Somalia mulls maritime law to ensure safety, curb pollution
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Somalia on Monday launched a draft policy paper aimed at revamping the maritime sector to help ensure marine safety and curb...
IGAD Ministers in Charge of Health to Devise a Regional Preparedness Scheme against Outbreaks
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Residents gather to collect water at a contaminated reservoir in a file photo. REUTERS/Ismail Taxta
Nairobi: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD),...
Arrested Journalist released from custody in Jowhar
Abdishakur Shaashaa the Director of Radio City FM in Jowhar was released from custody after more than forty-eight hours of detention at the Intelligence...
Ethiopia blocks Facebook and other social media for exams
Monday July 11, 2016
Ethiopia has blocked social media sites across the country after university entrance exams were posted online.
The government said the ban was...
Somalia: Journalists arrested, radio station closed in crackdown on media freedom
Two journalists were arrested and one private radio station was closed on 9 July in Somalia.
The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate the...
Somali Cleric Association Call For Protest To Denounce Madina Attack
Somali Cleric Association has called for a mass protest on Monday in the country to denounce terrorist bombing in one of holiest Muslim towns, Madina...
Somali Government Strongly Condemns Terror Attack in Madina Town
Somali government condemned cowardly terrorist bombing in one of holiest Muslim towns, Madina earlier this month.
“We condemn the heinous attack that targeted civilians and...
AMISOM accused of failing war on Al Shabaab
The Africa Union forces in Somalia have been accused of failing the decade-long battle against the Al Qaeda-linked Al shabaab militants in the horn...
Al Shabab attack army base, killing 10 soldiers
Al Shabab militants have driven an explosive laden car into a Somali army base at Laanta Buur 40km southwest of Mogadishu at about 1:30 am...
Al-Shabaab attack leaves one dead, three injured
Mohammed Abbey at Mandera Referral Hospital on July 10, 2016 before he was airlifted to Nairobi for specialised treatment after suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked...
UPDF may look like orphans dressed in hand-me-downs, but please, take them seriously
Sunday July 10, 2016
The reality is that even where Western nations provide the cloth, African nations fashion it, and sometimes tie-dye it in colourful...
Somali forces arrest several, seize weapons in southern region
Sunday July 10, 2016
Somalia's Security forces have arrested several people and seized a cache of weapons in the southern region of Gedo bordering Kenya....
Somali presidential hopeful speaks of his dreams for troubled country
By AGGREY MUTAMBO
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Somali presidential candidate Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, a former minister, speaks to the Sunday Nation about his hopes for his...
Ex DC says South West state fuelling Marka unrest
The sacked district commissioner of Marka Mohamed Osman Yarisow accused the interim South West State administration (ISWA) of fuelling city’s hostility.
He said several high-ranking...
Somali forces arrest several people in Gedo region
Over ten people arrested by Somali security forces in an operation that took place in Bardhere town of Southern Somalia.
The forces seized a cache...
Dozens Reported Dead in South Sudan Capital After Rival Forces Battle
By JACEY FORTIN and JOSH KRON
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Vice President Riek Machar, left, speaking to reporters with President Salva Kiir, center, and Second Vice...
ISIS Shoots Down Helicopter in Syria
Sunday July 10, 2016
An Mi-24 helicopter, similar to the one shot down by Isis militants near Palmyra, Syria Igor Dvurekov/Wikipedia
MOSCOW — Two Russian airmen...
Journalists NUSOJ Leadership were Reach In Baidoa City
With the town’s center region of the integrity of the election headquarters of the National Union of Journalists NUSOJ.
Journalists and Southwest received the first...
Ambassador Madeira urges Al-Shabaab militants to denounce violence and help rebuild Somalia.
On the day of the Muslim festival Eid al-fitr, the Special Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira,...
Ethiopian army convoy targeted in IED blast in Rabdhuure
At least 3 people were killed in a remote-controlled land mine blast targeting a military convoy carrying Ethiopian troops of AMISOM contingent in Somalia...