan/Raxanreeb/Somaliweyn – 90 words Hundred of furious Mogadishu residents on Monday took to the streets in protest of recently released audio message from al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri urging its affiliate militant group in Somalia to continue fighting foreign troops […]
Somali federal parliament meet, delay on ratifying cabinet 11 Nov- Source: Radio Mogadishu/ SONNA- 80 words Members of the Somali federal parliament had their ordinary session on Saturday but failed to ratify the cabinet that Somali premier, Abdi Farah Shirdon was due to bring before the lawmakers. Speaker of the Somali federal parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari […]
UN rejects move to fund Kenyan Naval forces in Somalia 08 Nov – Source: Daily Nation – 125 words The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday shelved a request by the African Union for UN funding of Kenya’s naval forces operating off the coast of Somalia. “Three or four members” of the 15-nation Security Council […]
UN extends AU force in Somalia for 4 months 07 Nov- Source: AP- 136 words The U.N. Security Council has extended the mandate of the African Union force in Somalia for four months and agreed to provide financial support for 50 additional civilians to deploy to areas recently liberated from Islamist rebels. The council’s unanimous […]
Al-Qaida Leader Urges Guerrilla Warfare in Somalia 06 Nov- Source: VOA- 147 words A purported message from al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for a campaign of guerrilla warfare against foreign troops in Somalia. The alleged message from Zawahiri appeared Tuesday on the website of Somali militant group al Shabaab, which is fighting African forces that […]
U.S. expects Ugandan peacekeepers to stay in Somalia 05 Nov- Source: Reuters- 178 words The United States expects Uganda to keep its peacekeeping forces in Somalia despite a threat to withdraw in protest at a U.N. report, a senior State Department official said on Monday. The government in Kampala said on Friday it would pull […]
Somali PM names new cabinet, first female as a foreign minister 04 Nov – Source: Bar-kulan/Radio Mogadishu/Jowhar Online/Shabelle/Mareeg Online/Raxanreeb/Garowe Online/Hiiraan Online – 92 words Somalia’s new prime minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid on Sunday named his cabinet of 10 ministers, a government statement said. Saaid named a smaller government mainly from the Somali Diaspora. The […]
Somali traders want UN to lift charcoal trade ban 01Nov- Source: Huffingtonpost/AP/Washington Post-132 words Thousands of sacks of dark charcoal sit atop one another in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, signs of an industry once worth some $25 million dollar a year to the Islamist extremist rebels who controlled the region. The good news […]
Appointment of Somali Cabinet Minister postponed 31 Oct- Source: Radio Risaala- 72 words Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdoon was scheduled to announce yesterday the names of Ministers and Assistant Ministers that would form the cabinet. However, the process has being postponed due to controversies on how many ministers should constitute the cabinet. The Prime Minister is […]