Somali, AU forces secure more southern towns from rebels 14 Oct- Source: Xinhua- 331 words Somali government forces backed by African Union peacekeeping forces are spreading their control over territory run by al Shabaab rebels in the south of the Horn of Africa country. The allied forces last week consolidated their control over the Wanla Weyn […]
New Somali PM pledges competent, trustworthy government 11 Oct – Source: VOA News – 83 words Somalia’s new Prime Minister has pledged to form a competent, trustworthy government ready to work toward developing the country, as it emerges from a U.N.-backed transition plan. Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdoon Saaid told VOA in his first interview […]
Somalia: 60,000 flood and conflict victims in Beletweyn receive aid 10 Oct- Source: ICRC- 318 words Around 60,000 people affected by conflict and flooding in Beletweyn-Hiiraan, central Somalia, are receiving emergency food rations. They include 39,000 to whom the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent distributed essential shelter and […]
Roadside bomb kills 2, injures 5 in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo 09 Oct – Source: Shabelle – 111 words At least two people were killed and five others injured in a huge roadside bomb explosion inn Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, the latest in series of attacks against Somali and Kenyan forces, reports […]
Somalia facing aid shortfall after al Shabaab bans Islamic Relief 08 Oct- Source: Guardian- 783 words Just over a week after its fighters abandoned their last major stronghold in southern Somalia, al-Shabaab have banned Muslim aid group Islamic Relief from the territory it controls, threatening programmes for more than a million people in an area […]
Somali president names political newcomer as PM, urges unity 07 Oct – Source: Reuters – 752 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday named political newcomer Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid as the country’s new prime minister, a man diplomats say is untainted by the clan rivalry and feuding that has plagued Somalia for decades. “I […]
Somalia has made ‘quantum leap’ in its progress but security threats remain, UN envoy warns 04 Oct- Source: UN News Centre- 837 words With the sound of construction hammers replacing the blast of guns and al Shabaab militants ousted from their last major stronghold in Somalia, an “unimaginable” change has taken hold although the threats […]
UN, Kenya negotiating costs for Somalia war, says Kenyan PM 03 Oct- Source: Standard- 358 words Kenya is yet to agree with the United Nations on how to fund its troops’ operations in Somalia. Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the Government and the UN are rooting for different time frames on funding. “We have been saying […]
Blast heard in Somalia’s former rebel stronghold of Kismayu 02 Oct- Source: Reuters/Shabelle- 65 words A loud blast was heard in the former al Shabaab stronghold of Kismayu in Somalia on Tuesday, residents said, and the al Qaeda-linked militants said they had detonated a bomb at a building housing Somali troops. There was no immediate […]
President Mohamud visits Baidoa city, Bay region 01 Oct – Source: Bar-kulan/Shabelle/Mareeg Online/Radio Mogadishu – 82 words President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Monday visited southwest Somali town of Baidoa, the first official trip the president has made since he assumed office early last month. The president and his entourage were warmly received at the area’s […]