August 2015

A delegation led by Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali has on Sunday reached Kismayo, the administrative  capital of Interim Jubba Administration. The premier and his delegation was received  by IJA leaders, MPs…

Uganda’s Deputy Chief of Defense Forces (D/CDF) and Inspector General of UPDF Lt Gen. Charles Angina has visited and inspected troops, key installations and grounds of tactical importance to the UPDF troops…

Senior officials from the Treasury Department visited Minneapolis at the invitation of Congressman Keith Ellison for meetings focused on remittances and the Somali community in the United States. The Treasury…

Somali parliamentary defence committee has commented on the security situation of Marka where several civilian killings took place in the recent months. The chairman of the committee, Hussein Arab Iise…

Somalia president Hassan Sheik Mohamed is on a rare official visit to the United Arab Emirate amid political chaos back home as MPs seeking to impeach him. The president jetted…

The Interior and Federalism minister, together with AMISOM has started consultative forums with Somali Diaspora on Citizenship Bill which is in its drafting stage. According to an official statement, the…

MPs from Galmudug regional assembly have rejected the makeup of the newly appointed cabinet by the State’s president Abdikarim Hussein Guled. In a meeting in Adado, the MPs told the media…

President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Dr Riek Machar have declared a ceasefire beginning midnight of August 29. This was one of the requirement of the agreement where both parties…

By Ahmad Abdi-hadi Abdullahi The proliferation of universities in Somalia and particularly Mogadishu over the last few years has raised eyebrows from stakeholders and public at large over the quality of…