Mali extends state of emergency in bid to quell Islamist attacks Storyline:World By Reuters Mali’s National Assembly has voted to extend a state of emergency by six months in a bid to quell an upsurge in attacks by Islamist militants based in… 1 min read
3 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Senate unveils nine business committees The Senate has today announced its business committees made up of 48 senators with each committee composed of either five or six members. The Constitutional Review and Federalism committee will…
3 mins read Storyline:National News 43 days of grief and uncertainty as Somali families seek burial of Al Hodeida attack victims They have not been buried yet and no one is telling us anything about it. We would like them to be buried immediately before they are destroyed in refrigerators. Sahra…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somali pirate sentenced to life over USS Ashland attack: Justice Department By Reuters A 31-year-old Somali man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for engaging in piracy and other offenses in connection with an attack on a U.S. Navy…
7 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech Hackers exploited Word flaw for months while Microsoft investigated To understand why it is so difficult to defend computers from even moderately capable hackers, consider the case of the security flaw officially known as CVE-2017-0199. The bug was unusually…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Some African states oppose a return by S.Sudan rebel Machar -UN East African states and South Africa believe that allowing South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar to return to the war-torn country would not “necessarily be positive at this stage,” said…
2 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News, Security EXCLUSIVE: PM and Speaker convene urgent meeting over security architecture fall out Prime Minister Hassan Khaire and Speaker Osman Jawaari are convening a joint meeting today with teams from both sides to salvage a fall out following critical questions raised by the…
2 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech Horny male seeks mate: Kenya’s last northern white rhino joins Tinder Like many guys using the Tinder dating app, Sudan loves the outdoors and travels widely. The catch: he’s the world’s last male white northern rhino and desperately needs to mate.…
3 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News, Security Security reform plan will balkanise the military and violates supreme law-Parliament Parliamentary defence committee has poured cold water on the newly announced national security architecture terming it a recipe for disintegration of the national army into tribal militias. Noting that architecture…
2 mins read Storyline:Archive, Opinions London Conference: Security architecture will deal a fatal blow to building a strong Somali army By Mahad Salad A statement from the conference of leaders of the national federal government and regional presidents in Mogadishu on 15-16 April 2017 shared with partner countries as…