September 2016

U.S. military strikes near Kanjaron village on Monday killed four al-Shabab militants including a former commander, military sources tell VOA Somalia. Airstrikes outside the village killed the former commander and…

Three Al-Shabaab suspects have been arrested in security operation jointly conducted by Somalia’s security forces and African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) troops on Tuesday in Mogadishu’s main market, Bakaro. Spokesperson of the…

he former Israeli PM and president, Shimon Peres, has died aged 93. He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and his condition improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday. Mr…

Assailants armed with handguns shot dead Somali Journalist Abdiaziz Ali Haji in Towfiq district of Mogadishu, this Tuesday evening.  Abdiaziz worked as producer and reporter to Shebbelle Media Network in…

Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke has faulted the Federal electoral body FIEIT for the decision to declare Mogadishu as the polling centre for Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle region. In…

Somali non State actors in South and the central Regions (SOCENSHA) has expressed concern over the pronounced delay of this year’s general elections. Somali Indirect Federal Electoral Commission has on…

Former Somali Prime Minster and the current head of Khatumo State in Sool and Sanaag regions of Somalia Ali Khalif dismissed recent reports, which indicated planned negotiations with puntland State…

A Ugandan soldier captured by Islamist insurgents in Somalia more than a year ago has been paraded in an insurgent video in which he appealed for his country’s leaders to…

Hundreds of Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Guri’el town have appealed for urgent humanitarian aid as they face dire situation caused by the drought athat has affected the regions in the…