Somalia’s president expects new military push to begin in days
(Reuters) – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told Reuters on Tuesday he expected a new military drive by African Union and Somali forces to start in the next few days to push al Shabaab...
View ArticleUN Representative for Somalia welcomes Himan and Heeb signing of intent to...
Mogadishu, 6 August 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed the addition of Himan and Heeb as a signatory to an agreement in principle...
View ArticleNUSOJ Condemns the overnight arrest of a female journalist in Garowe, Puntland
Mogadishu, August 7, 2014 The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the arrest of a female journalist on Thursday night by the Puntland police in Garowe, the latest in a string of...
View ArticlePresident & Prime Minister of Somalia Congratulate Recep Tayyip Erdogan on...
His Excellency the President, Hassan Shiekh Mohamud and His Excellency the Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed congratulate Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning Turley’s first popular presidential...
View ArticleKENYAN POLICE GETS ID CARD FOR ALSHABAB FIGHTER
Nairobi (DIPLOMAT)- Kenyan Police are puzzling over how a senior Al-Shabaab commander, Hassan Hanafi Haji, who was arrested in Nairobi, was found with a Kenyan identity card. An ID that he was...
View ArticlePresident Meets with United Nations Under Secretary General for Safety &...
August 2014, Mogadishu: HE the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today met with the Under Secretary General of the United Nations for for Safety & Security, Peter Drennan, at Villa...
View ArticleFarah Mohamed Shirdon of Calgary, fighting for ISIS, dead in Iraq, reports say
Farah Mohamed Shirdon, a Calgarian fighting overseas with the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, was seen in the video burning his Canadian passport and threatening to destroy Iraq’s...
View ArticleKenya’s anti-terror unit guilty of abuses, says HRW
Kenya’s Western-funded anti-terrorism unit has carried out a series of killings and “enforced disappearances” during its fight against militant Islamists, a rights group says. “Horrendous” activities...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda off-shoot ISIL issues its official passport
The Islamic State for Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, that has controlled Mosul, Tiqrit and al-Anbar provinces since June 11, has issued its official passport after declaring an Islamic caliphate last...
View ArticleClarification on 15th August Radio Shabelle/Radio SKY FM Incident
Mogadishu, 21 August 2014 – Dr Ahmed Ali Dahir, the Attorney General has today clarified the incident that occurred on Friday 15th August 2014 related to the closure of Radio Shabelle and Radio SKY FM...
View ArticleSomalia sues Kenya at top UN court over maritime border
took its maritime border dispute with Kenya to the United Nations’ top court on Thursday, which could decide the fate of potentially lucrative oil and gas reserves off east Africa. The dispute has...
View ArticleWeekly Press Conference on the Progress of the Government
Mogadishu, 30 August 2014 – HE the Minister of Information, Mustafa Duhulow, today addressed the media in Mogadishu, providing an update on the progress of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) over...
View ArticleHE the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Strongly Condemns Attack...
01 September 2014 Speaking in Ankara, Turkey, while attending the inauguration of the President of Turkey, HE the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud strongly condemned today’s attack by al...
View ArticlePresident & Prime Minister of Somalia Congratulate Recep Tayyip Erdogan on...
His Excellency the President, Hassan Shiekh Mohamud and His Excellency the Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed congratulate Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning Turley’s first popular presidential...
View ArticleKENYAN POLICE GETS ID CARD FOR ALSHABAB FIGHTER
Nairobi (DIPLOMAT)- Kenyan Police are puzzling over how a senior Al-Shabaab commander, Hassan Hanafi Haji, who was arrested in Nairobi, was found with a Kenyan identity card. An ID that he was...
View ArticlePresident Meets with United Nations Under Secretary General for Safety &...
August 2014, Mogadishu: HE the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today met with the Under Secretary General of the United Nations for for Safety & Security, Peter Drennan, at Villa...
View ArticleFarah Mohamed Shirdon of Calgary, fighting for ISIS, dead in Iraq, reports say
Farah Mohamed Shirdon, a Calgarian fighting overseas with the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, was seen in the video burning his Canadian passport and threatening to destroy Iraq’s...
View ArticleKenya’s anti-terror unit guilty of abuses, says HRW
Kenya’s Western-funded anti-terrorism unit has carried out a series of killings and “enforced disappearances” during its fight against militant Islamists, a rights group says. “Horrendous” activities...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda off-shoot ISIL issues its official passport
The Islamic State for Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, that has controlled Mosul, Tiqrit and al-Anbar provinces since June 11, has issued its official passport after declaring an Islamic caliphate last...
View ArticleFinn aims to be first female president of Somalia
A Finn of Somali origin wants to run as a candidate in the Somali presidential election in 2016. Fadumo Dayib is currently studying public administration at Harvard, but she thinks that Somalia is now...
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