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MOGADISHU, Somalia - The President of Somalia received at the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Friday the leader of SSC-Khatumo Abdiqadir Ahmed Firdhiye.   Hassan Sheikh Mohamud together with Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre was briefed on the current humanitarian situation in SSC regions after an 8-month war with Somaliland. The leader of SSC-Khatumo urged the federal government to recognize the SSC-Khatumo...

NAIROBI - Kenya warns of the risk that groups such as Al-Shabaab could carry out attacks in “solidarity” with Hamas after the Palestinian militant group’s bloody assault on Israel.   The East African country has suffered a number of attacks carried out by the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab since  sending troops into its neighbour in 2011 to battle the Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists. “Conflict between Israel...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United Nations (UN) has allocated 15 million U.S. dollars to help mitigate the effects of the much anticipated El Nino rains in Somalia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.   The flood response funds target high-risk areas in Hirshabelle and Jubaland states, which have historically experienced the worst impact of floods and...

RUUN-NIRGOOD (SMN) – Wararka laga helayo gobolka Shabeelaha Dhexe ayaa sheegaya in maanta ciidamada dowladda iyo kuwa deegaanka ay si buuxda ula wareegeen gacan ku heynta degmada Ruun-nirgood ee gobolkaaasi, kadib markii ay isaga baxeen xubnaha Al-Shabaab.   Saraakiil ka tirsan milatariha Soomaaliya oo u warramay Warbaahinta Shabelle ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in wax dagaal uusan ka dhicin magaalada, isla-markaana ay...

NAIROBI (SMN) - Dowladda Kenya ayaa ka digeysa khatarta ah in Al-Shabaab ay weeraro “midnimo” la galaan Xamaas, ka dib weerarkii dhiigga badan ku daatay ee ay Falastiiniyiintu  ku qaadeen Israa’iil.   Dalkan ku yaalla Bariga Afrika ayaa la kulmay weeraro dhowr ah oo ay fuliyeen Al-Shabaab, tan iyo markii ay ciidamadooda u soo direen Soomaaliya sannadkii 2011-kii, si ay ula...

MUQDISHO (SMN) - Hay'adaha amniga ee dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa lagu soo warramayaa in ay baadi goobayaan nin la sheegay inuu ku biiray Al-Shabaab, kaas oo bare ka ahaa Jaamacadda Ummadda Soomaaliyeed.   Ninkan oo lagu magacaabo Abwaan Nageeye Cali Khaliif ayaa sidoo kale ka tirsanaa bahda suugaanta, kaas oo lasoo wariyay inuu aaday dhulka Al-Shabaab, inkastoo hay'adaha amniga war rasmi ah...

MAHADAAY (SMN) - Wararka naga soo gaaraya Shabeelaha Dhexe ayaa sheegaya in ugu dambeyn lasoo afjaray xubnihii Al-Shabaab ee ku sugnaa dhulka hawdka ah ee u dhexeeya deegaanada Ciid Ciidka iyo Cali Fooldheere oo hoosataga degmada Mahadaay ee gobolkaasi.   Ciidamada Xoogga dalka iyo kuwa dadka deegaanka ayaa la wareegay godad Al-Shabaab ay ka qoteen halkaas iyo xarumo kale oo ku...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who spent two months in the city of Dhusomareb, shared with the cabinet the successes the army achieved in the operations against Al-Shabaab.   Hassan Sheikh during Thursday's weekly cabinet meeting, he chaired urged the Ministers to redouble their contribution to the re-liberation efforts and the war on the Al-Qaeda affiliate. He said that the...

African Union Transmission Mission (ATMIS) has planned a gradual withdrawal of troops from Somalia, raising concerns over the cross-border activities of the al Shabaab.   Speaking on Citizen  TV daybreak show on Wednesday, security analyst George Musamali said that the KDF's main mission initiated 12 years ago has not yet been achieved. "If you look at the situation in Somalia, there is...

Joining other al-Qaeda branches around the world, Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, expressed jubilation for the Hamas-led invasion of Israel in a new statement. Shabaab thus joins al-Qaeda’s men in Yemen, the Indian Subcontinent, and Syria in congratulating the Palestinian militants.   Al-Shabaab now joins al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, and Hurras al-Din in Syria...