FBI Team Lands in Somalia to Investigate Mid-Air Explosion Storyline:National News A team of FBI agents has arrived in Somalia to help authorities in the East African nation investigate what caused an explosion this week inside a plane at 11,000 feet.… 2 mins read
1 min read Storyline:National News Locals loot AMISOM compound in Marka town A military base vacated by African Union Peace-keeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops in Marka town was looted hours after AMISOM left the town. According to reports, local residents ransacked…
1 min read Storyline:National News Five die in fighting Al-Shabab and Jubbaland forces backed by AMISOM troops At least five people were killed and several others injured in fighting between Jubbaland soldiers backed by AMISOM troops and Al-Shabab fighters in several areas outside Kismayo town. The fighting…
1 min read Storyline:National News At least one killed in car explosion in Somalia: DC At least one killed and agent of Somalia’s National Intelligence and security agency injured in car explosion in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district on Friday. Confirming the incident Wadajir district commissioner Ahmed…
7 mins read Storyline:National News Man sucked out of passenger jet after bomb exploded was suicide bomber who smuggled his device on board in his WHEELCHAIR, claim investigators A wheelchair bound suicide bomber may have been responsible for the explosion which tore a hole in the side of a jet in Somalia, investigators have said. They said the…
5 mins read Storyline:National News Somali central bank chief seeks new currency to rebuild nation Few central bank chiefs have been jailed by a dictator or hide a loaded pistol in their desk draw, should Islamist militants decide to call. Bashir Issa Ali has done…
2 mins read Storyline:National News AIRLINE CEO: EXPLOSIVE RESIDUE FOUND IN SOMALIA INCIDENT The head of the airline whose jetliner was damaged in an explosion shortly after takeoff from Somalia said Thursday that investigators have found what appears to be residue from explosives,…
1 min read Storyline:National News Kenya blocks Aid Trucks to enter Somalia Kenyan Police in the border city of Mandera have arrested dozens of aid trucks carrying food supply and drugs to resident of Dowlo and Buluhawo border towns. Somali elders in…
1 min read Storyline:National News UN Envoy to Somalia And Jubbland President meet in Kismayo UN Secretary-General Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating paid a visit today to Kismayo where he met with the Leader of the Interim Jubba Administration (IJA), Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islan…
1 min read Storyline:National News UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs : I come to bring several messages to Somalia United Nations Under-Secretary General Jeffrey Feltman in press conference after separate talks with Somali president and speaker of parliament said he come to offer condolences to those who killed in Lido-attack and…