Key Headlines: Somali president calls for ending drought in the nation Saudi Prince visits Mogadishu promises aid Somali government condemns al Shabaab’s abuses in the country Police intercept car laden with explosive devices Forces take over new areas in southern Somalia Somali National Olympic Committee joins famine relief effort Somali military court executes 2 for […]
Key Headlines: Somali president UN especial envoy Augustine Mahiga reach Garowe city Presidents of TFG and Puntland agree on the location of consultative meeting Somali army troops receive July/August salaries Somalia creates Special Forces to assure Mogadishu security AMISOM helping secure Mogadishu following extremists’ retreat Somali PM Puntland leader meet in Garowe town South Sudan […]
Key Headlines: Authorities conduct security operations in Darkenley district Mogadishu Mogadishu Mayor meets with Ba`aad Market traders Angola to announce $ 5 million for Somalia aid Famine displaced people complain of robbing looting by govt soldiers Al Shabaab detain Koranic class teacher in Beledweyne Hiiraan AU famine meet raises $351m figure questioned SOMALI MEDIA […]
Key Headlines: African leaders skip Somalia fundraiser as $351m raised Ahlu Sunna group elects new office bearers Iran considers opening embassy in Somalia Mogadishu’s Second largest market reopened Arab Doctors Union collects funds for Somalia Horn of Africa will need humanitarian aid ‘until August 2012 African Union summit struggles to raise funds to combat Horn […]
Key Headlines: President Sharif traveled to Ethiopia AMISOM distributes aid to famine hit people in Mogadishu UNHCR experts sent to eastern Ethiopian to help 18000 Somali refugees Somali govt denies some of their military vehicles confiscated by rebel IGAD bars Eritrea from Addis Ababa meeting East Africa drought: African Union holds donor summit Kenyan Prime […]
Key Headlines: UNPOS regional coordinator tours Galmudug Defense Minister tours military installations in Mogadishu Uganda will not interfere in Somalia politics – Museveni Somali PM: We will improve Martini Hospital’s sanitary conditions 60 senior Somali police officers received training in Rwanda on peacekeeping Somalia famine set to spread to two new areas: UN Sierra Leone […]
Key Headlines: Somali PM: The country is still in a state of drought and famine Unlawful money imposed on aid planes landing at Mogadishu airport Al Shabaab detain Imams in Baidoa town Bay region Tension is high in El-wak Gedo region Al Shabaab arrest young people accused of having links with TFG Measles vaccination campaign […]
Key Headlines: Prime Minister – ‘Fighting will not stop until we defeat al Shabaab’ President Sharif meets top UAE heads in Dubai Mogadishu demo welcomes rebel withdrawal from the city Al Shabaab execute 3 men suspected to be spying Kenya Somalia ‘U. N. peace keepers should take over in Somalia’ suggests Kenya African Union Set […]
Key Headlines: The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission co-chaired the 9th Joint Security Committee meeting held in Mogadishu Iran foreign minister arrives in Mogadishu Somalia: Parliament’s Humanitarian Committee decries gov’t Ambassador Mahiga: Remnants of Shabaab are still in Mogadishu Charities join forces to donate cash to Red Crescent in […]
Key Headlines: First Battalion of Sierra Leonean peacekeepers head for Somalia Security meeting on Somalia held in Mogadishu President addresses the nation Al Shabaab are forcibly recruiting youths in Elasha-biyaha village More money needed to relocate Somali refugees in Dadaab camp Turkish military to send aid vessel to Somalia SOMALI MEDIA President addresses the […]