UN, IGAD appeal for humanitarian aid for drought-hit Horn of Africa 15 Sept – English People/ Xinhua – 481 words The UN and East Africa’s regional bloc on Monday appealed to the international community to move swiftly and avert a looming humanitarian disaster in the Horn of Africa region. In a joint statement issued in Nairobi, UN […]
Uganda seizes explosives, suicide vests from suspected al Shabaab cell 15 Sept- Source: Star-Kenya- 334 words Police in the Ugandan capital Kampala seized “substantial amounts of explosives” and suicide vests in raids on a suspected al Shabaab cell that was planning an imminent attack, a Ugandan official said in an interview on Sunday. Police arrested 19 […]
AMISOM destroys al Shabaab camps in Lower Jubba region 14 Sept – Source: Radio Mogadishu/RBC – 105 words The African Union Forces in Somalia AMISOM said its forces destroyed two al Shabaab camps in Lower Jubba region, southern Somalia during a Friday operation. Yesterday at around 0600 hours, AMISOM forces conducted several targeted in-depth operations around the […]
Somali president discusses his achievements and challenges ahead 12 Sept- Source: Radio Bar-kulan/Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/Radio Dalsan- 280 words Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday night attended an event organized by Heritage Institute of Policy Studies in Mogadishu to mark the end of his second year in office. The president answered wide range of questions to selected members […]
Somali Parliament Speaker announces reconciliation conference 11 Sept- Source: Garowe Online/Radio Mogadishu/SNTV – 152 words Federal Parliament Speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari on Thursday announced that a reconciliation conference would be held for southwest state communities amid deeply embedded political division. Speaking at a well organized event in Bay regional capital of Baidoa, Speaker jawari said the […]
Somali president chairs national security meeting in Mogadishu 11 Sept- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Radio Bar-kulan/SNTV- 141 words Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday chaired a security meeting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, with the country’s national security commission over the security situation and the ongoing military offensive against al Shabaab militant group. The president and the security […]
UN delegation arrives in Kismayo for talks with IJA leaders 10 Sept – Source: Bar-kulan – 98 words A United Nations delegation led by UN Deputy Special Envoy to Somalia, Fatiha Serour has visited Kismayo, the administrative capital of Interim Jubba Administration. Serour is accompanied by other UN officials and are due to meet with […]
Somalia: UN’s Emergency Fund provides a life-line, for now 10 Sept- Source: Reliefweb- 606 words A US$20 million boost from the UN’s Central Emergency Fund (CERF) will help in providing life-saving aid in Somalia, but it won’t be enough to halt a deepening crisis, aid agencies warn. “These badly needed funds are critical to our humanitarian […]
50 al Shabaab’s Amniyat members nabbed during past months, says Police Chief 09 Sept- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Radio RBC- 198 words Somalia’s Police Chief General Mohamed Hassan Ismail said that the country’s security forces nabbed 50 al Shabaab’s Amniyat members during the past two months in targeted swoop. General Ismail noted that the security forces were […]
Somali President, PM strongly denounce al Shabaab suicide car bomb outside Mogadishu 09 Sept – Source: Radio Mogadishu/RBC/SNTV – 184 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed strongly condemned the suicide car bomb by the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab outside Mogadishu on Monday. The suicide car bomb which meant […]