Letter from the UN Special Representative for Somalia to the Somali People 26 Jan – Source: UNPOS – 821 words As-Salaamu Alaikum, Dear friends, I am thrilled to be writing to you all from my new office here in Mogadishu. As you may have heard, on Tuesday I moved to Somalia from Nairobi along with […]
Blast hits at TFG military truck near Kenyan border 25 Jan – Source: Hiiraan Online – 137 words Huge explosion struck a Somali government military truck in Beled Hawo town of Gedo region in south Western Somalia, the latest in a spate of attacks on TFG security forces operating in the regions along the border […]
Somalia: UN envoy re-establishes office in Mogadishu after 17-year hiatus 24 Jan – Source: UN News Centre 425 words The United Nations envoy for Somalia, Augustine P. Mahiga, today formally moved his office back to the country’s capital, Mogadishu, from neighbouring Kenya, where it has been based for 17 years. Mr. Mahiga, who was received […]
Somali PM meets with British officials in Mogadishu (Radio Mogadishu) 23 Jan – Source: Shabelle, Radio Mogadishu. Mareeg Online – 151 words TFG PM Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has on Monday met in Somalia capital, Mogadishu with officials from Britain- a move that UK seeks support the upcoming London conference. The delegation from Britain which […]
SOMALI PM IS TO RESHUFFLE HIS CABINET MINISTERS 22 Jan – Source: Shabelle – 125 words The Prime Minister of the Somali Government Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gas is to reshuffle his cabinet ministers after meeting the senior TFG officials, reports said on Sunday. Reliable sources close to the PM’s office in Mogadishu confirmed that […]
AMISOM launches training course for Somali Police 19 Jan – Source: Radio Mogadishu – 275 words The Police Component of the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) has launched a capacity building and leadership training, contributing to an ongoing Somali Police Force by training ninety-seven junior police commanders. The training which is currently underway at […]
Somalia vows to investigate the recent Kenyan raid on Jilib that killed children 18 Jan – Source: Shabelle,Radio Mogadishu, Bar-kulan, Hiraan Online – 261 words The PM of the TFG Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Gas on Wednesday held press conference in his office and said the TFG would investigate the bombardment that the Kenyan air force […]
Mahiga inspects UN designate offices in Mogadishu 17 Jan – Source: Radio Mogadishu, Bar-kulan – 136 words A UN delegation headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga on Tuesday arrived in Mogadishu to inspect the UN designate offices in Somalia. Mahiga is expected to hold talks with the Somali […]
UN cleared Eritrea over ‘arming’ al Shabaab 16 Jan – Source: Capital FM, Africa Review – 518 words Eritrea has been cleared of allegations that it was arming al Shabaab militants in Somalia late last year. A preliminary report by the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) concludes […]
Mass grave containing skeletons and old rotting human flesh found inside Baladweyene Police Station 14 Jan – Source: TFG – 359 words The new police authority of the TFG, in the newly liberated regional capital of Baladweyne found a large number of skeletons and old rotting human flesh inside the city’s police station, which was […]