Galmudug forces block MPs from filing motion against President
Forces from the interim Galmudug administration are reported to have blocked the state’s lawmakers from conducting a parliamentary session in Adado town on Saturday...
Somali embassy in US accused of planning to return dozens of Somalis to Somalia
Somali embassy in United States has been accused of carrying out plans to deport dozens of asylum seekers to Somalia.
Somali immigrants in a US...
Somalia’s electoral body is reluctant to Somaliland Upper House poll, official says
Somalia’s electoral body has been accused of dragging its heels over the holding of elections of Upper House seats allocated for Somalia’s northern regions.
Jama’a...
Barawe administration plans to hold talks with AMISOM over civilian killings
The administration of Barwe town said that they are planning to discuss with African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) over accusations it had gunned...
Senator’s bodyguards kill driver in Somali capital
Bodyguards escorting a senator in Somalia’s newly elected upper house chamber have opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Mogadishu, killing the driver on...
Two die as mom gives children insecticidal Drug
Two children died and another one hospitalized in critical condition on Friday night in Wanlaweyn town after consuming insecticide mistakenly given by their mother.
Ali...
AU forces in Somalia kill pastoralists near Barawe
African Union forces in Somalia have shot and dead two Pastoralists outside the port city of Barawe in Lower Shabelle region on Friday afternoon (6th...
Jubbaland army launches attack on Al-Shabaab base
Jubbaland state forces backed by Ethiopian troops serving with AMISOM have launched a joint military offensive against Al shabaab bastion near the port city...
Presidential guards disrupt Galmudug parliament session
The presidential guards of Galmudug state have barred the region’s legislative assembly from holding its fourth session in Adado city on Saturday following an...
Southwest MPs to lodge motion against president
Southwest state lawmakers in Baidoa city say they will file a no confidence motion against president Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, whom they accused of...
Education alone doesn’t prevent terrorism. Here’s what else you need
Friday January 6, 2017
Lily Atong, who was abducted as a young girl and forced to become a wife to Lord’s Resistance Army chief Joseph...
Attitudes Toward Female Genital Mutilation Changing in Ethiopia
Friday January 6, 2017
Beyebo Eresado and a fellow villager describe how their community in southern Ethiopia stopped female genital mutilation.
At least 200 million women...
Somalia: Healthy herds help communities survive
Friday January 6, 2017
Goats and sheep in Las Anod, Sool region in the northern part of Somalia. The animals are being given a shot...
Sharif Hassan accused of ‘leadership incompetence’
A minister has accused of the president of the Interim Southwest administration Sharif Sheikh Aden ‘leadership incompetence’ and failure in ending the conflict.
Speaking to...
President Hassan pledges to complete job once re-elected
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia has reiterated that he will complete all the projects that government has embarked on since 2012 once he is...
United States Urges Momentum in Somalia’s Electoral Process
The United States welcomes the inauguration of Somalia’s new Federal Parliament and congratulates the people of Somalia on yet another step toward political stability.
Parliament...
Prof. Jawari announces his candidacy for re-election
Outgoing Somali parliament speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari has announced on Wednesday his candidacy bid for re-election after his 4-year term ended last September.
Speaking...
Seven candidates declare their parliamentary leadership bid
Seven candidates contesting for the Lower House speaker and deputy speaker, have submitted the forms of their candidature to Somalia’s House Leadership election committee...
2 bodies found on Shore near Marka ,Somalia.
AL-Qaeda linked Somalia’s al-shabaab group said on Wednesday that two bodies in white skins have been found on the shore near the port city...
President Dr Gaas returned back to Puntland region
The President of Somalia’s northeastern region of Puntland, Abdiwali Mohamed Ali “Gaas” has on Tuesday arrived to Bosaso city following his trip to the...