ONLF rebels disarm to unite with Somali state forces Storyline:National News, Security Ethiopia’s Somali regional state on Friday signed an agreement to disarm and reintegrate members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) into the state’s security forces and civil service. ONLF was… 1 min read
1 min read Storyline:House of the People, National News Garissa elders endorse the re-election of Jubaland President Madobe As Somalia’s Jubaland State prepares to hold elections in August this year, Garissa County elders have endorsed the re-election of President Ahmed Madobe over improved security at the border between…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World AU Summit 32 to focus refugees, displaced people, migrants as Egypt takes the wheel of AU As part of the ongoing reform of the African Union (AU), there is a proposal to shift the portfolio for refugees and displaced people away from political affairs, where it…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World EU supports reconnecting Eritrea and Ethiopia The commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica has yesterday visited Eritrea, where he launched an initial €20 million project to rebuild the road connection between the Ethiopian border…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security US airstrikes kill 15 Al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle Somalia The United States military says targeted airstrikes against suspected extremists in Somalia have killed 15 fighters on 6th and 7th February 2019. U.S. Africa Command statement says the airstrikes occurred…
2 mins read Storyline:National News HirShabelle state president Waare reshuffled his cabinets HirShabelle state President Mohamed Abdi Waare has reshuffled his cabinets, a statement issued by his office announced the reshuffling of the cabinets today. Waare said that his consultations with his…
3 mins read Storyline:National News Ex-Somali region president dismisses criminal charges against him as “coordinated lies” Former Somali regional state president Abdi Muhamud Omar has yesterday told judges at the federal high court fourth criminal bench in the capital Addis Abeba that the multiple criminal charges…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Al-Shabaab assassinates more high-ranking Somali military personnel Following Shabaab’s assassination of two Somali generals south of Mogadishu in December, the al Qaeda branch claimed to have killed two Somali colonels near the same town yesterday. “Colonel Abdisalan…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, World Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders’ ex-ally converts to Islam BY: A Dutch former far-right MP and right-hand man of anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has set tongues wagging in the Netherlands after revealing that he has converted to Islam. Freedom Party (PVV) leader…
1 min read Storyline:House of the People, National News, Security US conduct airstrikes in Lower Shabelle and Bay region, Somalia U.S. Africa Command has conducted two airstrikes in separate engagements in the last 48 hours. The first airstrike occurred in the vicinity of Gandarshe, Lower Shabelle Region, Somalia, on February 3, 2019, and the second…