Briefing to the UN Security Council by Ambassador Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Storyline:National News MADAM PRESIDENT, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council. I am glad to be doing so with my friend and colleague, Ambassador Maman Sidikou. Yesterday we briefed the… 10 mins read
1 min read Storyline:National News al-Shabaab kills senior Somali army officer A senior Somali army officer was killed on Tuesday by Al-Shabaab in Somalia’s central town of Beledweyne. “Gunmen raided his home and shot him in the presence of his family,”…
1 min read Storyline:National News Mogadishu Tax Collectors Undergoes Fresh Training About 70 municipal tax collectors in Mogadishu have yesterday started 10 years fresh training to enhance their skills. The head of Revenue Authority in Somali Police Force General Hassan Barisa…
1 min read Storyline:National News Somali Federal Government in Budget Deficit In a cabinet meeting yesterday, the finance minister Mohamed Aadan Fargeti has presented financial report regarding the 2015 budget which showed that there is a huge deficit. The minister said…
1 min read Storyline:National News US Delegation reaches Kismayo High rank US defence officials reached the capital administrative of Interim Jubba Administration, Kismayo town on Tuesday. The delegation was warmly welcomed by IJA administration at Kismayo airstrip. The officials…
6 mins read Storyline:National News Turkish President Erdoğan gains support abroad to close Gülen schools President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has listed the alleged offenses of the Gülen Movement, which operates dozens of schools around the world, to leaders during visits abroad, has managed to…
1 min read Storyline:National News Somali military court executes Al-Shabaab fighter The Somali military court on Tuesday executed a suspected member of Al- Shabaab for attacking senior Somali politicians in the southern Somali town of Baidoa. The court said Siraji Abdullahi…
1 min read Storyline:National News Dhusa-Mareb residents start demolishing illegal buildings along the road Following prior announcement issued by the administration of Dhusa-Mareb, the residents of that town started demolishing buildings and business centres along the main roads. Most of the residents said that…
1 min read Storyline:National News Hundreds Demonstrate against Motion Presented Before The Federal Parliament of Somali Reports from Lower Jubba region indicate that hundreds of Somalis took to the streets of Kismayo town demonstrating against motion against the newly formed regional parliament of Interim JUbba Administration…
1 min read Storyline:National News IOM Joins Emergency Cholera Response on Kenya-Somali Border the number of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) and suspected cholera cases in the Kenyan-Somali border town of Dhobley in the Lower Juba region of Somalia started to increase rapidly. In…
