Beledweyne Airport ready to accommodate military and civilian aircraft 20 Jun – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 98 words Beledweynes’s Ugas Khalif airport is now ready to accommodate both civil and military airlines operations, regional authorities say. Speaking at a ceremony in Beledweyne where the airport was officially reopened, the area’s deputy regional security boss Ahmed […]
Somali gov’t soldiers clash with armed groups in Mogadishu 19 Jun – Source: Shabelle/Jowhar Online/Hiiraan Online – 61 words Somali government soldiers yesterday exchanged heavy gunfire with armed groups in Mogadishu, reports and witnesses said. Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed Abukar, the police chief of Hodon district for Somali government, said that the combat was sparked […]
Somali tale of two cities as Mogadishu’s vulnerable miss out on progress 18 Jun – Source: Guardian – 1001 words Somalia’s capital is enjoying something of a boom after more than two decades of conflict and chaos, but many displaced Somalis are still living in camps and on the streets. At Mogadishu’s port, battered trucks […]
Al Shabaab carry out suicide car attack in Afgoye 16 Jun – Source: Garowe Online/Somaliweyn/Bar-kulan/Mareeg Online/Jowhar – 111 words A car full of explosives driven by an al Shabaab agent smashed into a base used by Somali forces in the town of Afgoye on Saturday. The suicide attack on Saturday afternoon was claimed by al […]
A village commissioner gunned down in Mogadishu 14 Jun – Source: Shabelle – 7 words An unknown armed group has assassinated on Wednesday night a district commissioner for the Somali government in Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said. Abdirahman Jowle Jim’ale, the deceased was gunned down as he walked near his home after performing evening prayer […]
Ethiopian forces ditch another town in south-central Somalia 13 Jun – Source: Garowe Online – 160 words Ethiopian and government backed Ahlu Sunna forces, have abandoned another town in south central Somalia, Garowe reports. The village of Wabho, approximately 40 kms south west of El Bur was vacated by Ahlu Sunnah and Ethiopian forces on […]
Ethiopian troops abandon some Somali towns 12 Jun – Source: AP – 112 words Witnesses say that hundreds of gun-toting al Shabaab fighters have moved back into central Somali towns abandoned over the last week by Ethiopian troops. Ali Muhyadin, a resident in the town of El-bur, said Tuesday that residents woke up on Sunday and […]
Al Shabaab retakes another central Somali town 11 Jun – Source: Bar-kulan – 118 words Al Shabaab militants on Monday regained control of Mahas town after Somali forces and their allied Ahlu Sunna militias pulled out of the town which was not defended. Heavily armed militant fighters from al Shabaab entered the town without facing […]
Bar-kulan condemns the attack on one of its staff member 08 Jun – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 97 words Radio Bar-kulan administration and staff are condemning the assailants which wounded one of the radio’s staff members in Mogadishu.Three men armed with pistols shot Mohamed Nor Mohamed Sharifka twice on the chest and back, after he […]
Troops close to taking Somalia out of terrorists’ control 07 Jun – Source:Washington Times – 493 words African troops are targeting the Somali port city of Kismayo, the last main town controlled by al-Shabab terrorists, after driving the al Qaeda-linked rebels out of strongholds across a nation afflicted by 20 years of instability, war and […]