AMISOM supports Somalia Government stand on Baidoa conferences 03 Mar- Source: AMISOM-209 Words The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif has taken note of the evolving political situation in Baidoa and reiterates AMISOM’s commitment to supporting the Federal Government whose mandate is to take […]
AMISOM hands over vehicles to Somali Police Force 03 Mar – Source: Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/RBC – 224 words The African Union Mission in Somalia has handed over ten Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles bought with donation from the Italian Government to the Somali Police Force as part of the mission’s mandate to build the capacity of the […]
UN Security Council to discuss Somalia 01 Mar – Source: Hiiraan Online – 153 words The United Nations Security council is set to discuss on the security situation in Somalia and the African Union Peace keeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) this week, according to the foreign affairs minister Abdirahman Duale Beyle. Mr. Beyle said […]
Somalia, Turkey sign military pact 28 Feb – Source: Hiiraan Online/SNTV/RBC – 190 High-ranking military officials from Somalia and Turkey have on Thursday reached a military pact that will allow Turkey to train the Somali Armed Forces (SAF) as well as construct sophisticated military camps. Somali Army Chief of Staff, General Dahir Aden Elmi, has signed the […]
President Hassan names new Mogadishu mayor 27 Feb – Source: Radio Mogadishu/SNTV – 93 words Federal Government of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Thursday named Hassan Mohamed Hussein ‘Mungab’ as the new Mogadishu mayor and the governor of Banadir region. The former military court chairman was appointed following consultations with Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed and […]
Car explosion in Mogadishu’s Abdiaziz district 27 Feb – Source: Radio Kulmiye/Shabelle/Goobjoog/Jowhar Online – 170 words A car bomb rocked Mogadishu’s KM 0 area near ex Fiat. Witness said a car laden with explosives blasted a restaurant in an area close to the intelligence headquarters in Mogadishu’s Abdiaziz district. The car used in the explosion […]
Somalia, UN sign new agreement 26 Feb- Source: Radio Goobjoog/Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/Jowhar Online/Hiiraan Online- 120 words The Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations Wednesday signed an agreement to strengthen the relations and cooperation between the two sides in Mogadishu. Somalia foreign affairs Minister Abdirahman Duale Beile and UN special representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay signed an […]
Somali minister cautiously plans new tax regime 26 Feb- Source: Reuters-806 Words Somalia has long defied the maxim that death and taxes are life’s only two certainties – with years of chaos and killings but little in the way of a coherent state to collect revenues and tariffs. That could all be about to change […]
President Hassan Sheikh: Govt to reform security agencies 25 Feb – Source: Radio Shabelle – 107 words The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud claimed that the government will take necessary measures in reforming the national security agencies within the country. Mr Hassan Sheikh Mohamud stressed that the government plans […]
PM declares tough security measures following extraordinary cabinet meeting 25 Feb – Source: Radio RBC – 240 words Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed chaired Sunday night an extraordinary meeting of his cabinet, Mayor of Mogadishu, district commissioners of Banadir region and security agencies on improving security measures in Mogadishu. The meeting discussed how to raise […]