Elders in Jowhar convention agree on 71 member Parliament for Hiraan and Middle Shabelle
Traditional elders in Jowhar have reportedly agreed to formed 71 member regional parliament for Hiraan and Middle Shabelle region to break several months of deadlock that led...
AMISOM troops apprehend locals following bomb blast in Lower Shabelle
African Union troops Monday arrested over seven locals following a bomb blast damaged AMISOM vehicle in Buuri locality south of Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu.
A local resident who declined...
Electoral Security Committee Meets In Mogadishu
The security committee tasked to provide security to ensure peaceful elections during the upcoming electoral process in Somalia on Monday held a meeting in...
Ministry of Education signs working pact with three administrations
The Ministry of Education has signed a working partnership with its equivalent ministry in Jubaland, Galmudug and South West states.
The agreement, the education ministry...
Ex CRD boss announces his candidacy for president
Former head of center for research and dialogue (CRD) Jibril Ibrahim Abdulle has on Monday announced his candidacy for president in 2016 presidential election.
Speaking...
Al-Shabaab says it will disrupt Somalia elections
The spokesman of Al shabaab Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rageh known as (Ali Dhere) said they are determined to disrupt the upcoming Somali elections scheduled...
Mandera police on alert over Al Shabaab attack
Security has been heightened in Mandera after Al-Shabaab militants overran a Somali military camp near the Kenyan border.
Mandera County Commissioner Fredrick Shisia said Kenyan...
Kenya: DP Ruto Tells UN 100,000 Refugees Processed for Return to Somalia
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
By Michael Mumo
William Rut has been Deputy President of Kenya since 2013. FILE PHOTO
Some 100,000 Somalia refugees have been processed and...
World leaders approve plan to address refugee crisis
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
BY LARISA EPATKO
NEW YORK CITY – World leaders approved an agreement on Monday aimed at providing a more coordinated response to...
Report: Five million Somalis now food insecure
Mogadishu, 20 September 2016 — Five million Somalis – more than 40 per cent of the country’s population – do not have sufficient food,...
Dismiss Somalia maritime case, Kenya urges Hague court
By FELIX OLICK @olickfelix
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Attorney General Githu Muigai at a press conference on April 21 /JACK OWUOR
Kenyan lawyers led by Attorney General...
Land Dispute Leads to Inter-clan fight in Bay region.
Clan Militias Fought on Burhakaba district in Bay region of south west state of Somalia this Monday. The inter-clan militias fought over the ownership...
Somali leaders condole with family of Warlord General Gobale over his death
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has condoled with the family and friends of Warlord General Mohamed Roble Jimale Gobale who was killed Sunday when a suicide...
Jubbaland security forces set to launch major offensive on Al-shabaab in the regions
Jubbaland spokesman Ahmed Carab has said that Jubbaland would launch a military offensive aimed at wiping Al-Shabaab out of major districts in Somalia’s lower and Middle Jubba...
Former Mogadishu mayor dismisses govt. ban on protests
Mogadishu’s former mayor and a presidential candidate for 2016 elections, Mohamed Ahmed Nuur Tarzan has accused the government of imposing ban on peaceful political protest rallies and...
Uhuru turns up the heat on Munya over miraa dispute
By FELIX OLICK @olickfelix
Monday, September 19, 2016
State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu during a press briefing at State House, Nairobi yesterday.Esipisu heaped blame on Meru...
Minnesota’s Somali leaders condemn stabbing as report identifies suspect
Monday September 19, 2016
The large Somali American community of St Cloud confronted longstanding tensions as an unconfirmed report named man responsible for stabbing nine...
Somalia: Jowhar meeting on the verge of collapse
The inter-regional state formation conference in Jowhar town is on the verge of collapse after the stakeholders and IGAD envoy have failed to reach...
Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility for Killing of Somali General
Monday, September 19, 2016
By Mohamed Sheikh Nor
Al-Shabaab, the Islamist-militant group that’s been fighting the Somali government for the past decade, claimed responsibility for the...
Kenya or Somalia: Who owns the sea and what lies beneath?
Monday September 19, 2016
For years, Kenya and Somalia have argued over where their maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean runs. The International Court of...