Key Headlines: Somali president arrives in Sudan for consultations with Al-Bashir ( Source: Sudan Radio) African Union considers sending Ethiopian troops to Somalia (Source: New York Tmes) Concern grows in U.K. U.S. over Somali-based militants (Source: Reuters) ‘Warplanes’ spotted over Mogadishu (Radio Kulmiye) Pirates join clan clashes in Puntland ( Source: Somalia Report) Himin and Heb deny foreign hostages held […]
Key Headlines: Government assures public on safety in its fight against al Shabaab (Source: Radio Bar-kulan) ‘We will consult Aid agencies to relocate IDPs’ Interior Minister (Source: Shabelle) Kenyan forces set up bases in strategic southern Somali town (Source: Radio Shabelle Kulmiye Risala) TFG forces claim to have killed dozens of al Shabaab fighters in Gedo fighting (Source: Shabelle […]
Key Headlines: President Sharif meet Kibaki and Museveni in Nairobi (Source: Radio Bar-kulan Radio Mogadishu) UN Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Bowden arrives in Mogadishu (Source: Radio Mogadishu Mareeg Online and Hiiraan Online) Al Shabaab withdraws from camps (Source: Somalia Report) States urge unity to defeat al Shabaab (Source: Daily Nation) Somalia Uganda to bolster Kenya’s Shabaab offensive (Source: Capital FM) Kenya […]
Key Headlines: Police intercept explosives in Mogadishu (Source: Radio Bar-Kulan Radio Mogadishu) President Sharif: Anti al Shabaab crusade still active (Source: SONNA Radio Mogadishu) President praises TFG and AMISOM forces (Source: Radio Mogadishu SNTV Somali Channel TV SONNA) President travels to Nairobi for talks (Source: Radio Mogadishu Mareeg Online) Several injured in an explosion targeting a house in Darkenley […]
Key Headlines: TFG forces seize parts of Bakol region (Source: Radio Mogadishu) Drop unfair Somalia labels warns team ( Daily Nation ) UNICEF extremely concerned about the impact of escalating conflict in Somalia on children (Source: UNICEF ) UN: Somali aid hurt by cholera insecurity ( Source: AP ) Somali militant bashes Kenya-Israel security pact ( Source: AP ) Eleven […]
Key Headlines: TFG, al Shabaab claim victory in southern Somalia fighting (Source: Radio Mogadishu Shabelle and Kulmiye) Fresh fighting reported in Mogadishu (Source: Mareeg Online Shabelle Hiiraan Online and Bar-kulan) Lower Shabelle residents warned to vacate al Shabaab strongholds (Source: Radio Mogadishu SONNA) Battle shells in Mogadishu kill 5 injures 10 others (Source: Radio Shabelle) Kenya gets backing against […]
Key Headlines: Galmudug president meets elders in Galkayo over security (Source: Radio Bar-kulan) East African defence ministers meet on Somali crisis (Source: Daily Nation ) Britain to host conference on Somalia next year ( Source: Reuters ) Somali residents flee rebel bastion after missile attack ( Source: Reuters ) UN monitoring group to recommend al Shabab sanctions ( Source: VOA […]
Key Headlines: Missiles hit Somali Islamist stronghold near Mogadishu ( Source: Radio Mogadishu) Parliament denounces government security agencies (Source: Shabelle) Former Somali president Abdi Kasim opposes Kenyan military operation in Somalia (Source: Mareeg Online) Kenya warning on youths returning from Somalia (Source: Radio Bar-kulan) TFG administration in Lower Shabelle calls Govt AMISOM to relocate IDPs (Source: Shabelle) Puntland warns Universal […]
Key Headlines: Explosion hits presidential palace in Somalia (Source: Somalia Report) Uganda’s Defence and Internal Affairs committee visit Mogadishu (Source: AMISOM FORCE HQ) African Union troops in Somalia say they face $10 million funding shortfall (Source: AP Washington post) Fresh fighting erupts in Mogadishu’s Huriwaa region (Source: Radio Mogadishu) Puntland administration jails 10 Somali pirates (Source: Mareeg Online) Uganda Burundi […]
Key Headlines: Somali defense minister: We have adopted new strategies against the terrorist group Shabaab’ (Source: Radio Mogadishu Mareeg Online and Shabelle) Rape cases soar in Galkayo camps (Source: IRIN News) Arrested al Shabaab leader to face justice in military court (Source: Bar-kulan Radio Mogadishu) Kenyan Police free fishermen arrested on suspicion of being pirates (Source: Coast week Xinhua) […]