Somalia Appoints Special Envoy to USA
President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed of Somalia has officially appointed his special envoy to the United States, a leading donor nation to Somalia, a presidential statement said on Sunday. The appointment of Abukar Addow Arman indicates that the Somali president is giving first priority to boosting the bilateral relationship between Somalia and the United States [...]
Somali Government Urges the Release of British Couple Held by Pirates
The Somali transitional federal government which controls only parts of the capital city on Friday called on pirates holding a British couple to release them unconditionally. Labour minister Mohamed Abdi Hayir said in a press conference in Mogadishu on Friday that the Somali government is overwhelmingly concerned over the current conditions of the British couple [...]
Latest Violence in Mogadishu Leaves 8 Civilians Dead
There is uneasy calm in the Somali capital, Mogadishu 8 civilians including women and children were killed and dozens wounded in the lawless Mogadishu during exchange of artillery shells between Somali government troops and Islamist rebels on Sunday evening. Eye witnesses and medical sources confirmed the deaths of eight civilians including two women and four [...]
AMISOM’s Mandate Extended in Somalia
The world-backed transitional government of Somalia on Saturday welcomed the decision by the UN Security Council member states to extend the mandate of African Union peace keeping mission in Somalia by another year. Somali State Minister for Defence Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siyad told reporters in Mogadishu Saturday that his government is very much grateful to [...]
Shelling in Mogadishu as 20 Civilians are Massacred
At least 20 civilians have been killed and nearly 50 others were wounded during exchange of mortar shells between Somali government forces and Islamist militants later on Thursday, witnesses and medical sources confirmed. Most of the civilians casualties occurred in the villages of Towfik and Suqbacad north of the city after government troops reacted to [...]
Somalia’s Ambassador to Djibouti Dies
The Somali embassy in Djibouti has confirmed Thursday morning that ambassador Muse Hussein Fahiye has perished at a hospital here in Djibouti last night at about 10:00 PM local time. Deputy ambassador Abdurahman Mohamed Hirabe told reporters at the embassy building this morning that after three days of illness Fahiye died last night and will [...]
Somali Extremists Scorch Food Aid
Islamist fighters in Somalia loyal to the extremist group Al-shabaab with ties to Al-Qaeda said they raided a WFP-owned warehouse in the coastal city of Merka and burned more than 300 sacks of food. Al-shabaab’s regional governor of the Lower Shabelle region Sheik Mohamed Abdhuulahi, said in a press conference that they have set fire [...]
Islamist Rebels in Somalia Threaten to Attack Ethiopia
Hezbal Islam an Islamist rebel movement fighting the Somali government vowed on Thursday to carry out attacks inside Ethiopia targeting military bases and government buildings. According to Sheikh Shuriye Afrah Sabriye, the group’s regional governor of Hiiraan region bordering with Ethiopia, Islamist forces are ready for a big war against Ethiopia, saying the attacks inside [...]
Somali Government Intervenes in Fighting Between Northern States
Somalia’s weak federal government which controls parts of the restive capital Mogadishu said it succeeded in stopping a fierce fighting which erupted yesterday between two northern Somali states causing heavy damages on both civilians and soldiers. The fighting which flared up in the city of Galkayo about 750 kilometers north of the capital was between [...]
Al-Shabaab Seize Islands Near Kenya
The Al-qaeda inspired Al-shabasb militants in Somalia have seized five islands near the Kenyan coast, the group’s spokesman in the southern Jubba regions told reporters on Wednesday. Spokesman Sheik Hassan Yaqub Ali said that the Mujahideens have peacefully taken the five islands including Raskamboni and Kudha both two important hideouts early on Wednesday morning. “We [...]