February 2018

A Singapore flagged chemical tanker escaped an attack by suspected Somali pirates off the coast of Somalia Friday, the EU naval force has said. EUNAVFOR said in a statement Friday…

Al-Shabaab militants Friday evening launched twin assaults in separate places in Mogadishu claiming 18 lives and injuring more than 20 others a day after the government warned of an impending…

Twin explosions have this evening rocked Mogadishu with casualties yet to be established but medical sources have told Goobjoog News several injured people and the dead have been ferried to…

By Fauxile Kibet Countries with high levels of corruption remain the most hostile and dangerous for journalists and civil society organisations to operate from, a report by the anti-graft watchdog…

  Djibouti has ended a contract with Dubai’s DP World, one of the world’s biggest port operators, to run its Doraleh Container Terminal, the president’s office said on Thursday. “The…

Transparency International has released its 2017 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) placing Somalia in the bottom list alongside South Sudan and Syria while New Zealand and Denmark emerged as the least corrupt…

By T. Roble Despite riding on an anti-graft platform and pledging radical surgery to rid the public sector of corruption, President Mohamed Farmaajo’s administration has not, even a dime managed…

By Children were used to fight in at least 18 conflicts since 2016 – including as ‘human bombs’ – despite a global ban on the use of children in war,…

Somali National Army officers completed a four weeks engineering course conducted by the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) this week at General Dhagabadan Training Camp in Mogadishu. The training which…