Explosion hits northern Galkayo town 11 Feb – Source: Bar-kulan/Raxanreeb/Shabelle/Somali Memo/Garowe Online/Radio Risaala – 163 words A car bomb has exploded outside a police station in Puntland administered northern central Somali town of Galkayo, reports say. The Monday morning explosion occurred when a car laden with explosives went off few meters outside the station. There […]
British army to train Somali soldiers, says president 09 Feb – Source: Ra dio Bar-Kulan – 120 words President of Somalia Hasan Shaykh Mahmud has said British army will help his government restore security in the country. Answering questions from journalists after meeting Somali community in Cairo, the president said the UK and Somali government […]
President Mohamud meets Somalis in Cairo 08 Feb- Source: Radio Bar-kulan/Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/Universal TV/Radio Kulmiye- 130 words Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Thursday night met with the Somali community in Cairo shortly after the conclusion of OIC meeting. Foreign Affairs minister Fowziya Adan and State minister for foreign affairs Ahmed Noor Ga’al were among top government […]
British troops to be sent to Somalia as military commitment spreads across Africa 07 Feb- Source: Daily Mail-497 Words British troops are to be deployed to Somalia, opening up a new front in its military commitment in Africa. Amid fears of ‘mission creep’ in UK involvement in the region, soldiers are to be sent to […]
Egyptian president calls on Arab countries to support reconstruction in Somalia 07 Feb- Source: Bedweyn News/RBC/Alsahid- 95 words Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi called on Arab countries to contribute to the reconstruction of Somalia, which has formed the official government last year. President Morsi said on his Twitter “with the end of the transitional period in […]
President Hassan: “We will not negotiation with al Shabaab” 06 Feb – Source: Radio Kulmiye/BBC Somali Servive- 178 words The president of Somalia Hassan Shiekh Mohamud, told the BBC Somali service that his government will never negotiate with al Shabaab in any way whatsoever. The president also mentioned that the ideological theory that says Somalia […]
Somali President arrives in Cairo, Egypt 06 Feb – Source: Radio Mogadishu/ Shabelle/Hiiraan Online/ Radio Kulmiye/Jowhar Online – 88 words Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived Tuesday night in the Egyptian capital Cairo on his first visit since taking the presidency of Somalia last September. Somali President is in Cairo to attend a summit of […]
Somali court sends alleged rape victim and journalist to jail 05 Feb – Source: Reuters – 428 words Mogadishu, a Somali judge on Tuesday jailed a woman who said she had been raped by soldiers and a journalist who interviewed her, finding them guilty of making up the story to besmirch the government. The verdict […]
AMISOM Soldier Killed While Protecting Somali Workers 05 Jan – Source: AMISOM – 238 words The AMISOM Force Commander, Lt Gen Andrew Gutti has paid tribute to an AMISOM soldier who was this morning killed in an explosion while he was protecting Somali workers in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. No other casualties were reported in […]
Prime Minister David Cameron Meets President Of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 04 Feb – Source: Getty Image- 80 words London,The President Of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L), meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street on February 4, 2013 in London, England. The UK is to give an aid package of nearly […]