Somali militants flee invasion to avoid losses 30 Sept – Source: AP – 553 words The al-Qaida-linked rebels who once controlled nearly all of Somalia’s capital and sowed fear throughout the southern part of the country are fleeing their last remaining stronghold because they are outgunned and don’t want heavy losses, experts said Sunday. Kenyan […]
A journalist ‘executed’ in Mogadishu, the fifth killed this month 27 Sept – Source: Shabelle/RBC/Jowhar Online – 163 words Locals say the dead body of Somali journalist was found Thursday in Mogadishu’s northern Huriwa district, the fifth journalist to be murdered in Somalia’s capital this month. Abdirahman Mohamud Ali, an online journalist working for a […]
AMISOM to take over parts of Beledweyne’s security 25 Sept – Source: Bar-kulan – 91 words AMISOM’s Djiboutian contingent yesterday took over the security of Beledweyne’s Howlwadag neighbourhood from Ethiopian troops manning the city, officials say.Col. Osman Dibdad Hil, commander of Djiboutian troops confirmed to Bar-kulan that his forces will officially take the security task […]
Parliament meets for the first time since election of new president 24 Sept – Source: Bar-kulan – 110 words Somalia’s parliament yesterday met in Mogadishu, the first time since the recent historic presidential election where members elected a new president in 42 years. In a session attended by 200 MPs, the parliament discussed a range […]
Somali MP shot dead in Mogadishu 22 Sept – Source: BBC/Al Jazeera/ CNN – 116 words Gunmen have shot dead a member of Somalia’s new parliament in an attack in the capital Mogadishu. Mustafa Haji Maalim was gunned down after leaving a mosque in the southern Waberi district following evening prayers, witnesses said. The speaker […]
Suicide bombings kill 15 people in Somali capital-police 20 Sept- Source: Reuters- 74 words At least 15 people were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a restaurant in the centre of the Somali capital on Thursday, a senior police official said. “So far we have confirmed 15 dead people including two local […]
Civilians at risk in fight for Somali rebel city: UN, US 19 Sept- Source: AFP- 409 words The United Nations and United States warned Wednesday that civilians must be protected as forces battling Somalia’s Islamist fighters tightened the noose around the key insurgent bastion of Kismayo. More than 6,000 civilians have fled ahead of the […]
Somalia: Rebels are reportedly fleeing 18 Sept – Source: New York Times /AP – 130 words Fighters from Somalia’s Islamist extremist rebels have started to leave their remaining coastal stronghold, Kismayo, in the face of advancing allied African troops, residents and a military official said Tuesday. Armed militants from the Shabaab, a group allied with […]
Somali army spokesman: AMISOM, Gov’t forces capture al Shabaab bases 17 Sept – Source: Shabelle – 158 words Officials in Somali government says the national army allied with the African Union forces seized several strategic positions that had been under the control of the al Shabaab for the past three years. Mohamed Farah, the spokesman […]
Somali forces, AMISOM troops capture Bibi town 15 Sept – Source: AMISOM – 162 words Somali government forces with the support of AMISOM troops have captured the strategic town of Bibi in southern Somalia. During the 12:30pm operation, the forces faced little resistance from the Al Qaeda affiliated terror group, Al Shabaab. An assortment of […]