First AMISOM troops deployed outside Mogadishu 05 Apr – Source: AMISOM Force HQ – 283 words Today, the first troops from the AMISOM Force in Mogadishu were deployed to Baidoa, in western Somalia. These are the first troops to be sent to a major urban centre outside the capital since the African Union Mission was […]
Top Somali Sports Officials Killed In Blast 04 Apr – Source: Mix96 News/Guardian/Daily Mail – 347 words The presidents of Somalia’s Olympic committee and football federation have reportedly been killed after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in a theatre. Olympics boss Aden Yabarow Wiish and football chief Said Mohammed Nur were among the dead, […]
In Somalia’s Capital, Hope and Reconstruction 03 Apr – Source: New York Times – 60 words Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, which was reduced to rubble during 21 years of civil war, is making a remarkable comeback. Female police officers say they are treated the same as male officers, except for not being allowed to carry pistols […]
Ahlu Sunna claims victory over central Somalia Battle 02 Apr – Source: Shabelle – 75 words The pro-government moderate group of Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a has on Monday claimed victory over a fighting that occurred on Sunday in the town of Mahas, 320 KM away north of the capital, Mogadishu. Adan Abdule Awale, one of […]
AMISOM Forces Capture Daynille District 30 Mar – Source: AMISOM Force HQ – 253 words Somali army troops with the support of AMISOM forces this morning captured Mogadishu’s outlying district of Daynile and cleared it of al Qaeda-backed al Shabaab terrorists. The extremists have been using their positions there to plot attacks on the city’s population. The operation was conducted […]
Somalia JSC assent AMISOM to replace Ethiopian troops 29 Mar – Source: Jowhar Online, Kulmiye – 107 words Somalia’s joint security committee has agreed to deploy African Union troops to areas of central and southern Somalia captured recently from militant group al Shabaab by Ethiopian forces. The announcement came Wednesday at a meeting in Mogadishu. The decision […]
TFG gives militant fighters 7 days ultimatum to surrender 28 Mar – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 138 words Somali youths fighting for al Shabaab militant group have only a week to renounce violence and surrender to the government side, officials say. Ahmed Sheikh Mohamed, a member of the Somali parliament, said conscripted Somali youths fighting […]
The MIPT presents FM Radio Transmitters to Khatumo and Galmudug 27 Mar – Source: TFG – 320 words The Minister of Information Posts and Telecommunications Abdulkadir Hussein Mohamed presented an FM Radio Transmitter to Khatumo, having already presented a similar FM Radio transmitter to the Galmudug regional government on the 22nd of March, 2012. These […]
Ethiopian troops seize main rebel town in central Somalia 26 Mar – Source: Daily Nation – 217 words Ethiopian forces on Monday seized the main base of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents in central Somalia, the latest stronghold the extremists have lost in recent months, witnesses said. Ethiopian troops and fighters from the pro-government militia Ahlu […]
Somali flag to fly half mast for 7 days 23 Mar – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 227 words Somalia has announced that it will lower its flag for a week following the death of the country’s former president Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed who died earlier this morning at a hospital in the United Arab Emirates at […]