Shabelle Media Network

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Planned operations have been carried out by the government forces backed by foreign allies in several areas in the South of Mudug region.   The combined forces have targeted areas where members of the Al-Shabaab group were located, including Qay'ad and Shabeellow, according to the local authorities in the region. "The Somali National Army and local forces, this afternoon...

RIYADH - The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition welcomed Brig. Gen. Abdulrahman Turayre, the delegate from Somalia, to the coalition’s headquarters in Riyadh.   With Turayre’s arrival, 33 countries have sent delegations to the coalition’s headquarters, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The secretary-general of the coalition, Maj. Gen. Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Moghedi, commended the Somali delegate’s arrival as a positive step taken...

Asmara – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia has returned home this afternoon, 18 March after concluding a two-day working visit to Eritrea.   During his visit, President Mohamud and President Isaias Afwerki held discussions at the State House yesterday, 17 March, focusing on strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation, as well as addressing regional and global developments...

MUQDISHO (SMN) - Hay'adda SoDMA, ayaa maanta markale deegaanka Garasbaaleey si gaar ah waaxda afaraad, iyo xaafadda Weydow, degmooyinka Xamar-jajab iyo Howlwadaag waxa ay gargaar ugu qaybisay 13,900 oo qoys oo iskugu jira danyar, barakacyaal iyo kuwa naafo ah.   Deegaanka Garasbaaleey waxaa gargaar loogu qaybiyey 12,000 oo qoys halka degmooyinka Xamar-jajab iyo howlwadaag gargaar loogu qaybiyey 1,900 oo qoys. Qoysaska maanta...

MUQDISHO (SMN) - Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa ugu dambeyn kusoo laabtay magaalada Muqdisho kadib booqasho laba maalmood ah oo uu ku tagay dalka Eritrea.   Xasan Sheekh ayaa intii uu joogay magaalada Asmara waxa uu la kulmay dhiggiisa Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki. Madaxweyenaha Soomaaliya oo waraysi siiyey telefiishanka Eritrea ayaa sheegay in sababta uu dalkaasi ugu tagay booqashadan ugu dambaysya ay...

XARARDHEERE (SMN) -  Ciidanka dib u xoreynta deegaanka ee ka howlgala aagga degmada Xarardheere ayaa saakay qaaday howlgallo ay dhowr deegaan uga sifeeyeen Al-Shabaab.   Deegaanka Galcad-jiimo iyo deegaano kale oo hoostaga Degamada Xarardheere ee Gobalka Mudug ayey Ciidanku Kala wareegeen Shabaab, sida ay sheegeen saraakiisha ciidamada.. Cabduqaadir Kadiido oo ka tirsan Saraakiisha hogaamineysay Ciidanka deegaanka ee Al-Shabaan ka sifeeyay deegaanadaasi, ayaa...

LONDON (SMN) - Guddoomiyaha Hay’adda Maareynta Musiibooyinka Qaranka Md. Maxamuud Macallin Cabdulle ayaa dalka UK kaga qeyb galay shir ku saabsan sidii wadajir looga shaqayn lahaa dhisidda u adkeysiga cimilada ee xaaladaha jilicsan iyo kuwa colaaduhu saameeyeen oo ka dhacay Wilton Park.   Shirkaan oo la isugu keenay samafalayaasha bini’aadannimada, khubarada isbeddelka cimilada, u dhaqdhaqaaqayaasha nabadda iyo hawl-wadeennada horumarinta oo ka...

MUQDISHO (SMN) - Golaha Wasiirada ayaa magacaabay xubnaha Golaha Warbaahinta Qaranka Soomaaliyeed oo ka kooban sagaal xubnood, oo uu ku jiro Senator hore, iyadoo aan lagala tashan Ururada Saxaafadda.   Tani waa arin aan hore u dhicin oo ka hor imanaysa sharciga saxaafadda dalka. Ururka saxafiyiinta caalamiga ah ee IFJ ayaa codkiisa cambaareynta magacaabistan sharci-darada ah ku biiriyay NUSOJ, oo horey...

On 14 March, the Council of Ministers appointed members of the new Somali Media Council, without involving consultation with media organisations and including a former senator. This has never happened before and contravenes the media law. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in condemning the unlawful appointments of the...

NEW DELHI: After rescuing the hijacked merchant vessel Ruen and its 17-member crew in the major operation on the high seas on Saturday, which saw marine commandos also being para-dropped from a C-17 aircraft and exchange of gunfire, the Navy is now bringing the 35 Somali pirates in its custody to India.   The pirates, who had commandeered MV Ruen for...