Main Story UK Foreign Secretary opens new British embassy in Somalia 25 Apr- Source: Standard-392 words Foreign Secretary William Hague has opened a new British embassy in Mogadishu – the first time the UK has had one in Somalia since 1991. The UK is the first European Union country to reopen an embassy in the […]
The world will see that Somalia has turned the corner, Prime Minister tells UK Foreign Secretary 25 Apr – Source: Prime Minister’s Media Office – 407 words His Excellency Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon today outlined recent progress on security and human rights and laid out his government’s hopes for a successful Somalia Conference in […]
Somalia Prime Minister visits Army Bases 24 Apr – Source: Shabelle – 78 words The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mr. Abdi Farah Shirdon and other members of the cabinet visited Somali National Army Bases in the capital, Mogadishu. One of the bases the Prime Minister visited was Jazira base in the […]
Yemen FM meets UN monitoring panel on Somalia and Eritrea 24 Apr – Source: Yemen News Agency SABA – 138 words Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al Qirbi met here on Tuesday with the UN panel of experts monitoring compliance with the embargoes on the delivery of weapons and military equipment to Somalia and Eritrea. During […]
Heavy fighting between Kenyan troops and al Shabaab in Dobley 23 Apr- Source: Shabelle- 189 words Reports from Dobley town in lower Juba region confirm that there was a heavy battle between Kenyan troops and al Shabaab fighters on the outskirts of the town. The fighting started when al Shabaab fighters launched an assault on […]
Somali MPs to debate about murder of journalists 23 Apr – Source: Radio Dalsan – 132 words Aburrahman Hosh Jibril, a Somali MP and former minister of Constitution says he plans to present a motion in the parliament, concerning the constant killing of the journalists and ways to prevent. In an interview with Radio Dalsan, […]
Somalia offers reward for journalist killer 22 Apr – Source: VOA News – 119 words Somalia’s prime minister has called on police and security forces to hunt down the killers of a state broadcaster. Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh was shot and killed by unknown assailants near his home in the capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday evening. Rageh, […]
Government forces took control a town in southern Somalia 22 Apr – Source: Raxanreeb/Bar-kulan/Shabelle – 121 words Somali government forces in southern regions of Bay and Bakol took control Garas Weyne town in Bakol region on Sunday after al Shabaab fled from the town, RBC Radio reports. According to residents in Garas Weyne, 50-kms south […]
Somali journalist shot dead in Mogadishu 21 Apr – Source: Radio Mogadishu/RBC/Radio Mustaqbal/ Shabelle/Risaala – 86 words Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Somali journalist working with state-run radio Mogadishu late on Sunday afternoon. Mohamed Ibrahim Raage (better known as Honest) was shot and killed by two men armed with pistols in front of his […]
Somali Cabinet approves draft of anti-terrorism law 19 Apr- Source: Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/Universal TV/Radio Bar-kulan- 118 words Somali Cabinet Ministers approved on Thursday the Somali anti-terrorism bill in an effort to eliminate “terrorist” groups throughout the country.Cabinet approval of the draft anti-terrorism law comes after Sunday’s suicide bomb attack of the Court of Banadir, for which […]