Somalia, Canada vow to re-open embassies 02 Oct – Source: AFP – 139 words After more than 20 years of limited diplomatic relations, Canada and Somalia are hoping to trade embassies in the near future. In a joint press conference with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird Tuesday, Somali Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign […]
Kenya tells Somalia to ‘put house in order’ 02 Oct- Source: Al Jazeera English-398 Words Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s president, has told Somalia to “put their house in order,” in a sign of frustration at the festering instability in the neighbouring country after members of a Somali armed group attacked and killed dozens at a Nairobi […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta: Kenya will not withdraw its troops from Somalia 01 Oct- Source: Standard/Daily Nation- 261 words Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday said no amount of intimidation would drive Kenya into removing its troops from Somalia prematurely. The President noted that events leading to a decision by Kenya to send its troops in Somalia were […]
Kenyan MPs ‘to demand Somali refugee camps closures’ 01 Oct – Source: Africa Review/Standard Media – 393 words A Kenyan parliamentary committee is to call for camps for Somali refugees in the country to close in the wake of the Westgate mall attack, a senior MP says. Ndung’u Gethenji, head of the defence committee, told […]
Somali Parliament discusses motion on its standing orders 30 Sept – Source: Raxanreeb/SNTV/Dalsan – 85 words Somalia federal parliament has started on Monday to discuss its laws after the house members tabled a motion to amend it, RBC reports. According to parliament secretary, the house started to discuss a motion on the house after some members have […]
UN Envoy urges Somali Diaspora to rebuild homeland 30 Sept – Source: Somali Current/Hiiraan Online/Radio Mogadishu – 119 words United Nations Special Representative of General Secretary for Somalia Nicholas Kay urged Somali diaspora to go back home and support rebuilding of their country. In a meeting with Somali Community in Minnesota, Kay pledged that his […]
President Hassan warns more terrorist attacks, calls for vigilance 29 Sept- Source: Radio Dalsan /Radio Mogadishu/Hiiraan Online- 171 words Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has warned possible terrorist attacks in Mogadishu and called on the locals to work closely with the security forces. Speaking at a press conference in Aden Abdulle airport in Mogadishu shortly […]
Somalis sympathise with Kenya siege victims 27 Sept – Source: Al Jazeera English – 02:15mins Somalia’s president has condemned the recent attack on a Kenyan mall that left scores dead, and called for more help to battle al-Shabab fighters in the country. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud described the group as a regional threat that must be […]
Revealed: suspected leader of Kenya terror attack 26 Sept- Source: Channel4-300 Words Multiple sources from within Somalia have told Channel 4 News the identity of the man who led the group behind the attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre. According to sources connected to al-Shabaab, his Jihadi fighting name is Omar or Umayr. Omar, who […]
Al Shabaab calls for Kenya to withdraw troops from Somalia 26 Sept – Source: Somali Current – 13 words Al Shabaab leader Ahmed aw-Abdi Godane known as Abu Zubeir called on Kenyan government to withdraw troops from Somalia in return of peace and security for its country. In an audio speech released online a day […]