August 2015

Unidentified men armed with pistols have killed a prominent elder in Baladweyn, the provincial headquarters of Hiraan. Omar Garweyne has succumbed to the gun shots on the spot, while the…

THE GOVERNMENT  cannot account for $1.3 million set out in the 2015 national budget while another $1.5 million was spent on foreign trips even as the government struggles to seal the…

Goobjoog’s blind journalist Abdifatah Hassan Ahmed Kalgacal has been awarded for his outstanding work in the media and beating against all odds. A ceremony organized by East Africa Disability Agency…

The moderate Islamist group Ahlu-suna waljama’a has warned the Gal-Mudug State government  against deployment of troops in Ahlu controlled areas The group’s formation department chairman Mahudin Jama’a Jakula accused Gal-mudug…

The Unites States Special Representative for Somalia James McAnulty has condoled with families of Somali National Army and Kenyan Defence Forces following the August 22 attack at the military camp…

Turkey’s president formally called on Monday for a snap election, a day after a deadline passed for forming a new government following an inconclusive vote in June. A statement released…

Hotelier TPS Eastern Africa said it had signed a $20 million loan agreement with French development institution Proparco, to support the refurbishment and redevelopment of its properties in Kenya. The…

KENYA: The High Court has stopped the police from arresting a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officer being investigated over links to terrorists. Justice George Odunga said Mr…

Private airline companies have resumed domestic flights to Bardhere town which was captured from Al-Shabab fighters last month. The first domestic plane with at least 15 passengers since Al-Shabab fighters withdrew from…