Heavy fighting erupts in Lower Shabelle region 27 Nov – Source: Radio Dalsan – 97 words Heavy fighting has reportedly erupted in Lower Shabelle region, pitting the Somali National Army and AMISOM against al Shabaab fighters. The fighting erupted in Janale district, claiming the lives of 3 people while dozens others were injured. Residents of Janale […]
President Mohamud starts touring IGAD member countries 26 Nov – Source: Bar-kulan/Radio Mogadishu/Shabelle/Mareeg Online/RBC/Hiiraan Online – 84 words President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Monday travelled to neighbouring Djibouti as part of his regional tour to IGAD member countries. During the tour of the region, president Mohamud is expected to visit Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia where […]
Somali President urges district commissioners, army officers to uphold the law 26 Nov – Source: Shabelle/Radio Mogadishu/Bar-Kulan/Hiiraan Online – 176 words Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the president of Somalia’s Federal government on Sunday met with security officials and district commissioners in Mogadishu to discuss security, sources at the presidency said. During the meeting which was held at […]
Somali, AU forces move close to Jowhar town 25 Nov- Source: Shabelle/SNTV/Radio Mustaqbal- 103 words Somali National Army (SNA) along with AMISOM forces on Tuesday moved closer to the main rebel-held city of Jowhar, some 90 km north-west Mogadishu. Sources say on Sunday that the coalition forces backed by tanks and heavy artillery weapons set […]
Three arrested over Eastleigh blast 23 Nov – Source: Standard/Citizen TV – 344 words Police are holding three suspects in connection with the Eastleigh mini-bus blast that claimed ten lives. The suspects are believed to have been behind the delivery of the explosion that went off in the bus on Sunday killing ten and injured […]
Somalia’s new cabinet holds a conference for the first time in Mogadishu 22 Nov- Source: Radio Risaala/Universal TV/Radio Mogadishu- 169 words The newly appointed ministers met for the first time in a ministerial conference in Mogadishu yesterday to discuss a number of issues, including security. The meeting was chaired by Somalia’s Prime Minister Abdi Farah […]
Businessman defrauds AMISOM soldier’s family of sh120m 22 Nov – Source: New Vision – 374 words The family of a soldier, who died while serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), has been defrauded of sh120m by a businessman in Masindi. Apparently, AMISOM paid sh124m to the family of David Kyaligonza alias Muswahili […]
AMISOM replaces Ethiopian bases in Beledweyen 21 Nov- Source: Radio Bar-kulan/Radio Mogadishu/RBC- 160 words Forces from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Wednesday moved to military bases in the central Somali town of Beledweyne to replace Ethiopian troops who left these bases last September. The move is aimed at stepping up security in […]
US has decimated al Qaeda chiefs but must persist in fight -Panetta 21 Nov – Source: Reuters – 184 words U.S. forces have decimated al Qaeda’s leadership and made gains against some of its affiliates, but the fight has shifted in new directions that will require persistent U.S. efforts to truly end the threat, Defense […]
Briton stars in Somali terror videos 21 Nov- Source: Telegraph-485 words Terrorists in Somalia have produced a series of full-length documentaries featuring a masked narrator with a British accent as part of a publicity drive designed to attract Western recruits. The videos feature suicide bombers, the corpses of African peace keepers and describe military operations by […]