Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

NAIROBI – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is convinced that a well-facilitated Somali National Army (SNA) can effectively combat the Al Shabaab. The AU Special Representative for Somalia Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira is rooting for more resources to the SNA to enable it adequately secure Somalia. “The SNA (Somalia National Army) can be able […]

The head of Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency (NIA) on Thursday denied news reports that the son of the North Korean leader’s brother may be hiding in Taiwan after his father had been assassinated in Malaysia. Kim Han-sol did not enter Taiwan, said NIA Director-General Ho Jung-chun (何榮村). Ho added, however, that he did not know […]

US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet on Tuesday. Photo: Saul Loeb, Clemens Bilan/AFP Europe’s most powerful leader, Angela Merkel, meets for the first time on Tuesday America’s flamboyant President Donald Trump, whose arrival in the White House has sent shockwaves across the Atlantic.While former US president Barack Obama had labelled […]

Hundreds of protesters waving Turkish flags gathered outside, demanding to see the minister. Dutch police used dogs and water cannon early on Sunday to disperse the crowd, which threw bottles and stones. Several demonstrators were beaten by police with batons. They carried out charges on horseback, while officers advanced on foot with shields and armoured […]

Antonio Guterres Somalia is currently on the brink of famine with almost half of the country’s population facing acute food insecurity. As famine looms, more than 6.2 million people in the war-torn Horn of Africa country — almost half its population — are currently in need of urgent assistance. Of this number, more than 363,000 […]

AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid an official visit to Russia on Friday, and with Russian President Vladimir Putin held a two-and-a-half-hour meeting in which economic issues, energy and military cooperation, the lifting of some travel restrictions on Turkish nationals, and import restrictions on Turkish companies and food products were the main topics. Ahead […]

JEDDAH: Security authorities in the Eastern Province killed wanted terrorist Mustafa Al-Madad in an exchange of fire in Al-Shawkia neighborhood in Qatif. Al-Madad was involved in terror activities against citizens and security men, as well as against public and private property. Asked to surrender, he began firing at security men. One security man suffered minor […]

  NAIROBI, 11 March 2017 – Members of the Jubbaland regional assembly are in Kenya to enhance their parliamentary capacity as Somalia enhances peace and reconciliation efforts. Apart from intensive trainings and lectures facilitated by prominent legislative and political experts, the 30 leaders of 13 parliamentary committees, will also tour Kenya’s National Assembly and the […]

Ivanka Trump at a White House lunch honoring women on Wednesday. She is working to enlist allies in a push for child care benefits. CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — One evening last month, a small group of Republican lawmakers — all of them women — were summoned to the Roosevelt Room of the […]

Deir Ezzor, SANA- Army units ,backed by the army air force, destroyed ISIS gatherings, positions and boats in Deir Ezzor city. SANA reporter in Deir Ezzor said that the army air force targeted the ISIS hideouts and positions in al-Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of the province, killing and injuring a number of terrorists and destroying 3 of their positions. […]