Communiqué issued from IGAD summit in Mogadishu
The Summit was attended by H.E. Uhuru Muigoi Kenyotto, President of the Republic of Kenya: H.E. Hosson Sheikh Mohomud, President of the Federal Republic...
Khat flights to resume Wednesday, Kenya to review Wajir airport stop for Somali flights
Flights transporting khat will resume Wednesday, Kenya’s foreign affairs Amina Mohamed said Tuesday in Mogadishu following the conclusion of the IGAD heads of states...
East African Leaders Meet Amid High Security in Somali Capital
Tuesday September 13, 2016
East African leaders arrived in Somalia’s capital for talks on issues including South Sudan’s crisis, a sign of improving security in...
Jubbaland parades captured Al Shabaab commander
The interim Jubbaland administration in southern Somalia paraded a top Al-shabab leader it said captured in a battle near Kismayo city, 500Km south of...
Four SNA soldiers killed in Al shabaab attack near Afgoye
At least four Somali national army soldiers are known to have been killed in an Al shabaab attack near Afgoye district, 30Km south-west of...
Mogadishu streets on lockdown as Somalia hosts IGAD summit
Somalia’s capital Mogadishu is on lockdown ahead of Tuesday’s planned IGAD summit.
President Hassan Mohamud said on Saturday that security in Mogadishu and the surrounding...
IGAD leaders arrive in Mogadishu for regional bloc Summit
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta and have arrived in Mogadishu for the IGAD extra ordinary heads of states and governments Summit.
Kenya’s foreign...
Somalia President furious at criticism by opposition
In a video rant posted online, Federal Government of Somalia’s (FGS) President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reacted to a lot of criticism levelled against his...
UN, AU military engineers seek to enhance operations in Somalia
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, in a group photo...
Al Shabaab Weakened but Not Defeated in Somalia
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Efforts to weaken the al Qa'ida-linked terrorist group al Shabaab in Somalia have had some success over the past five years,...
Mombasa Muslim leaders disown three women terror attackers, declare them ‘a disgrace to Islam
By Joackim Bwana
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Chief Kadhi Sheikh Sharif Al Muhdhar. PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD
Muslim leaders have disowned the three women who attacked a police...
Somalia beefs up security ahead of IGAD summit
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Saturday security has been beefed up in Mogadishu and its environs ahead of the regional...
IGAD summit to kick off in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 13 September 2016 (Villa Somalia)—- Heads of State and Government from the Intergovernmental Authority (IGAD) are expected to hold their summit in the...
President Mohamud Launches National Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, today officially launched in Mogadishu,the Comprehensive National Strategy on Preventing and Countering Violent...
IGAD Summit in Somalia: What You Need to know About The Bloc
The 53rd IGAD extra-ordinary Heads of States and Governments Summit will be held in Somalia's capital Mogadishu Tuesday, the first since the bloc was...
Scores injured as youths in Kambi Somali clash over land
Monday September 12, 2016
Scores of workers were injured when two groups clashed over prime land in Kambi Somali estate in Gilgil town yesterday.PHOTO: COURTESY
Scores...
Africa Discussing Ways to Stop the Continent’s Mass Rural Exodus
Monday September 12, 2016
FILE - In this photo taken June 20, 2016, pedestrians shop at a market in Lagos, Nigeria.
Representatives of 30 African countries...
Somalia Foreign Minister affirms IGAD Summit will take place Tuesday
Somalia’s foreign affairs minister Abdusalam Omer Hadliye has asserted the IGAD heads of states and governments will take place Tuesday in Mogadishu amid reports the...
Somalis join millions of Muslims around the world in celebrating Eid al-Adha
Millions of Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
The Eid al-Adha (the greater...
Somalis express mixed reactions following end of President’s term
The extension of President Hassan Sheikh Mohanud’s term by 50 days following its elapse September 10 has drawn varied reactions across the political divide...