AMISOM Force Commander leads electoral assessment team to Cadaado, Galmudug state to evaluate electoral preparedness
13 September, 2016 Comments Off on AMISOM Force Commander leads electoral assessment team to Cadaado, Galmudug state to evaluate electoral preparedness
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 …Miraa planes destined for Mogadishu stuck in Nairobi after Somali flights ban
6 September, 2016 Comments Off on Miraa planes destined for Mogadishu stuck in Nairobi after Somali flights ban
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 …Somalia: UN envoy condemns terrorist attack on Mogadishu hotel
1 September, 2016 Comments Off on Somalia: UN envoy condemns terrorist attack on Mogadishu hotel
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 …UPDF wins hearts and minds in Somalia
25 August, 2016 Comments Off on UPDF wins hearts and minds in Somalia
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 …Flourishing camel milk business opens opportunies for Tawakal women group
24 August, 2016 Comments Off on Flourishing camel milk business opens opportunies for Tawakal women group
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 …Birmingham schoolboy killed in horror grenade attack in Sweden
23 August, 2016 Comments Off on Birmingham schoolboy killed in horror grenade attack in Sweden
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 …Security Council expresses ‘regret’ over postponed electoral process in Somalia
22 August, 2016 Comments Off on Security Council expresses ‘regret’ over postponed electoral process in Somalia
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 …Book Fair in Mogadishu Encourage Booksellers
22 August, 2016 Comments Off on Book Fair in Mogadishu Encourage Booksellers
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, […]
Continue reading …Two Isiolo NSSF staff arrested for recruiting youth to join Al-Shabaab
19 August, 2016 Comments Off on Two Isiolo NSSF staff arrested for recruiting youth to join Al-Shabaab
n Isiolo District Criminal Investigation Officer Peter Ndubi Two National Social Security Fund (NSSF) workers have been arrested on suspicion of recruiting young people to join Al-Shabaab. The NSSF Isiolo branch employees, aged 29, were arrested Thursday. They hail from Wajir and Garissa counties. Isiolo District Criminal Investigation Officer (DCIO) Peter Ndubi said police are […]
Continue reading …Somali Minister Survives Assassination Attempt
8 August, 2016 Comments Off on Somali Minister Survives Assassination Attempt
A Somali minister survived an assassination attempt Sunday when a hand-grenade was thrown at his car in the capital, Mogadishu. Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan Noah, Minister of Youth and Sport, told VOA that the explosive device hit his car as he was shopping at a local market in Maka al-Mukaramah, the capital’s busy main street. “When […]
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