Mahiga inspects UN designate offices in Mogadishu 17 Jan – Source: Radio Mogadishu, Bar-kulan – 136 words A UN delegation headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga on Tuesday arrived in Mogadishu to inspect the UN designate offices in Somalia. Mahiga is expected to hold talks with the Somali […]
Jets kill ‘at least’ 9 in Somalia 17 Jan – Source: AP – 150 words A witness says at least nine people were killed after jets bombed a militant camp in southern Somalia. Witness Noh Haji said Tuesday the jets pounded bunkers and burned tents belonging to Somalia’s al Qaida-linked al Shabaab militia. He says […]
UN cleared Eritrea over ‘arming’ al Shabaab 16 Jan – Source: Capital FM, Africa Review – 518 words Eritrea has been cleared of allegations that it was arming al Shabaab militants in Somalia late last year. A preliminary report by the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) concludes […]
Kenyan air strikes kill 5 children 15 Jan – Source: Garowe Online, BBC Somali Service – 176 words At least 7 people, including 5 children, have died after air strikes in the town of Jilib in southern Somalia, Garowe reports. Mohamud Dahir who is the nephew of Abdullahi Mualim, a former government official, who spoke […]
Mass grave containing skeletons and old rotting human flesh found inside Baladweyene Police Station 14 Jan – Source: TFG – 359 words The new police authority of the TFG, in the newly liberated regional capital of Baladweyne found a large number of skeletons and old rotting human flesh inside the city’s police station, which was […]
UN approves Kenya bid to join Somalia peacekeeping forces 13 Jan – Source: African Review – 335 Words The United Nations Security Council has given a cautious but favourable response to a joint request by Kenya and the African Union for incorporation of the east African country’s troops into the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). […]
Spokesman admits he lied: “We are sorry” – KDF 13 Jan – Source: The Star – 500 words The military yesterday issued a public apology for duping Kenyans that a picture showing a man being executed in Somalia was that of a Kenyan al Shabaab recruit being stoned to death after a disagreement. The photos, […]
Three Kenyan policemen shot dead near Somali border 12 Jan – Source: AP – France 24 News – 462 words Gunmen killed three Kenyan police and wounded two others in the latest of a string of attacks in the northeastern border region with war-torn Somalia, police said Thursday. “The attack occurred at a camp in […]
Al Shabaab executes an alleged spy in Kismayo 11 Jan – Source: Radio Mogadishu – 152 words Al Shabaab extremists in the Southern port town of Kismayo have on Tuesday publicly executed one of its members for allegedly spying for the Kenyan troops who are battling the group. Reports say rebel fighters executed a Kenyan national […]
Grenade attack at UN’s Mogadishu base 11 Jan – Source: AP / News24 – 733 words Unidentified men attacked the main United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu, hurling two hand grenades that exploded near the wall, UN officials and witnesses said on Wednesday. According to witnesses, two grenades struck by the roadside next […]