Tension in Marka town as bodies are recovered Storyline:National News Residents of Marka town are now living in fear after several decomposed bodies of people said to have been killed in clan violence were recovered in recent days in the… 1 min read
2 mins read Storyline:National News Kenya to ease travel restrictions for Somalis, direct flights in consideration Travel restrictions between Kenya and Somalia could soon be eased if proposals by joint parliamentary committees in the two countries are implemented. In a joint communiqué’, Defence and Foreign Relations…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security AMISOM apologises to Marka families, pledges speedy investigations The African Mission to Somalia, AMISOM has offered its apologies to families in Somalia whose members were allegedly killed by AMISOM troops in Marka last month. The head of AMISOM…
3 mins read Storyline:National News More assistance needed in recently opened-up areas, says humanitarian coordinator The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, has just returned from humanitarian assessment visits in the towns of Baardheere and Diinsoor, in the Gedo and Bay regions respectively.“I was…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Ahlu-Sunna Waljama’a fighters raid, shut down radio stations Fighters loyal to Somalia’s moderate Islamist group, Ahlu-Sunna waljam’a raided the premises of Radio Galgaduud in Guricel and Star Fm and closed their doors on Friday. Two stations in Dhusa-Mareeb…
1 min read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News The Kenya Defence Committee of Parliament concludes two-day visit to Somalia Members of the Kenya Defence Committee of Parliament have concluded a two day visit to Somalia where they held meetings with Somali parliamentarians, senior government officials as well as officials…
1 min read Storyline:National News Residents in Bardhere need immediate humanitarian support Residents of Bardhere are in desperate humanitarian crisis which made their life to become hard, a parliamentarian says. In an interview with Goobjoog News MP Noor Farah Jama’a said that…
2 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Somali regional leader wants states, not elders, to choose parliament The next Somali parliament should be chosen by regional leaders rather than by elders favoured by the president, the governor of the strategically important Jubbaland province said in an interview.…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Bardhere Airport to start its operation After a decade of dormant, the administration of Bardhere town and officials from Interim Jubba Administration, have officially opened the town’s airport. Bardhere airport which was backbone for Humanitarian aid…
4 mins read Storyline:National News UN warns El Nino may reverse humanitarian gains in Somalia Experts from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that a looming El Nino climate phenomenon could reverse humanitarian gains in Somalia. Chief Technical Advisor of FAO Water…
