Mogadishu-Afgooye road to be completed in 2 months-PM Khaire Storyline:National News The Qatari funded road construction linking Mogadishu and Afgooye will be completed in two months’ time, Prime Minister Hassan Khaire has said. The PM said the 30-kilometre stretch is now… 1 min read
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security SNA seize areas in Bardhere under Al-Shabaab rule Somali forces have seized areas previously under control of the militant group Al-Shabaab in Bardhere in Gedo region. The operation which lasted for three days saw the national army reclaim…
5 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Uncovering the hidden costs of US airstrikes in Somalia By Bryce W. Reeder, University of Missouri-Columbia The US is an active participant in the war against Al-Shabaab in Somalia, efforts that have increased in the last few years under…
2 mins read Storyline:World 50 children killed by measles in Samoa as outbreak worsens Samoa’s government said Monday that another five children had died within the past day from a measles outbreak, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to more than 50 as…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Government forces kill six Al-Shabaab militants in Gedo At least six Al-Shabaab members were killed yesterday around Bardhere district in Gedo region. Somali National Army officials in Bardhere told reporters that they had launched an attack on Al-Shabaab positions…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Somali Army general killed in Mogadishu General Yusuf Ali Qassay of the Somali National Army, was reportedly killed last night in his home located Hodan district in Mogadishu. Reports indicate the killing of General came after…
4 mins read Storyline:Security, World Abiy Ahmed fanning instability in Somalia, S. Sudan: UN reports Just months after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Ethiopia’s reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is fighting accusations of is interfering with the affairs of neighbouring countries. In November, two United…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Somalia National army begin operation on areas west of Bardhere The Somali National Army based in Bardhere district has launched a major operation to flush out al-Shabaab from areas in the west of Bardhere which has been under the control…
1 min read Storyline:World IGAD picks Sudan to chair the bloc The regional bloc IGAD has appointed Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok as the new chair to take over from Ethiopia which has been holding the position for over a decade.…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Somalia’s opposition scolds Ethiopian PM for ‘violent involvement’ in Somalia Somalia opposition groups have expressed ‘grave’ concerns over what they termed as attempts to interfere with the upcoming Galmudug elections using Ethiopian troops as they did in South West state…
