Police officer sentenced to death for fatally stabbing civilian Storyline:National News GOOBJOOG NEWS|The Somali military court on Wednesday sentenced a police officer attached to the South West Administration to death after he was found guilty of killing a civilian. Mohamed Abdikadir… 1 min read
2 mins read Storyline:National News Close to $100m loan from IMF, CBS shrouded in secrecy- AG report GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Federal Government under former President Mohamed Farmaajo borrowed $96.4 million from the IMF and the Central Bank without the approval of parliament and neither were the reasons for…
6 mins read Storyline:National News Somalia’s food crisis is claiming young lives By Oxygen machines beep and people whisper at the intensive care unit of Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. Foil shields the windows from sunlight and lets in a blue…
2 mins read Storyline:Security, World Türkiye among nations exempted from UN arms sanctions in Somalia ANADOLU|ANKARA: Türkiye is among the countries exempted from the UN Security Council’s arms embargo in Somalia due to military and technical training it provides in the African country, according to…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Somalia warns arms sales restrictions undermine fight against al-Shabaab BLOOMBERG|MOGADISHU: Restrictions on weapons sales to Somalia are undermining efforts to thwart al-Shabaab insurgents that are trying to overthrow the government, a cabinet minister has warned. A military offensive has…
7 mins read Storyline:National News, Security, World Somalia: Rare access to its US-funded ‘lightning commando brigade BBC NEWS|BUKURE: It is just after five in the morning, and three pickup trucks – each bristling, like porcupines, with a dozen heavily armed soldiers – are tearing along a…
5 mins read Storyline:World Indonesia quake death toll rises to 268; 151 still missing AP|CIANJUR: The death toll from the earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of Java leapt to 268 on Tuesday as more bodies were found beneath collapsed buildings, and 151 people…
1 min read Storyline:National News President Mohamud disbands polls, boundaries commissions GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has disbanded the National Independent Elections Commission and the Federal Boundaries Commission and directed the cabinet to constitute the two bodies afresh. The President…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Gunmen kill politician in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: A politician who contested but lost in last year’s parliamentary elections has been shot dead in Mogadishu. Armed men killed Mohamed Hussein Sebriye alias Guleyste in Mogadishu’s Wadajir…
2 mins read Storyline:Security, World Al-Shabab gunman kills 3 Kenyan peacekeepers in Somalia AP|NAIROBI: A lone gunman entered a military base in Somalia and killed at least three Kenyan peacekeepers Monday, the latest attack by extremist fighters who oppose the presence of foreigners…