Shabelle Media Network

ELBUR, Somalia - The president of Galmudug state, Mr. Ahmed Abdi Kariye Qorqor, accompanied by the Minister of Defense, Mr. Abdulkadir Mohamed Noor, to areas in Galgaduud region where the country's armed forces recently freed Al-Shabaab with the assistance of local troops.   The locations visited by President Qoor Qoor and the Minister of Defense are mostly those where troops have...

ADEN YABAAL, Somalia -  The prime minister of Somalia Hamza Abdi Barre paid a surprise visit to a newly captured Town in Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday.   The PM accompanying by lawmakers and leader of Hirshabelle state Ali Gudlawe met local clan fighters and government forces who jointly liberated Aden Yabaal from AlShabaab last year. Barre said his government will deliver basic...

XARARDHEERE (SMN) - Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha, Federaalka iyo dib u heshiisiinta XFS mudane, Axmed Macallin Fiqi oo maalmahan howlo shaqo u joogay Galmudug ayaa isaga iyo wafdi uu hoggaaminaya waxay gaareen degmada Xarardheere ee gobolka Mudug.   Wasiir Fiqi ayaa waxaa wehlinaya xildhibaano ka tirsan Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Galmudug. Ujeedka socdaalkan ayaa la xiriiraa dardargelinta howlgallada ka dhanka ah Al-Shabaab iyo...

MOGADISHU (SMN) – The former Somali president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has issued a statement regarding the war in LasAnod which claimed the lives of hundreds of people.   Ahmed who served as the 7th leader of the Horn of Africa country urged the Somaliland administration and the rival SSC-Khatumo forces to exercise restraint and open dialogue. On the other hand, the ex-president...

DHUSAMAREB, Somalia - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said military operations against al-Shabab will not stop until final victory is achieved.   He was speaking Tuesday, a day after government troops retreated from several towns following a deadly al-Shabab attack on soldiers in Cowsweyne village on Saturday. "Whether one battlefield is lost or someone spreads misinformation, the fight is going to continue....

NAIROBI, Kenya - Talks aimed at admitting Somalia into the East Africa Community are at an advanced stage.   If the negations go through, it will set ground for Somalia to become the latest member state of the East African Community (EAC), almost eleven years after Mogadishu first applied for membership. Sources said the talks have made a critical step to the negotiations stage paving way for...

BAIDOA, Somalia – The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Ambassador Mohammed El-Amine Souef, on a joint visit to Baidoa in the South West State, said the joint technical assessment for the first phase of ATMIS drawdown and planning for the second...

MUQDISHO (SMN) - Madaxweynihii hore ee dowladdii KMG aheyd, Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa war cusub ka soo saaray dagaalka u dhexeeyo ciidamada SSC iyo kuwa Somaliland ee ka socda magaalada Laascaanood ee xarunta gobolka Sool.   Sheekh Shariif ayaa farriin nabadeed u diray labada dhinac, si xal looga gaaro colaadda muddada dheer ka taagan magaaladaasi. Sidoo kale madaxweynihii hore ee dalka...

MUQDISHO (SMN) - Guddoomiyaha maamulka degmada Warta Nabafda, Seynab Maxamuud Xaabsey ayaa ka hadashay warar lagu baahiyay baraha bulshada oo lagu sheegay inay taageero u muujisay Al-Shabaab.   Seynab Xaabsey ayaa sheegtay in aysan la shaqeynin Al-Shabaab, isla-markaana ay kala dhexeyso aragti iyo dagaal oo kaliya. Sidoo kale waxa ay digniin u dirtay dad ay sheegtaan inay u adeegaan Al-Shabaab, isla-matkaana iska...

DHUUSAMAREEB (SMN) - Madaxweynaha dowladda Soomaaliya, Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud oo xalay jeediyay khudbad xasaasi ah ayaa ka hadlay weerarkii xooganaa ee dhowaan Al-Shabaab ay ku qaadeen gudaha deegaanka Cowsayne ee gobolka Galgaduud.   Ugu horreyn madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in aysan jirin sheegashada Al-Shabaab ee ku aadan inay weerarkaasi ku leysay askar badan, isaga oo tilmaamay...