Breaking: Heavy explosion rocks part of Mogadishu
Deafening explosion was on Monday heard in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district.
Local residents say the explosion happened at security checkpoint Bulohubay neighbourhood.
The casualty of the explosion is...
US supports Ugandan troops in Somalia
The US government, through the department of state, has handed over non-lethal equipment to support the Ugandan military contingent in Somalia.
The equipment support is...
Three more candidates elected to the Lower House as Somaliland rush to complete the...
Three more candidates have been elected to the House of the People, raising the number of elected representatives from Somaliland and northern regions to...
UPDATE: Somalia parliament appoints 15 members of House Leadership election commitee
The new Federal Parliament has appointed 25-member committee assigned to hold the election of parliament leadership which is expected to take place soon.
The session has...
Interim Speaker of Upper House rebuts reports claiming senators will not be paid for...
Mohamed Hussein Raghe, who assumed interim speaker of Upper House has refuted reports claiming that salaries for the new Upper House senators will not be paid...
UPDATE:Big rally in Afgoye in protest of roadblocks
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Afgoye town to protest against illegal roadblocks set up by gunmen dressed in Somali military, according...
Al shabaab parades three Jubbaland soldiers near Kismayo
Al shabaab has paraded three soldiers whom they said had defected from Jubbaland state at an area outside Kismayo city, about 500Km south of...
Bomb hits AMISOM convoy near Leego district
A remote-controlled land mine blast has ripped through a convoy of military vehicles belonging to African Union mission in Somalia known as (AMISOM) near...
Ahlu Sunna detains 2 NISA officers in Dhusamareb city
Ahlu Sunna Waljama fighters have detained two officers serving with Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Dhusamareb town in the central Galgadud...
UPDATE: Somaliland forces killed two civilians near Buhodle
Somaliland troops are reported to shot shot dead two innocent civilians near the northern town of Buhodle on Sunday, residents said.
Locals said Somaliland soldiers...
Hassan Sheikh and Sharif Hassan secret meeting in Addis collapses
A mediation meeting between Incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Presidential candidate Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan sponsored by Ethiopia has collapsed. On
The two met...
Somali Presidential Guard Shot Dead Inside Compound, Suspect Sought
A search was being conducted for a suspect in Somalia after a presidential guard turned his gun on a colleague Saturday, killing the senior...
Gratitude, generosity, hard work: How this mother inspires her daughters
When Sabah Saed was growing up in Somalia, her family imparted two essential values to live by: the importance of hard work and a...
I’m not backed by a foreign country, says Ali Ameriko
Mohamed Ali Ameriko, former Somali ambassador to Kenya, an currently running for president said he is not among those candidates backed by the foreign...
NLF delays adding seats to the Upper House until after presidential elections
In a statement issued by the National Leadership Forum (NLF) today, the group announced that it has reversed its decision to increase the number...
MP: New parliament takes over legislative mandate
Sharif Mohamed Abdalla, the member of the new federal parliament has announced that they will take over the work of the National Leadership Forum...
Al-Shabaab takes control of Moqokori district from SNA
Al-Shabaab militants have reportedly taken control of Somalia’s Moqokori district from AMISOM troops and allied Somali government forces in Hiiran province on Wednesday.
Residents in...
Suspect arrested in killing of ICRC worker in Somalia
An employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been killed in central Somalia on Tuesday by unidentified gunmen, an official...
US warns citizens in Somalia of election fraud
Unites states said it is committed to credible electoral process in Somalia, as the horn of Africa nation is sworn-in Tuesday 281 MPs to...
AU, UN and world powers ‘gravely concerned’ about Somalia election
By KEVIN J KELLEY
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Members of Somalia's new federal Parliament place their hands on copies of the Koran as they are sworn...