Three injured in Nairobi blast 06 Nov – Source: Standard – 118 words At least three people have been injured in an explosion in Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate. The blast occurred on Tuesday at 7am as people were walking to work at a bridge in First Avenue. One of the victims John Mutisya, 23, was walking […]
U.S. expects Ugandan peacekeepers to stay in Somalia 05 Nov- Source: Reuters- 178 words The United States expects Uganda to keep its peacekeeping forces in Somalia despite a threat to withdraw in protest at a U.N. report, a senior State Department official said on Monday. The government in Kampala said on Friday it would pull […]
Somali Speaker asks PM to bring new cabinet before parliament for endorsement 05 Nov – Source: Bar-kulan/Radio Mustaqbal/Kulmiye – 112 words The Speaker of the National Assembly Mohamed Osman Jawari has urged the Prime Minister to bring his newly appointed cabinet before the parliament for approval on or before 17th this month. Speaking in Mogadishu […]
Somali PM names new cabinet, first female as a foreign minister 04 Nov – Source: Bar-kulan/Radio Mogadishu/Jowhar Online/Shabelle/Mareeg Online/Raxanreeb/Garowe Online/Hiiraan Online – 92 words Somalia’s new prime minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid on Sunday named his cabinet of 10 ministers, a government statement said. Saaid named a smaller government mainly from the Somali Diaspora. The […]
Uganda, Burundi lost 500 soldiers in Somalia 02 Nov – Source: Daily Monitor/Africa Review – 397 words The army yesterday said both Uganda and Burundi have lost less than 500 soldiers in Somalia in the last six years. The army’s revelation ended years of an unexplained secretiveness which has shrouded the issue of casualties suffered […]
Somali traders want UN to lift charcoal trade ban 01Nov- Source: Huffingtonpost/AP/Washington Post-132 words Thousands of sacks of dark charcoal sit atop one another in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, signs of an industry once worth some $25 million dollar a year to the Islamist extremist rebels who controlled the region. The good news […]
U.N. resisting African calls to end Somalia arms embargo 01 Nov – Source: Reuters – 177 words The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday gave the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia a seven-day extension while its 15 members weigh an African Union request to review a two-decade old arms embargo to help the government defeat […]
Appointment of Somali Cabinet Minister postponed 31 Oct- Source: Radio Risaala- 72 words Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdoon was scheduled to announce yesterday the names of Ministers and Assistant Ministers that would form the cabinet. However, the process has being postponed due to controversies on how many ministers should constitute the cabinet. The Prime Minister is […]
African Union steps up training for Standby Force 31 Oct – Source: Africa Review – 223 words The African Union has stepped up efforts to have the African Standby Force (ASF) ready to deal with regional challenges by 2015 with a new round of training set for Addis Ababa from October 29 to November 9. […]
Turkish oil firm Genel to explore in Somalia from 2013 30 Oct- Source: Reuters- 269 words Turkish oil and gas company Genel Energy Plc plans to conduct seismic work in northwestern Somalia early next year and drill its first well in the second quarter of 2014 and another well in 2015, company officials said. The London-listed […]