Al-Shabaab militants ratchet up attacks against AU forces in southern Somalia Storyline:National News, Security The militant group Al-Shabaab Friday fired mortar shells targeting an Amisom based in Balcad in Middle Shabelle region. According to some local residents, the incident took place in Hawo Taako, Balcad… 1 min read
2 mins read Storyline:National News US airstrike hits Al-Shabaab north of Mogadishu The US military killed four Shabaab terrorists in an airstrike 74 miles northwest of Mogadishu yesterday. This is the first strike that the U.S. Forces Africa Command (AFRICOM) has publicly announced…
1 min read Storyline:National News Ethiopian prosecutors to charge five over PM rally blast (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s federal prosecutors are to file charges against five people suspected of being involved in a blast at a rally in Addis Ababa in June for Prime Minister…
3 mins read Storyline:National News President Farmaajo under fire from opposition parties over Eritrea sanctions stance Opposition parties pile pressure on President Farmaajo to withdraw Eritrea sanctions call a day after Djibouti rebuked Somalia for the remarks A section of opposition political parties in Somalia have…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Mogadishu military courts hands 2 ISIL members 15 year jail terms A military court in Mogadishu has sentenced two men found guilty of belonging to the extremist militant group ISIL in Somalia to 15 years in jail. The court found Mahad…
1 min read Storyline:National News EU calls for calm in Zimbabwe after election violence REUTERS – The European Union on Thursday called for calm in Zimbabwe, where three people were killed in clashes following Monday’s presidential election. The deployment of soldiers and their beating…
4 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech How the internet is changing the way we grieve By Jo Bell, University of Hull People don’t die in the same way that they used to. In the past, a relative, friend, partner would pass away, and in time, all…
4 mins read Storyline:National News, World Turkey, US in diplomatic crisis after ministers hit by sanctions By Turkey and the United States were on Thursday locked in the most serious diplomatic crisis between the NATO allies in years after Washington slapped sanctions on two senior Turkish…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Somali MP accuses Kenyan troops of rape and extra-judicial killings in Gedo region A lawmaker has accused Kenyan forces in of rape and extra-judicial killings in Gedo region days after local administration pointed fingers at the same forces for killings. Abdi Shire, a…
1 min read Storyline:National News Cabinet meets in Garowe, a third outside Mogadishu Prime Minister Hassan Khaire is today holding his weekly cabinet meeting in Puntland’s administrative capital, Garowe, a third of such meetings outside Mogadishu. Goobjoog News has also learnt that the…