September 2016

Elections in Somalia to choose a new parliament have been postponed  due to a dispute over how to select delegates who will elect the legislators, a lawmaker said. 24th September…

The country’s outgoing leadership has joined the rank and file of hopefuls for parliamentary race in the upcoming polls. Sources indicate President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud did not travel to the UN…

By Reuters Libya’s prime minister called for a national reconciliation initiative to repair the divisions in a fragmented country reeling from the turbulence that has followed the fall of dictator…

Authorities in Central Somalia state have said the 119 alleged Somali pirates who were prosecuted in India were fishermen barely a day after thousands of Somalis protested against the sentences of…

The United Arab Emirates is financing Somalia’s maritime case at The Hague against Kenya, contrary to claims the Saudi government was responsible, Goobjoog News has established. Speaking exclusively to Goobjoog…

Somali government Sunday called for release of its nationals held in jails by a number of countries even as reports emerge some had been handed death sentences in India. Yesterday,…

At least 180 civilians were killed last month in war-torn Yemen, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said. “We note with deep concern the sharp increase in civilian casualties…

Kenyan authorities have placed a $20,000 bounty for any information that leads to the arrest of a terror suspect wanted for planning attack in the coastal town of Lamu. The…

Hundreds of residents in Galkio and El Buur towns in Galmudg state of Somalia have staged peaceful protests against the sentences handed to 119 alleged Somali pirates yesterday. Fifty of alleged pirates…