Somalia bans use of Al Shabaab name and asks to refer to the group as a “deviant sect” Storyline:National News RIVAL TIMES|MOGADISHU: The Government of Somalia has prohibited the use of the name Al Shabaab to refer to this terrorist group, which maintains ties to Al Qaeda, and has demanded… 2 mins read
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Military operation kills 21 Al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle- Somali govt GOOBJOOG NEWS| MOGADISHU: The Somali government announced on Sunday that its special forces had killed 21 Al-Shabaab insurgents and injured 10 others in an operation carried out in the Lower…
7 mins read Storyline:National News Somalis are going hungry. Their government isn’t calling it a famine. NEW YORK TIMES|NAIROBI: A severely malnourished child is admitted to a clinic in Somalia on average every minute of every day. With crops and animals decimated in the worst drought…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security SNA repulses Al-Shabaab assault on military base in newly liberated village in Galgadud GOOBJOOG NEWS|GALGADUD: The Somali Armed Forces Monday morning a terrorist attack launched by Al-Shabaab fighters on a military base housing national troops and local fighters in the recently liberated Qayib…
1 min read Storyline:World Somali president arrives in Egypt for COP27 GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and a delegation led by him arrived in Egypt on Sunday night to attend the UN Climate Change Conference to be held in the…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Somalia warns of increased bomb attacks as Al-Shabaab flees from rural villages THE EAST AFRICAN|MOGADISHU; Somalia is warning of increased bomb attacks in the country as al-Shabaab militants flee from rural villages where they are losing territory to vigilantes and security forces.…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Five killed in suicide bombing at Somalia military camp ALJAZEERA|MOGADISHU: A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives near a military training camp in Somalia, killing at least five people and wounding 11 others, according to the state-run SONNA news…
5 mins read Storyline:National News, Security The escalation of the conflict in Somalia threatens to make 2022 one of the deadliest years RIVAL TIMES|MOGADISHU: The double attack on October 29 in Mogadishu with more than 120 dead is one of the bloodiest committed to date by Al Shabaab and comes to join…
1 min read Storyline:World Erdogan, Putin agreed to send Russian grains to poor African countries for free REUTERS|ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he had agreed with counterpart Vladimir Putin that Russian grains sent under the Black Sea export deal should go to poor…
2 mins read Storyline:World Outrage and praise trail Kenya’s relief aid to Somalia as people are unsure of how to feel BUSINESS INSIDER|NAIROBI: Despite the food insecurity in Kenya, the country insists on providing some humanitarian aid to its more downcast neighbor. East Africa has been on the receiving end of…