EU takes aim where it hurts Burundi: peacekeeper funding Storyline:National News, World By Reuters The European Union plans to cut back its funding for Burundi’s lucrative peacekeeping contingent in Somalia to try to force President Pierre Nkurunziza into talks with opponents and… 5 mins read
3 mins read Storyline:National News, Security President Mohamud lauds Galmudug over defeat of Al-Shabaab Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has welcomed the defeat of Al-Shabaab fighters by Galmudug security forces in four day fighting in Mudug region. Galmudug state leader Abdikarim Guled Monday said…
1 min read Storyline:National News Two Hundred Somali Police Recruits Complete Training In Baidoa Two hundred Somali Police recruits celebrated the completion of six months of training in Baidoa on Tuesday, making the second batch of trained police officers who will be posted in…
1 min read Storyline:Archive EgyptAir hijacker is university professor of veterinary medicine REUTERS: The hijacker of an EgyptAir flight, Ibrahim Abdel Tawwab Samaha, is a professor of veterinary medicine at Alexandria University, a staff list on the university website shows. Samaha is…
5 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech U.S. succeeds in cracking Apple’s iPhone, drops legal action By Reuters The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it had succeeded in unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters and dropped its legal case against…
1 min read Storyline:Archive EgyptAir says only crew and four foreigners remain on hijacked plane REUTERS: EgyptAir said in a statement on Tuesday that only crew and four foreigners remained on a hijacked Egyptian plane that was forced to divert to Cyprus. It had said…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World French warship seizes Somalia-bound weapons French Navy frigate FS Provence has intercepted a large weapons cache from a small boat (dhow) sailing towards Somalia. Several hundred machine guns, anti-tank weapons and AK47 assault riffles were…
1 min read Storyline:National News, World Egyptair passenger plane hijacked, forced to Cyprus By Reuters An Egyptair domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday and landed in Cyprus, Egyptian officials and Cyprus state radio said. The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation reported…
1 min read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Somali Federal MP Dahir Hassan Abdi accuses Somali president on promoting civil unrest in Hiran region. The Federal MP Dahir Hassan Abdi has accused Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud of ignoring the will of Hiiraan people and using improper methods to break the unity of the…
1 min read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Somali Parliament speaker opens Federal Parliament action plan preparation meeting in Uganda Somali Federal Parliament speaker Mohammad Osman Jawari opened today in Ugandan capital Kampala a technical meeting that is meant to prepare the action plan of Somali Federal parliament. Federal Parliament…
