August 2016

Somali government said on Tuesday  that its elite forces destroyed several military sites in Middle Jubba where Al-Shabaab used to organise attacks against the government and the African Union forces.…

The President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called on all Somalis to work together to overcome the current challenges and build a future together. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the three-day…

For the second year running, the Mogadishu Book Fair, renamed and re-branded is back (August 17-19). The inaugural 2015 Book Fair has inspired young writers while reading clubs are gradually…

The U.S. transferred 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, the largest such movement yet in President Barack Obama’s push to remove most prisoners from the…

Kenya Police Reservist (KPR) officer has allegedly  killed 25 year old young man in unclear circumstances in Mandera town, situated near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia. Wardi Muktar Sheikh Abdikarim was murdered on…

Somali National Army (SNA) backed by Africa Union peacekeeping mission troops (AMISOM) have captured four locations near Bardhere town in southern Somalia’s Gedo region from Al-Shabaab fighters, Military officials said. SNA…

The US State Department has confirmed a clandestine operations in Sakow, Middle Jubba in Somalia’s southern regions but said its forces were not involved in the second operation which took…

By Reuters Zambian President Edgar Lungu narrowly won re-election on Monday, in a vote his main rival Hakainde Hichilema rejected on claims of alleged rigging by the electoral commission. Lungu…

Senior Al-Shabaab leaders among them the leader Abu Ubeida and spokesman Abu Muscab are suspected to have been killed in a US and Somali elite squad operation in Sakow area…