Soldier hurls grenade at family house, kills mum, four siblings Storyline:National News, Security GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: A military man hurled a grenade at his family’s house Monday night killing five people among them his mother and siblings in Mogadishu. Sources said the soldier from… 1 min read
3 mins read Storyline:National News Safiya Jama Gayre: Age is no bar to passing the bar By UNDP Somalia MOGADISHU: As recently as 2012, Puntland had no women lawyers working in any of its courts. So 60-year-old Safiya Jama Gayre from Puntland’s major city of Garowe decided…
10 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Life after al-Shabab: Driving a school bus instead of an armed pickup truck By Mary Harper| BBC|SOMALIA: The Somali militant group al-Shabab recruits thousands of foot soldiers, but also needs people to provide public services in the area it controls. Any caught trying…
1 min read Storyline:National News Drop civil servants, security agents from poll team, presidential candidates tell Farmaajo GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Opposition presidential candidates led by former presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed have demanded President Mohamed Farmaajo drops names of civil servants and intelligence officials appointed to…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: UN urges protection of civilians By BBC|TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA: The UN has urged Ethiopian authorities to ensure the protection of civilians as the army plans to attack the capital of the northern region of Tigray. Prime Minister…
1 min read Storyline:National News Eight dead, roads, power cut off as cyclone hits Bosaso, Hafun regions GOOBJOOG|PUNTLAND: Eight people identified to be Yemeni refugees were killed Sunday night as cyclone Gati made landfall in Bosaso and Hafun regions in the Puntland state. Hafun district commissioner Mohamed…
1 min read Storyline:National News Somali clerics urge calm, compromise amid elections row GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Religious leaders in Somalia have called on politicians and government to set aside differences and tone down on political rhetoric to avert instability in the country amid an…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, World ‘Save yourselves’, Ethiopia tells Tigrayans as it moves on rebel-held capital By REUTERS|ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia’s army plans to surround the rebel-held capital of Tigray region with tanks and may use artillery on the city to try to end a nearly three-week war,…
1 min read Storyline:National News Hassan Sheikh Mohamud: Spy chief Fahad Yasin threat to public institutions GOOBJOOG NEWS| MOGADISHU: The national spy chief Fahad Yasin is the ‘owner’ of President Mohamed Farmaajo’s government and has wreaked havoc, former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said in what…
1 min read Storyline:National News Many Somalis now seek justice from Al-Shabaab courts-Ex-President Mohamud Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused the current government of doing little to reform the judicial system and build public confidence among citizens on the courts noting more people…