January 2016

Somali government ordered hundreds of people who have been squatting in Tarbunka square in Mogadishu to vacate within four days, official said.. Benadir deputy governor, Mohamed Ahmed Diiriye, told reporters…

The Mogadishu based Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran has refuted reports that its offices in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu were looted by gunmen and civilians Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Mogadishu,…

Galmudug State president Abdikarin Hussein Guled said Hiran and middle region will be the last regions to get regional state. Speaking at the state formation conference in Jowhar on Tuesday,…

President Barack Obama has nominated career diplomat Stephen Michael Schwartz as the new ambassador to Somalia more than seven months after former nominee Katherine Dhanani declined to take up the…

Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has executed six ex-soldiers condemned for murder, officials said. The six were killed by a firing squad on Tuesday in Mandera town after being sentenced by…

The President of Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has officially opened state formation conference for Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions in Jowhar today. Delegates from the two regions…

A high-level delegation led by the president of the federal republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has reached Jowhar. The president was welcomed by high-ranking officials and national-flag waving residents…

Ten people were killed and fifteen others were wounded after a large explosion rocked a central Istanbul square on Tuesday, a statement from the Istanbul governor’s office said. Investigations were…

By: Ahmed Mohamed Adan With the efforts by the Somali government with the support of AMISOM to beef up security in the country, the death toll in the last month…