Al Shabaab fighters retake town near Kismayo city
Al Shabaab fighters have regained control of southern Somalia’s strategic town of Beerhani, just a day after apparently relinquishing it to Jubbaland state forces.
On...
More trade with Kenya would win Somali land recognition
Saturday July 23, 2016
Pickups transporting Miraa from Meru. Photo/File
Currently there is an economic crisis in Meru County because Kenyan miraa is banned in Somalia...
AMISOM stay should not be time bound – Somali foreign minister
Saturday, July 23, 2016
By: James Karuhanga
Somali Minister for Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion Abdusalam Omer acknowledges challenges the war-torn nation faces but remains optimistic...
Survey indicates North Eastern feels least threatened by Al-Shabaab
By Clinton Otolo
Saturday, July 23, 2016
IPSOS poll survey indicates North Eastern region feels least threatened by the Al-Shabaab.
Most Kenyans seem less concerned with the main...
Somali, AU troops kill Three militants in Somalia attack
Somali National Forces (SNA), backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops, killed three Al-Shabaab militants during a security operation in Jubba region...
Trump sharpens attack on Clinton, vows law and order if elected
Friday, July 22, 2016
Donald Trump will accuse Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of being corrupt and ineffective and portray himself as a friend of the...
Ethiopia, Djibouti, China to launch $4B nat. gas project
Friday, July 22, 2016
Ethiopia says physical work on a massive $4 billion cooperative natural gas project between Ethiopia, Djibouti, and China will soon be...
Somalia: Gunmen open fire on passenger bus, kill two
At least two people are known to have been killed, and two others wounded after unknown gunmen have opened fire on a civilian bus...
34 Somali returnees leave Kakuma camp for Baidoa in Somalia
Some 34 Somali returnees Thursday headed to Baidoa from Kakuma camp in northern Kenya as part of the repatriation programme between Somalia, Kenya and the...
Somali president meets with U.S. military officials
The president of the federal republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has today met with top U.S. military experts at a secret base in...
Al Shabaab retakes city vacated by Somali army
Al Shabaab fighters have retaken Ali-Gadud mosque area in southern Somalia after Government troops pulled out of the town on Thursday, residents said.
The Somali...
SNA and Jubaland forces attack Buuloguduug; Al Shabaab destroy Wirkoy bridge
Somali National Forces (SNA) with Jubaland forces backed by US air force fighter jets attacked Al-Shabaab bases in Buuloguduud, 30 km from Kismayo, Lower...
Jalalaqsi district DC accused of fuelling fighting
senior Somali military commander has accused the district commissioner of Jalalaqsi in central Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Fidow of fuelling the latest escalation of the...
Somali Woman Arrested in USA for Funding Al Shabab
A woman accused of funneling money to the al-Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab willingly admitted that she is an ardent supporter of the Somalia-based terrorist...
Tension rises between Puntland and Somaliland in Sanaag
Tense of fight between Somaliland and Puntland forces is reportedly mounting in several parts of disputed Sanaag region, located in northern Somalia on Thursday,...
Cruz booed after refusing to endorse Donald Trump
Thursday, July 21, 2016
By Theodore Schleifer and Stephen Collinson
Cleveland (CNN) - Ted Cruz sensationally withheld an endorsement of Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention...
WikiLeaks Release 300K Emails Related to Turkey’s ruling Party
The group leaked the documents despite being under a major cyber attack for more than 24 hours by suspected allies of the Turkish government.
WikiLeaks...
1,891 Burundian officers leave Somalia for home
Burundian troops from the 32nd and 33rd battalions are returning home after a year in Somalia, under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
The...
Puntland State parliament suspends judiciary board
The parliament of Somalia’s northeastern semi-autonomous state of Puntland has on Wednesday morning dissolved the committee members of the region’s judiciary system.
The parliament decision...
Federal MP claims elections being deliberately delayed
Abdisamed Moalim Mohamud who is a Somali lawmaker has accused the government election panel of intentionally delaying the holding of elections amid reports of...