Two people killed in rocket propelled grenade attack in Afgooye
Two people have died after a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) fired by armed men struck their truck on Tuesday night in Afgooye town, 30km...
Three people killed in Hodan district of Mogadishu in shooting incident
A caravan driver and two children killed in Hodan district of Mogadishu when armed men clad in military uniform opened fire without any apparent...
Prime Minister sharmarke exresses his deep shock
The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E. Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke expressed his shock by the large loss of life of all...
PM Sharmarke received by Russian Federation Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia H.E. Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke who is on a working visit to Russia was received by...
US election 2016: Trump and Clinton win New York primaries
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, frontrunners in the race to be the US presidential candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties, have secured comfortable...
Mother and six children killed in fire blaze by armed men over clan fights...
Six children and their mother dead after their house was burnt down by armed people following days of clashes between two clashes.
The incidents happened Monday...
Ethiopian troops in Somalia torture women in Gedo region
The Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia serving with the African Union mission (AMISOM) have arrested and tortured seven women in the south western region of...
Somalia estimates 200-300 citizens may have died in migrant drowning
Somalia’s government said on Monday between 200 and 300 Somalis may have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to cross illegally to Europe,...
MP calls on Galmudug state to reach lasting deal with Ahlu Sunna
A lawmaker in Adado city has called on Galmudug state leaders to reach a comprehensive power-sharing agreement with Somalia’s moderate Sufi group of Ahlu...
ISWA,President mourns Somali migrants died in Mediterranean – INO
South West State president Shariif Hassan Sheekh Aden has said that Somali people are in a shock after a boat carrying over 400 migrants...
Puntland dismisses criticism by Rights Defender – INO
Puntland Government in northern Somalia On Monday rejected criticism of counterterrorism policy, calling remarks by The Office for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights...
Time for the Security Council to Dissolve Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group
Last week’s high level consultation meeting by the country’s leadership both at federal and regional level was very symbolic and different from the previous...
MP calls for UPDF to leave Somalia after civilians killing – INO
A member of Somali federal parliament Dahir Amin Jesow called for Ugandan peacekeepers serving with African Union mission to leave the country following ‘civilians...
Somali president meets Ethiopian PM in Bahir Dar – INO
The president of the federal republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has met with Ethiopian prime minster Hailemariam Desalegn on the side-line of Tana...
More than 400 migrants drown in the Mediterranean after four overcrowded boats capsized whilst...
Most of the 400 migrants aboard the boat were fleeing from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea and had been hoping to reach Italy. (file picture)
Dozens...
Sudanese president to visit Somalia
Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir has accepted an invitation by his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to visit Mogadishu.
President Al Bashir office has confirmed...
Fresh fighting between clan militias erupts in Marko town
A clan fighting has renewed in the southern port city of Marko as military officials from Somali National Army (SNA) and AMISOM troops are...
4-year old girl dies in water tank collapse in Muqdisho
A 4-year old girl was killed and two women injured when a wall of a concrete water tank collapsed from a building roof and...
Gunmen kill cleaning lady working for UN office – INO
Unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a cleaning lady working for UNHCR HQ in Mogadishu, while wounding another woman in Mogadishu attack on Sunday...
AMISOM regrets the loss of civilian lives in Bula Marer
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has learned, with great concern, that an incident in which civilian lives were lost has taken place...