Thousands of US troops head for southern border Storyline:National News, World By The Pentagon is deploying 5,200 active-duty troops to beef up security along the US-Mexico border, officials announced Monday, in a bid to prevent a caravan of Central American migrants… 5 mins read
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Political row threat to peace in Somalia-UN envoy By T. Roble The ongoing political disputes between the federal government and the members states is a threat to the country’s stability and progress, the UN envoy to Somalia Nicholas…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Wanlaweyn administration intervene to end conflict in Lower Shabelle Wanlaweyn district administration in Lower Shabelle region has called for an end to clan conflict in the region which has now claimed dozens of lives and displaced many others from…
1 min read Storyline:National News Haysom and Madeira meet Madobe in Kismayo The New Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom and his African counterpart, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, arrived today in Kismayu to meet with the Jubbaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, National News Cabinet approves $340m 2019 budget, upbeat on domestic sourcing The cabinet has today approved a $340 million budget for the financial year 2019, the largest in recent years tripling the 2013 budget which stood at $114 million. The budget…
3 mins read Storyline:Business, National News GOVERNANCE: Somalia ranks last in Africa but records progress-report By T. Roble Despite ranking last in overall governance in Africa in 2017, Somalia has registered progress scoring positively in all indicators, a new report has said. The Ibrahim Index…
1 min read Storyline:National News, World PM Dr Abiy Arrives In France Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has arrived in Paris, France today as part of his Europe visit that will also take him to Germany. During his stay in Paris, the…
1 min read Storyline:Security Tension remains high in Wanlaweyn town after last week’s clashes Tension remains high in Wanlaweyn town in Lower Shabelle region following clan clashes in town in the past week. Goobjoog News correspondent in the region reports the situation in the…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, National News Kenya Airways makes maiden direct flight to the US NAIROBI: Kenya Airways (KQ) took to the sky last night on its maiden flight direct to New York marking a historic feat for the East African country which has for…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Indonesian Lion Air passenger plane missing: official BY: An Indonesian Lion Air passenger plane went missing Monday shortly after taking off from the capital Jakarta, an aviation authority official said, adding that a search and rescue operation…