Gudlawe meets EU envoy amid rebellion over his presidency Storyline:National News GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Newly elected president of HirShabelle Ali Gudlawe Saturday held talks with EU ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga amidst an ongoing rebellion in Hiiraan over his elections. The EU embassy… 1 min read
4 mins read Storyline:National News, World ‘Choose – I kill you or rape you’: abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia’s war By HAMDAYET, Sudan, (Reuters) – The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Former MP Muhidin Afrah targeted in IED attack in Mogadishu A car belonging to a former lawmaker has hit a landmine in Shibis district in Mogadishu with initial reports indicating deaths and injuries. It was not immediately clear if the…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Ugandan troops in Somalia say 189 extremists killed in raid By ASSOCIATED PRESS KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s military says it killed 189 suspected Islamic extremists with al-Shabab in Somalia in a “surprise, swift” attack that targeted a meeting of…
2 mins read Storyline:House of the People, National News, Security Parliament presses Farmaajo on ‘Eritrean trained’ youth GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Lower House Foreign Relations Committee has demanded President Mohamed Farmaajo comes clean on the whereabouts of Somali youth who are reportedly fighting in the ongoing Tigray war. The…
1 min read Storyline:National News, World Reprieve for Somalis as Biden reverses ‘Muslim Ban’ GOOBJOOG NEWS|WASHINGTON: Somalis will now travel to the United States freely thanks to the lifting of a travel ban by President Joe Biden who took office Wednesday. Upon swearing in,…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security UPDATE: Dhagajuun was killed by security forces-Mogadishu mayor GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Mogadishu mayor Omar Filish has confirmed that Hodan district commissioner Abdihakim Dhagajuun was killed by government security forces at 2 am Thursday. “The deceased was killed last night…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Mogadishu district official who survived bomb attack shot dead GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Hodan district commissioner Abdihakim Dhegajuun was Wednesday night shot dead on the same day he arrived from Turkey after he successfully underwent treatment following a bomb attack last November.…
1 min read Storyline:National News US airstrikes kill 3 Al-Shabaab operatives in Lower Juba-FGS GOOBJOOG NEWS|LOWER JUBA : Three Al-Shabaab militants were killed Tuesday in a US airstrike in Lower Juba region, the Somali government has said. The Ministry of Information said in a statement…
7 mins read Storyline:National News, World Facing crush of crises, Biden will take helm as president By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden swears the oath of office at noon Wednesday to become the 46th president of the United States, taking the helm of a…