MP Ahmed Mo’alim Fiqi accused of “Treason”
Ahmed Mo’alim Fiqi the former Somalia Intelligence chief and current MP has been accused of treason for giving highly classified state secret documents to...
Al shabaab attacks army convoy near Baidoa city
Al shabaab fighters ambushed a military convoy ferrying Southwest state troops near Baidoa city, the regional capital of Bay province in Southern Somalia on...
10 suspects arrested in security operation conducted in Kismaayo
Police and security forces on Tuesday arrested ten people in a joint security operation in Kismaayo town, in lower Jubba region, Southern Somalia.
Security sources said that...
Somali FM: Somalis ‘Finger-Pointed’ by Immigration Ban
Somalia's foreign minister says he is "saddened" by the order barring Somalis from entering the United States and hopes officials will reconsider the policy.
In...
African Union tells Trump “our people were taken as slaves,” but not as refugees
The African Union has some stern and damning words for President Donald Trump and his new immigration ban, which was issued as an executive...
We are under attack’
Cape Town – Deep concern has been expressed by the Save Somali Community (SSC) alleging that their countrymen are being targeted in Western Cape...
Donald Trump sacks chief US lawyer Sally Yates who defied him on migrant ban
Tuesday January 31, 2017
WASHINGTON
US President Donald Trump on Monday fired the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice...
At least 30 people die after consuming contaminated water in Masuubiyow, south western Somalia
More than 30 people have in the last 48 hours in Baidoa after they drank contaminated water while 20 others are in critical condition
South...
Caretaker President jets off to Ethiopia to attend AU summit
Caretaker Somali President Hasan Shaikh Mahmoud and a presidential candidate in the forthcoming election has travelled to Addis Ababa, the capital of neighboring Ethiopia...
Fallen soldiers in Somalia’s Kulbiyow attack laid to rest
Some of the soldiers killed in the attack at a military camp in Kulbiyow near Somalia’s border with Kenya were on Sunday laid to...
Low flying jets spotted over Al shabaab-held bases
Residents in Lower Jubba region of southern Somalia say they have seen unknown fighter jets hovering over Al shabaab-held areas, including Kulbiyow town near...
Jalalaqsi official accused of stirring internal conflict
The deputy district commissioner of Jalalaqsi town in Hiiraan province was accused of stirring conflict among the local residents following death of a civilian...
AMISOM kills ‘a civilian man’ in Southern Somalia
The African Union peacekeepers in Somalia have shot and killed unarmed civilian in Lower Shabelle region, the latest in series of civilian killings by...
Somali president meets 180 MPs in Mogadishu
President of the federal republic of Somalia HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with 180 MPs from both chambers of the new federal parliament in...
Trump Administration Says Green Card Holders Won’t Be Barred
John F. Kelly, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, eased a key part of President Trump’s immigration order on Sunday, saying that people from...
Somalia: 7 die of hunger in Gedo as famine looms
Seven people, including children are confirmed died of hunger in Gedo region as major parts of the horn of Africa country is hit by...
Galdogob court sentences five men convicted of gang-rape to lashes, prison and fines
Five suspects involved in the brutal gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl in Galdogob, Puntland that sparked outrage have been sentenced to a combination of...
Presidential elections will take place on time, electoral body says
Somalia’s electoral body has affirmed that presidential elections take place on the agreed date following the resumption of of the registration of candidates for...
Food crisis not an excuse for delayed poll, foreign envoys warn Somaliland
The international community has strongly expressed reservations against the move to further delay the elections in Somaliland noting the drought which has ravaged most...
Five Iraqis, one Yemeni barred from Cairo-New York flight after Trump ban
New York (INO) - Five Iraqi passengers and one Yemeni were barred from boarding an EgyptAir flight from Cairo to New York on Saturday...