Somalia facing disaster three years after devastating famine 20 Jul – Source: Yahoo News/ AFP – 104 words Three years after famine in Somalia killed a quarter of a million people in six months, aid agencies warned Sunday a new catastrophe is looming unless urgent aid arrives. A joint statement issued by a group of charities and […]
Government delegation arrives in Beledweyne to initiate peace talks 18 Jul- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Radio Bar-kulan/SNTV- 171 words A delegation led by two deputy ministers from the federal government of Somalia on Thursday arrived in Beledweyne town, the provincial capital of Hiran region. The delegation was jointly led by Deputy Minister for Commerce Abdirahman Abdi Osman and Deputy […]
Somali Prime Minister announces an initial $500,000 in drought emergency funds 17 Jul – Source: Office of the Prime Minister – 227 words The Humanitarian situation in the country has dominated the debate of today’s Council of Ministers meeting. Under the leadership of H.E. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, […]
Technical Committee on formation of Interim South West State approved 17 Jul- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Radio Bar-kulan/RBC/Radio Kulmiye/SNTV- 200 words An 18-member Technical Committee on the Formation of Interim South West Administration has been approved at an Iftar ceremony held in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Somalia’s top government officials including the president, the prime minister and […]
AMISOM claims to have foiled al Shabaab attacks in Mogadishu 16 Jul – Source: Bar-kulan/Radio Goobjoog – 111 words Officials of the African Union Mission in Somalia have given more details regarding recent security operations carried out by AMISOM and Somali forces in a bid to heighten the security of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The […]
Somali FM’s visit to Spain ends with a promise of closer partnership 16 Jul- Source: Hiiraan Online- 657 words On the last day of his official diplomatic visit to Spain, the Somali Foreign Minister Abdirahman Beileh continued his meeting from the previous day at the Spanish Ministry of Defence with the Secretary General Mr Alejandro […]
Security forces foil suicide car bomb in Mogadishu 15 Jul – Source: Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/RBC – 115 words Somali security forces on Tuesday have foiled a suicide car bomb attempted to target Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle Airport, according to a spokesman for the security forces Colonel Qasim Ahmed. Heavily planned operation mounted by the joint security forces of Somali […]
President Obama accepts credentials from new Somali ambassador 15 Jul- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Somalicurrent/Radio RBC/Radio Dalsan- 138 words US President Barack Obama has accepted the credentials of the new Somali Ambassador to the United States, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, in a ceremony at the White House. Sharmake, a former prime minister is the first Somali ambassador […]
SNA Brigade commander killed in ambush 14 Jul – Source: Radio Dalsan/Shabelle/Garowe Online – 120 words The Commander of 6th Brigade of Somali National Army(SNA) operating in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia has been killed in an al Shabaab ambush on Monday, report says. Omar Sheikh Elmi was killed after suspected al Shabaab militants ambushed […]
Dozens arrested in Hodan District during security operations 14 Jul- Source: Radio Dalsan- 129 words In Hodan District, many people suspected to be involved in the recent waves of insecurity in Mogadishu were apprehended by security forces on Sunday. The deputy district commissioner for politics and security of that district, Ali Abdi Abdulle told Dalsan Radio […]