South Sudan rejects new UN resolution approving additional troops Storyline:National News South Sudan’s government has rejected the deployment of 4,000 additional UN peacekeeping troops shortly after the UN Security Council approved a robust new mandate in a late Friday vote. The… 5 mins read
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan stopped at US airport Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has expressed his disappointment at being “detained” by US authorities at Los Angeles International Airport. It is not clear why Khan was detained, or for…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somali pirates get five years in jail Twelve Somalis who attacked a container ship in the Indian Ocean were sentenced to five years in jail in Mauritius on Thursday, a reminder of the region’s battle against piracy.…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somali cabinet endorses new policy on Al-Shabaab defectors Somalia’s cabinet has endorsed new of policy on Al-Shabaab defectors barely three days after thirty former Al-Shabaab combatants completed an intensive rehabilitation programme in the Baidoa Rehabilitation Centre in South West State…
1 min read Storyline:National News Somali comandos apprehend top Al-Shabaab leader In Galkayo Somali special forces have arrested high profile Al-Shabaab operatives, during an operation in the central Somali town of Galkayo of central Somalia. The well-coordinated night raid was conducted by combined…
3 mins read Storyline:National News IMF sees financing for Somalia if government sticks to reforms Somalia may be eligible to tap financing from the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral lenders if it maintains a reform program intended to help rebuild the country’s war-shattered economy,…
5 mins read Storyline:National News Somali President: Iran threatens Arab security, hence ties were cut Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud will be completing his fourth year in power next September. In his term, Somalia shared the world many political and security turbulences. His Excellency had…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, National News Djibouti commissions national airline after it went bankrupt in 2002 Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh Thursday presided over the commissioning of the country’s national airline after it went bankrupt more than ten years ago. President Guelleh said the acquisition of…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, National News Cooperative farm to be launched by Somali immigrants New Roots Cooperative Farm, a small farm being started by four Somali Bantu farmers, will be dedicated in Lewiston, US this week. The 30-acre farm, planned for 954 College St.,…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World South Sudan says no to proposal for UN-commanded troops in Juba By Reuters South Sudan said on Wednesday it opposed a proposal to station extra foreign troops in the country under U.N. command, something the United States, Western nations and regional…
