Somali leaders lauded for endorsing 30 pct parliamentary quota for women
August 13, 2016
Somalia's top political decision-making forum has been lauded for endorsing a 30 percent parliamentary quota for women in the forthcoming general elections.
Earlier...
Kenya pledges Sh2 million reward on Al Shabaab Suspect over Lamu attacks
The government has pledged Sh2 million reward to any person with information that can lead to the arrest of wanted terrorist Abdullahi Abdi Sheikh.
In...
Mogadishu police to fully secure this year’s elections
Amid fears of Al Shabaab attacks, Police in Mogadishu say they are fully prepared to secure the coming parliamentary and presidential elections slated before...
Somalia: Iran Threatens Arab Security, Hence Ties Were Cut
Mogadishu-Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud will be completing his fourth year in power next September. In his term, Somalia shared the world many political...
Several suspects arrested for attack in Mogadishu
A Somali official says a number of people have been rounded up in connection with last night grenade attack on a vehicle carrying security...
Four people wounded in road accident in Somalia
At least four people are known to have been wounded after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned in central Somalia, residents said.
The victims...
IMF sees financing for Somalia if government sticks to reforms
Somalia may be eligible to tap financing from the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral lenders if it maintains a reform program intended to...
Somali cabinet endorses new policy on Al-Shabaab defectors
Somalia’s cabinet has endorsed new of policy on Al-Shabaab defectors barely three days after thirty former Al-Shabaab combatants completed an intensive rehabilitation programme in the Baidoa...
Somali comandos apprehend top Al-Shabaab leader In Galkayo
Somali special forces have arrested high profile Al-Shabaab operatives, during an operation in the central Somali town of Galkayo of central Somalia.
The well-coordinated night...
Al Shabaab ambushes SNA, AU forces in Bakool
Fighters from the Al Qaeda-affiliated have launched an ambush attack on Somali and African Union troops in Somalia’s south-western Bakool region on Thursday morning.
Thursday’s...
Syria’s civil war: Suspected chemical attack in Aleppo
Rescue group and hospital say gas dropped on the Zubdiya neighbourhood of rebel-held Aleppo.
At least 25 people with symptoms of chemical inhalation were taken...
SNA razes business on Mogadishu-Afgoye road
Somali National Army (SNA) backed by armored vehicles have conducted on Thursday an operation to demolish business shops built illegally on the road linking...
Libyan forces recapture ISIL headquarters in Sirte
UN-backed government forces say they have taken complete control of Ouagadougou complex, ISIL headquarters in the city.
Libyan pro-government forces say they have captured the...
Somali women vow to push for gender equality in the next election
Somali women have vowed to continue their push for special seats in parliament in the forthcoming electoral process.
The women, who congregated in Beletweyne, the...
Ethiopia’s regime has killed hundreds. Why is the West still giving it aid?
Thursday, August 11, 2016
By: Editorial Board
Protesters demonstrate over what they say is unfair distribution of wealth in Ethiopia at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa...
In Pictures: 190 Somali police recruits graduate in Baidoa
A total of 199 police recruits on Tuesday graduated from Police training centre in Baidoa, a town lies about 250KM south Somalia’s capital city.
The officers...
National Leadership Forum(NLF) calls for the formation of Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle federal state
Leaders in the National Leadership Forum (NLF) have called on the government to fast-track the establishment of Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle state.
The formation process...
Somali Interior minister sacks Kahda DC
The minister of interior and federal affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia Abdirahman Mohamed Hussein Odawa has fired Kahda district commissioner Abdullah Hassan...
Somali PM appoints 66 members of State Indirect Electoral Implementation Team
Somali prime minister Omar Abdrashid Omar has appointed 66 members to serve in the State Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) barely hours after National Leadership...
Somalia increases female voters and candidates to beat 30% threshold for 2016 polls
At least 30% of the 14,025 delegates who will elect members of the Lower House must be female while 50% of candidates for the...