Suicide bomber kills Puntland’s Bari Regional Police Commander 04 Aug – Source: Radio RBC/Garowe Online/ Puntland TV/Radio Daljir/Allpuntland Online/Somali Memo/Radio Al Furqaan – 265 words A suicide bomber has killed Bari Regional Police Commissioner in Puntland’s Bosasso town in the Northeastern region of Somalia on Monday afternoon. A man wearing suicide vest blew himself off as the […]
Car bomb in Mogadishu explodes prematurely, casualty unknown 04 Aug- Source: Radio Dalsan/Radio Kulmiye- 88 words A car which was loaded with explosives went off at a garage in Mogadishu’s Hodan District. The car exploded at midnight on Monday. The casualties that resulted from the explosion is still unknown. The car was a luxury one […]
Weapons haul seized from ‘al Shabaab’ suspects in Mogadishu 03 Aug – Source: Indepth Africa/Xinhua – 162 words AMISOM troops together with the Somali National Army have captured an assortment of weapons and ammunition from ‘al Shabaab’ suspects in the capital Mogadishu. These were seized at the Asuman Atto Garage in Mogadishu town during a […]
Another Somali Lawmaker Shot Dead in Drive-by Shooting 01 Aug- Source: Radio Shabelle/RBC/Kulmiye-213 Words Gunmen have shot and killed well known Somali lawmaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Mader in Mogadishu’s Hamarweyne district Friday, relatives and fellow parliamentarians confirmed, becoming the second member of parliament killed in drive-by-shooting in less than two weeks. Gunmen using a car blocked […]
Somali President visits Garbaharey town, Gedo region 31 Jul – Source: Bar-kulan/Shabelle – 97 words A government delegation led by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursdayarrived in Garbaharey town, the provincial capital of Gedo region. Garbaharey Governor Iman Addow Karshe who spoke to Bar-kulan said that the president has meetings with local authorities and the […]
Government forces and AMISOM conduct security operations in Bakara market 31 Jul- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Radio Goobjoog/Radio Shabelle- 86 words Somali security forces backed by AMISOM police have on Thursday morning cordoned Bakara Market and launched intensive operation in the market. Government forces are conducting search operations in the market while AMISOM police blocked the main roads entering […]
Federal Government endorses central state after tripartite deal 30 Jul – Source: Radio Mogadishu/Garowe Online/Radio Kulmiye – 224 words Federal Government of Somalia has endorsed central Somalia state after lengthy discussion in Mogadishu on Wednesday as loose federalization process continue to gain momentum. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed witnessed the ceremony […]
Ambassador Abdirashid meets Somali Diaspora community in Minnesota 30 Jul- Source: Radio Mogadishu/ Radio Goobjoog/SNTV-146 Words The newly appointed Somali ambassador to the United States of America Abdirashid Ali Sharmaarke arrived Minnesota, where the largest number of Somali diaspora in the world reside to meet Somali community and their leaders in the region. Ambassador Abdirashid […]
Somalia: Security agencies thwart car laden with explosives in Lido beach 29 Jul – Source: Radio Mogadishu/Bar-kulan/Goobjoog – 119 words Somali Security Agencies have on Tuesday put a stop to a car laden with explosives in Liido beach of Mogadishu a time when hundreds of people were enjoying themselves. Mohamed Yussuf Osman, the Spokesman for the Ministry […]
Somali Refugees Find an Unlikely Home … In Istanbul 29 Jul- Source: IPS News-942 Words Among the labyrinth of winding narrow streets just outside a major shopping centre in the Kumkapi neighbourhood of Istanbul is a rundown road, congested with shops and apartments stacked atop one another. Cars somehow manage to come barrelling down the […]