Somalia to issue first new banknotes in more than three decades Storyline:Business, National News BLOOMBERG|Somalia’s central bank aims to replace the only high-value currency note still in use by next year to deal with counterfeit bills, excess cash in circulation and inflation. The redesigned… 2 mins read
4 mins read Storyline:National News World Food Program chief: Somali famine slowed, not avoided AP|DAVOS: The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program says support from donors like the United States and Germany have allowed it to postpone — though not entirely…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security SNA eliminates 21 Al-Shabaab fighters in Hawadley REUTERS|MOGADISHU: The Somali National Armed Forces gallantly repulsed an Al-Shabaab attack on an army base in Hawadley village in Middle Shabelle region on Tuesday morning, killing several members of the…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Al Shabaab kills seven soldiers in attack on military base REUTERS|MOGADISHU: Islamist fighters from al Shabaab on Tuesday stormed a military base in a part of central Somalia they were forced from last year, killing at least seven soldiers, including…
4 mins read Storyline:Archive, National News OP-ED: The Partnership between the United States and Somalia: Shared Interests, Shared Goals By Ambassador Larry André, Jr. After one year serving as the United States Ambassador to Somalia, I recently concluded individual introductory meetings with all Federal Government of Somalia ministers. I…
4 mins read Storyline:Security, World Inside boda boda rider Victor Bwire’s plot to blow up KICC NATION AFRICA|NAIROBI: Victor Odede Bwire was a man on a mission. He jumped onto his motorbike in January 2019 and started on a road trip between Nairobi and Elwak town…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Al-Shabaab overruns base in Hawadley, senior commander among fatalities GOOBJOOG NEWS|HAWADLEY: Al-Shabaab militants have launched an attack early Tuesday morning on an army base in Hawadley town, in the Middle Shabelle region, some 45 km from Mogadishu. According to…
1 min read Storyline:Security, World UAE strongly condemns Al-Shabab attack in central Somalia GOOBJOOG NEWS|DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has issued a statement this morning condemning, with the strongest terms possible, the terrorist attack that took place in central Somalia’s Hiran region, that…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Beletweyne Intelligence Chief killed in Halgan suicide bomb attack GOOBJOOG NEWS|HIRAN: Jamal Ahmed Jama, the CID chief of the Beletweyne Police Station, is confirmed to have been killed in Monday’s bomb explosion that took place in Halgan, a town…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, World Boost for Kenyan traders as miraa exports to Somalia more than double BUSINESS DAILY|NAIROBI: Somalia has allowed Kenya to more than double the volumes of miraa exported to this lucrative market, expanding opportunities for local farmers who are eying good returns from…