Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

A man who was part of a gang who murdered a drug rival with a machine gun in an Edinburgh suburb has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Mohammed Ahmed, 29, also known as Jamal Saeed, must serve 25 years in prison before being eligible for parole. Ahmed was found guilty of murdering Mohammed Abdi in […]

 ISIL claims responsibility for the attack that left at least 15 dead in southwestern province of Asir bordering Yemen. A blast probably triggered by a suicide bomber has killed 15 people at a mosque inside a special forces headquarters in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. An interior ministry spokesman said on Thursday that […]

“It is my earnest hope that I shall succeed in my endeavor to promote further the relations that exist so happily between our two countries,” Ambassador Vilan said. Somali Ambassador Hassan said the collaborative effort of Kenya and Somalia in the fight against terrorism is critical not only for the security of the two countries […]

U.N. sanctions experts have accused British company Soma Oil and Gas of making large payments to Somalia’s oil ministry that created a “serious conflict of interest,” some of which appeared to have been used to pay off senior officials. In a report to a U.N. Security Council committee, the experts said Soma paid nearly $600,000 […]

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed says Africa should present a common agenda when the world converges in Nairobi this December for a trade summit. Speaking in Geneva, Ms Mohamed said the continent must push against “distortions” in the multilateral trading systems which she argued “continue to limit growth of trade in many products from […]

At least 13 people have been killed and more than 40 others injured in a huge bomb explosion at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu. A BBC correspondent in the city says a lorry was used to attack the Jazeera Palace Hotel near the airport. He said it was one of the worst scenes […]

i President Obama and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta onstage after delivering remarks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at the United Nations compound in Nairobi, on Saturday. President Obama and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta discussed strengthening cooperation in the fight against extremists, particularly al-Qaida-linked extremists based in neighboring Somalia. On the first full day of an […]

Ugandan soldiers who are part of the Amisom force at Kurtunwaarey in Somalia. US drones are now defending Amisom forces against Al-Shabaab. The United States is stepping up its military operations inside Somalia as President Obama travels to East Africa on a four-day visit. US forces “conducted a series of strikes against Al-Shabaab” during the […]

MOGADISHU: African Union troops said Sunday they had launched a new offensive against Al-Qaeda-affilated Shabab rebels in southern Somalia, vowing to flush the insurgents out of rural areas. The African Union Mission in Somalia, or AMISOM, said “Operation Jubba Corridor” was launched Friday in the Bay and Gedo regions south of the capital Mogadishu along with Somali government troops. […]