Exclusive: U.S. suspends aid to Somalia’s battered military over graft Storyline:National News, Security By Reuters The United States is suspending food and fuel aid for most of Somalia’s armed forces over corruption concerns, a blow to the military as African peacekeepers start to… 8 mins read
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security UPDATE: Police identify suicide bomber, death toll at 17 The attack comes exactly two months after a deadly truck loaded with explosives drove into the city claiming over 500 lives Police have identified the suicide bomber who blew up…
2 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Meeting with FMS speakers unconstitutional, Senate tells Jawari The Senate has protested a planned meeting between the Lower House speaker Mohamed Jawaari and speakers of the Federal Member States assembly terming as an affront to the principles of federalism.…
2 mins read Storyline:National News US commander orders new probe into Somalia raid The head of U.S. Africa Command has asked for an additional investigation into whether civilians were killed during a deadly August raid in Somalia involving American and Somali forces. Army…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Suicide bomber claims 13 lives, 15 injured in Police Academy attack Medical sources have confirmed the death of 13 people most of them police officers and 15 others were injured when a suicide bomber detonated a suicide vest during a police…
4 mins read Storyline:National News, World OIC declares East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has declared East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, rejected the US stance as “dangerous”, and called on the international community to follow in…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somalis deported from US shackled for 46 hours and abused-civil rights body Somali nationals who were returned to the US after their plane developed technical hitches in Senegal were subjected to inhumane conditions and remained chained for two days in the plane,…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Two children injured in IED explosion in Gedo Two people including a small girl were slightly injured when a bomb device suspected to be a mine exploded near the residential home of the local commissioner of Fahafhdun location…
2 mins read Storyline:World South Sudan needs $1.7 bln humanitarian aid in 2018 South Sudan needs $1.7 billion in aid next year to help 6 million people — half of its population — cope with the effects of war, hunger and economic decline,…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Palestine president rules out US role in peace process Mahmoud Abbas says US will have no place in mediating Palestine-Israel peace after Jerusalem decision Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said his country would not accept a future role…