ST. CLOUD – In a few bloody minutes, a man rampaged through a St. Cloud shopping mall Saturday evening, stabbing nine people before being fatally shot by an off-duty police officer. The violence is being investigated as terrorism, federal authorities said. None of the nine victims, seven men and two women who ranged in age […]
Continue reading …Miraa farmers and traders in Maua, Meru County on Wednesday demonstrated to protest the ban by the Somali government on flights ferrying the commodity to the country. The enraged demonstrators specifically took issue with their Governor Peter Munya after Somali government blamed him for the ban. On Tuesday evening, Somali Ambassador to Kenya Gamal Hassan […]
Continue reading …MOGADISHU – AMISOM Force Commander Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh led a team of security officials on a security assessment mission in Cadaado, Galmudug state, to assess the state’s preparedness for the forthcoming electoral process. The visit on Thursday, also aimed at evaluating the security priorities in the state and coming up with a plan […]
Continue reading …Vehicles transporting miraa from Meru to Nairobi. Five cargo planes destined for Mogadishu, Somalia are stuck in Nairobi with miraa wort Five cargo planes destined for Mogadishu, Somalia are stuck in Nairobi with miraa worth Sh60 million following the cancellation of flights to Somalia. Nyambene Miraa Traders Association spokesman Kimathi Munjuri, however, said other flights […]
Continue reading …Violent extremists have carried out bombings in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on various occasions. Shown here is the aftermath of a car bomb attack on the city’s Banadir Beach hotel on 25 August 2016. Photo: UN Somalia (file) 31 August 2016 – The United Nations envoy in Somalia has spoken out against the bombing […]
Continue reading …A UPDF officer walks hand-in-hand with a Somali national as they lead a group of men to a safe place in Mogadsihu. Mogadishu.25/8/2016 He could hardly eat and had not spoken a word in seven months. He also cried endlessly. Awesi, a six-year-old Somali boy, had lost his family members in an Improvised Explosive Device […]
Continue reading …ISIOLO, KENYA: In the sweltering heat of Isiolo County, a group of women are locked up in a room trying to earn a decent living. The women numbering 25 and largely drawn from Tawakal Group are engaged in camel milk business which is gaining popularity not only in Isiolo town but far counties such as Nairobi, […]
Continue reading …An eight-year-old boy from Birmingham has been killed after a grenade was thrown into the living room of a flat in Sweden. Yuusuf Warsame was killed in the blast that happened at around 3am this morning in the Gothenburg suburb of Biskopsgården. Yuusuf Warsame The eight-year-old, a pupil at Nelson Mandela Primary School in Sparkhill, […]
Continue reading …Federal and Regional leaders of Somalia after the conclusion of the National Leadership Forum held in Mogadishu on 12 April 2016, which dealt with the 2016 electoral process, among other issues. UN Photo/Omar Abdisalan The United Nations Security Council today expressed regret over a postponed timeline for this year’s parliamentary and presidential elections in Somalia, […]
Continue reading …The Mogadishu Book Fair, which seeks to improve literacy and the art of writing in Somalia, entered its third and final day Friday, attracting hundreds of book lovers who turned up to meet and greet their favourite authors. The annual exhibition, which opened Wednesday, was attended by more than a dozen local and international authors, […]
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