UNHCR opposes Kenya move to push refugees out of towns 19 Dec- Source: Business Daily Africa -290 words The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has opposed the decision by the government of Kenya to stop registration of refugees in urban areas. The UNHCR said the government made a hurried decision without considering the […]
Somali President receives AU ambassador 18 Dec- Source: Radio Mogadishu/SONNA/SNTV- 146 words President of the Somali federal government, Hassan Sh. Mohamud has on Tuesday received African Union’s representative for Somalia, Amb. Mohamed Salah Anadif at the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu. The African Union’s envoy said they are relocating their offices in the capital […]
Somali, Kenyan troops capture more areas from al Shabaab militants 18 Dec- Source: Radio Bar-kulan/Radio Mustaqbal/Somaliweyn Onile-98 words Somalia national army (SNA) and Kenya defense forces have Tuesday morning took control of Kudha and Madhawa islands which are some 130 KM (81 miles) to the West of Kismayo. The capture of Kudha and Madhawa was […]
Al Shabaab denounce American born militant 17 Dec- Source: Radio Bar-kulan/Hiiraan Online/Jowhar Online – 208 words Al Shabaab militants in Somalia have released a statement denouncing one of their foreign fighters as ill intentioned and seeking fame. The statement called American born Omar Hammami alias Abu Mansur al Amriki as one who is against the […]
Somali parliament to establish regional offices 17 Dec- Source: Radio Mustaqbal- 149 words Speaking at the normal Somali parliament meeting late Sunday, Speaker of the Somali parliament Prof. Mohamed Sheikh Osman ‘Jawari’ said that the Somali parliament will soon establish regional offices in all the regions in the country. Speaker Jawari said that the reason […]
Al Shabaab militants withdraw from Dinsor town 16 Dec- Source: Radio Bar-kulan- 64 words Al Shabaab militants have retreated from Dinsor town, their stronghold in Bay region of southern Somalia, according to local residents. Some residents told Bar-kulan that fighters left the town after Somali army and Ethiopian troops advanced. Dinsor was under al Shabaab […]
One wounded in bomb blast at Kenyan poll registration centre 14 Dec – Source: AFP – 276 words Insurgents in Kenya’s giant Dadaab refugee camp set off a bomb at a centre registering voters for Kenya’s March 2013 elections, an AFP reporter and Kenya’s Red Cross said Friday. The blast, in the world’s largest refugee […]
Somali PM appoints State ministers and Assistant Ministers 13 Dec – Source: Bar-kula/Mareeg Online/Hiiraan Online/Radio Risaala/Shabelle – 72 words Somalia’s Prime Minister, Abdi Farah Shirdon, on Thursday appointed his State Ministers and Assistant Ministers with each ministry getting two assistant ministers. This appointment comes after a long and in depth consultation with President Hassan Sh. […]
Al-Shabaab group destroyed – Somalia President 13 Dec – Voice of Russia/ BBC – 70 words Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said that the country’s army destroyed the radical Al-Shabaab group. Mr. Mohamud stressed that the elderly were quite successful in reaching out to young men persuading them not to join extremists. Backed by the […]
Social Development minister meets officials from UNPOS 12 Dec – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 109 words Social Development Affairs Minister Maryam Qassim on Tuesday held a meeting with the UN Deputy Special Representative for Somalia Peter de Clercq and other officials from the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS). The meeting was aimed at discussing […]