Shabelle Media Network

LAMU - Residents of villages on the Kenya-Somalia border in Lamu County are a happy lot following Monday’s announcement to have the Kenya-Somalia border reopened in 90 days.   A ban on cross-border activities between the two countries has been in existence for the past 12 years. It was imposed in 2011 when Kenya launched Operation Linda Nchi to fight the influx...

GAROOWE (SMN) - Xeer ilaaliyaha guud ee maamulka Puntland, Axmed Maxamed Yuusuf (Taaran) oo maanta shir jaraa’id ku qabtay Garoowe ayaa qaaday tallaabo la xiriirta dagaalkii habeen hore ka dhacay bariga magaaladaas, gaar ahaan nawaaxiga garoonka diyaaradaha.   Dagaalka ayaa waxa uu u dhexeeyay ciidamada ammaanka ee Puntland iyo maleeshiyaad hubeysan oo diidanaa hannaanka loo wajahayo doorashada maamulkaasi. Axmed Taaran ayaa shaaciyay...

GAROWE - Members of the Somali Federal Parliament reached Garowe, just hours after rival troops belonging to Puntland state exchanged a deadly gunfight near the airport.   At least three UAE-trained PMPF soldiers were killed and nine others were injured in a fight that took place on Monday night near the Garowe airport. According to reports, the fighting began after pro-opposition forces...

MUQDISHO (SMN) - Gudoomiye ku xigeenka Hay’adda SODMA Dr Ahmed Abdi Adan ayaa shir gudoomiyay shirka todobaadlaha ee Hay’adda.   Shirka ayaa waxaa sidoo kale ka soo qaybgalay Madaxda kala duwan ee hay’adda sida Agaasimayaasha iyo La taliyayaasha. Shirka oo ahaa mid muhiim ah ayaa waxaa looga dooday booqoashadii wafdigii uu hogaaminayay Gudoomiyaha SODMA iyo waxa ay ku soo arkeen Magaalada Baladwayne. Sidoo...

MOGADISHU - The Somali government forces carried out operations last night in parts of Mogadishu amidst tight security measures in place.   The paramilitary police and NISA officers arrested suspected members of the Al-Shabaab group and other people who were selling narcotics, according to the local authorities. The operation took place in Hodan and Howlwadag, where hundreds of suspects have been...

NAIROBI - President William Ruto has nominated the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji as the new Director General of the National Intelligence Service.   "Consequently,  it is notified that Excellency the President has, In accordance with Section 7 (1) of the National Intelligence Service Act, nominated Noordin Hajl, CBS, for appointment as the Director-General of the National Intelligence Service," Ruto...

MUQDISHO (SMN) - Maamulka Gobolka Banaandir ayaa kulan sagootin ah xalay u sameeyay wafdiga uu hogaaminayo Duqa Magaaladda Bolnas ee dalka Sweden Md. Cabdullahi Aden Cadaani, kaas oo maalmihii lasoo dhaafay howla shaqo u joogay Magaalada Muqdisho.   Kulankan waxaa goob joog ka ahaa Guddoomiyaha Gobolka Banaadir ahna Duqa Magaalada Muqdisho Mudane Yuusuf Xuseen Jimcaale (Madaale), guddoomiye ku-xigeenada Maamulka Gobolka Banaadir,...

MUQDISHO (SMN) - Ciidamada ammaanka ee dowladda Soomaaliya, gaar ahaan kuwa booliska oo kaashanaya ciidanka Boolis Milataaro ayaa xalay howlgallo ka sameeyay xaafado ka tirsan magaalada Muqdisho.   Ciidamada ayaa howlgalladan si gaar ah uga sameeyay degmooyinka Hodan iyo Howlwadaag ee gobolka Banaadir, kuwaas oo lagu xaqiijinayay amniga. Wararka ayaa sheegaya in howlagalka uu ahaa mid ay ciidanka guri guri ugu baarayeen xaafadaha...

GAROOWE (SMN) - Xildbibaano ka tirsan Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya oo saacadihii lasoo dhaafay gaaray magaalada Garoowe ee xarunta gobolka Nugaal ayaa dhaq-dhaqaaqyo siyaasadeed ka bilaabay magaaladaas oo ay haatan ka taagan tahay xiisad xoogan.   Xubnahan oo ka soo jeedo degmada Galdogob ee gobolka Mudug ayaa ku biiri doono siyaasiyiin, waxgarad iyo ganacsato oo ay isku ujeedo yihiin, kuwaas oo ku sugan...

DOHA - The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived on Tuesday evening, May 15, in Doha on an official visit to the country.   The president and the accompanying delegation were received upon arrival at Hamad International Airport by Minister of Culture HE Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani, Ambassador of the State...