ABRIDGED: Amisom commander’s passionate appeal to MPs Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Brig. Gen. Paul Lokech, the Ugandan People’s Defence Force (UPDF) contingent commander in Somalia Wednesday stood between a divided House and political sobriety in Mogadishu making a passionate appeal to lawmakers… 3 mins read
3 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Somali parliament business suspended as AU troops take full charge after stand-off The Lower House has been suspended until further notice as Amisom forces take full charge of the Lower House building following a stand-off Wednesday which only simmered with the intervention…
4 mins read Storyline:National News, Security UK announces additional £3m to clear mines in Somalia and five other nations By Fauxile Kibet The UK has pledged an addition £3 million to facilitate demining activities in five countries among them Somalia with the goal of saving 50,000 people from the risk of…
4 mins read Storyline:National News, Security ‘Increasing awareness about explosive hazards can save many lives,’ says UN demining agency By UNSOM PUBLIC INFORMATION Mukhtar Abdi was tending to his family’s goats in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa one day when a shiny, circle-shaped metallic object caught the nine-year-old boy’s…
2 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Few MPs, more security forces as motion against Jawari staggers The motion against Speaker Mohamed Jawari appears dead for today as only a handful of MPs make way into the House with security forces heavily deployed inside and outside the House.…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Extreme Brexit: England joins Africa in Commonwealth Games guide By Brexit appears to have come early for England at the Commonwealth Games as it was listed as an African country with a population of two million in the official…
2 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News MOTION DAY: Jawari on the chopping board as Khaire remains wary Lower House speaker Mohamed Jawari will today know if his stay as Speaker in the August House will anymore be tenable while Prime Minister Hassan Khaire will also waiting with…
3 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Jawari spills the beans, claims Farmaajo pleaded with him to resign Jawari opens a can of worms revealing President Mohamed Farmaajo had severally sought his resignation. Lower House Speaker has turned on President Mohamed Farmaajo accusing him of escalating an already…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security US strike in central Somalia kills 5 Shabaab militants Five Al-Shabaab militants were killed Sunday in a drone strike by US forces in central Somalia barely two weeks after a similar strike neutered two militants near the capital Mogadishu.…
4 mins read Storyline:World S.Africa celebrates Winnie Mandela after her death at 81 By South Africa paid tribute to Winnie Mandela’s “fighting spirit” on Tuesday as plans were made to mark the life of the firebrand anti-apartheid campaigner and Nelson Mandela’s former wife.…