The Verdict: Five jailed, 7 acquitted in highly publicised graft cases in Somalia Storyline:National News Five out of 11 government officials accused of corruption were this morning sentence to varying jail terms ranging from one to nine years. 2 mins read
1 min read Storyline:World UN Security Council to fund regional force in DR Congo NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council has said it will fund the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Speaking to journalists after…
3 mins read Storyline:World Sudan’s health crisis worsens amid conflict, seasonal epidemics KHARTOUM: Concerns are rising over Sudan’s worsening health situation amid a surge in seasonal epidemics, coupled with the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid…
1 min read Storyline:Security Security forces intercept explosives-laden vehicles in Dhusamareb Security forces in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug state fended off a bomb attack Thursday morning.
2 mins read Storyline:World Burkina Faso junta says it thwarted coup attempt By DAKAR, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing…
3 mins read Storyline:World French Ambassador to Niger leaves as relations nosedive after coup France’s ambassador to Niger left the country early on Wednesday morning, around one month after the military government ordered his expulsion and days after President Emmanuel Macron said the diplomat…
1 min read Storyline:National News Police officer arrested following suicide bomb attack at Beledweyne GOOBJOOG NEWS | BELEDWEYNE: A police officer has been arrested following a suicide truck bombing that targeted a security checkpoint in Beledweyne, killing at least 36 people and wounding 40…
2 mins read Storyline:Security Kenyan linked to weapons seized at Mogadishu port missing-lawyer Lawyers representing a Kenyan businessman reported to have been behind a cache of weapons seized last on May this year at Mogadishu port has gone missing.
2 mins read Storyline:Security US diplomat says Al-Shabaab spreading falsehoods on ‘civilian deaths’ in airstrikes The US embassy in Mogadishu has dismissed claims by Al-Shabaab that a US airstrike killed civilians in central Somalia noting that the militant group is spreading propaganda to advance its agenda.
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World More than 100 dead, 150 injured in Iraq wedding inferno By NINEVEH, Iraq, Sept 27 (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq’s Nineveh province…
