ATMIS steps up preparations to withdraw 2,000 soldiers from Somalia
MOGADISHU - The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said on Sunday that it has stepped up preparations for the withdrawal of 2,000 soldiers...
Puntland opposition calls for the cancellation of the local elections
GAROWE - Puntland Opposition alliance issued a statement regarding the dispute over the local council election after a two-day consultative conference in Garowe.
The...
INTERPOL helps arrest of ex-Somali police officer accused of murder
MOGADISHU - Interpol has helped the Somali government in the capture of a police officer who was on the run after he killed an...
Somali President Lays Flowers At SYL Monument on Youth Day
MOGADISHU - Youth in the Somali capital turned up in large numbers to mark the 80th anniversary of the Somali Youth League Day as...
Somali president bids farewell to soldiers heading to front lines
MOGADISHU – The president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud sent off hundreds of SNA soldiers to the front lines ahead of an imminent...
Kenya to reopen 3 Somalia border posts shut over Al-Shabaab attacks
NAIROBI - Plans are underway to reopen three border points between Kenya and Somalia, after 12 years of closure due to the threat of...
Somalia floods leave at least 22 people dead, says UN
Beledweyne – Flash flooding in central Somalia has killed 22 people and affected over 450,000, the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA said Sunday, after the...
Foreign delegation land in Mogadishu for president’s inauguration
MOGADISHU - High-level delegations from the region and across the world that will attend the Presidential Inauguration of Hassan Sh. Mohamud, on Tuesday, arrived...
A man executed in Southwest State for killing a woman
BAIDOA - Southwest State has carried out a swift execution of a man accused of killing a businesswoman in Baidoa city.
Hassan Mohamed was...
AU pays tribute to Burundian soldiers killed in Somalia
On a visit to the Great Lakes region, Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, who is the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security at the African...