Military chief says UN Monitoring Group “empowers al Shabaab” 17 Feb- Source: Radio Mogadishu/RBC-257 Words Somalia Military Chief Gen Dahir Aden Elmi “Indhaqarshe” has blamed the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia arms embargo for making Somalia’s government and its military look nonfunctional and al Shabaab militant group as an endless project in Somalia. Responding to […]
Somalia Air force celebrates 53rd anniversary in Mogadishu 17 Feb – Source: RBC – 130 words Somalia air force celebrate their 53rd anniversary since their establishment in 1961 in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. High profile Somali government officials including Minister of Defense, Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud, Commander of Somali Armed forces and Commander of […]
President Hassan Sheikh returns home after health check up trip to Turkey 16 Feb – Source: RBC/Universal TV/Radio Mogadishu/SNTV – 148 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud returned back to the country Sunday after after a week long health check up trip to Turkey. The President traveled to Istanbul last week to undergo a medical check up […]
Biggest donor Turkey stops direct budget support to Somalia 14 Feb – Source: Reuters – 223 words Turkey is a key ally of the Somali government. Its vast humanitarian aid effort at the height of the 2011 famine has endeared the country to many Somali people, especially as Ankara continues to build hospitals and dispatch […]
AMISOM condemns cowardly attack near Mogadishu Airport 13 Feb – Source: AMISOM – 175 words The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif has condemned the attack outside the Villa Sultan Restaurant in Mogadishu today. Around 1240 HRS, a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) went off […]
Exclusive: U.N. monitors warn of ‘systematic’ Somali arms diversion 13 Feb – Source: Reuters – 871 words A confidential U.N. monitors’ report warns of “systematic abuses” by Somalia’s government, which the monitors say has allowed the diversion of weapons Somali authorities purchased after the U.N. Security Council eased an arms embargo on Mogadishu last year. […]
I am well and never had any health problem, says Somali President 12 Feb- Source: Radio Mogadishu/Somalicurrent/SNTV/Shabelle-154 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has rebuffed reports published online, saying that he was admitted at a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. A number of Somali websites and social media circulated that the President’s health is very critical, […]
Fact finding mission to reach Baidoa town 12 Feb – Source: RBC – 137 words A fact finding delegation comprising the African Union, IGAD and the United Nations Office for Somalia “UNSOM” are planning to visit Baidoa town of Bay region where rival opposition groups are striving to establish opposing regional states, RBC reports. Representative […]
Head of AMISOM meets Somali Government Ministers, pledges continued support 11 Feb – Source: AMISOM – 226 words The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif held a series of meetings with several government ministers, during which plans for AMISOM and the future of Somalia […]
‘Over 100,000 Somali refugees have voluntarily returned home’ 11 Feb – Source: Coastweek – 702 Words About 100,000 Somalia refugees have voluntarily returned home since the East African nation inked a tripartite agreement in 2013, a senior Kenyan government official said on Monday. Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Lenku told journalists in Nairobi that the UN refugee […]