U.S. offers millions in bounty for top Somali militants 07 Jun – Source: Reuters / Chicago Tribune / Fox News /CBC News (Canada )- 725 words The United States is offering rewards of up to $7 million for information leading to the location of seven key leaders of Somalia’s al Shabaab, seeking for the first […]
Somalia fighting kills at least 4 soldiers 05 Jun – Source: Shabelle/Hiiraan Online/Jowhar Online – 124 words A TFG official says at least four soldiers were killed and many others injured after TFG soldiers exchanged gun fire in Afgoye district, 30 Kilometers north-west Mogadishu. Abdullah Ahmed, the district commissioner of Afgoye district, told reporters on […]
Luxury dining on Somali beach as market matures 04 Jun – Source: AP / Washington Post – 196 words Beachfront dining, fresh lobster, and a European clientele: Somalia’s restaurant scene is quickly changing for the better. Somali businessman Ahmed Jama recently returned to Somalia from London to open two Western-style restaurants in two hotels he […]
AU Force arrives in Beledweyne town 01 Jun – Source: Bar-kulan – 98 words The first patch of the African Union force on Friday arrived at the central Somali town of Beledweyne near the border with Ethiopia. A battalion from Djibouti was deployed into the town and was warmly received by TFG officials and Ethiopian […]
Kenyan forces take Somali town from militants 30 May – Source: CNN/ AFP – 422 words Kenyan soldiers, as part of African Union forces in Somalia, captured the key Al-Shabaab-controlled town of Afmadow on Wednesday, according to a Kenyan Defence Force spokesman. “We now control Afmadow with our troops,” Maj. Emmanuel Chirchir told CNN. The operation […]
Somali president escapes Islamist ambush unhurt 29 May – Source: Jowhar Online/Mareeg Online/Hiiraan Online/BBC Somali Service – 58 words Somalia’s president Sharif Shekh Ahmed escaped an ambush unharmed Tuesday as Al-Qaeda linked Shabaab fighters attacked his armoured convoy in territory recently wrested from the extremists, officials said. “Desperate terrorist militants tried to disturb the visit […]
400 people arrested in Afgoye town 28 May – Source: Bar-kulan – 119 words At least 400 people have been arrested by TFG and AMISOM forces in Afgoye town 30 kilometers from the capital, Mogadishu. Security officials in Afgoye said that the operation started on Monday and 400 people suspected of having possible ties with […]
African Union troops cross Shabelle river and secure Afgooye town 25 May – Source: AMISOM – 362 words AMISOM troops have today crossed the Shabelle River and secured all the major roads leading into and out of Afgooye town. The town is strategically located 30km from the capital, Mogadishu, and governing routes to the port […]
Shabelle journalist assassinated in Dharkenley district 24 May – Source: Bar-kulan/Shabelle/Mareeg Online/Garowe Online/Jowhar Online – 104 words A Somali journalist, Ahmed Adow Anshur has been shot dead on Thursday afternoon in Suq Bole neighborhood in Dharkeynley district, Banadir region. Ahmed Adow was a journalist working for Shabelle radio and came under fire from unidentified gunmen. […]
Somalia on track to end Failed State status 23 May – Source: VOA News – 512 words Somalia’s main political entities have ended three days of often-heated talks, saying they remain committed to a political process leading to a post-transitional government by August. Participants say the United Nations-sponsored talks were surprisingly congenial given the number […]