Robust security force critical to secure August polls, UN envoy to Somalia says Storyline:National News, Security THE UN Special Envoy to Somalia Michael Keating has raised the red flag over what he termed as ‘too many civilians and too many soldiers dying’ in the country and… 2 mins read
3 mins read Storyline:National News, World Italy braces for summer migrant arrivals as EU solidarity wavers By Reuters Italy is bracing for an expected rush of boat migrants this summer as the European Union’s failed relocation programme ratchets up pressure on the country’s shelter system, a…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somali leaders condole with families over boat tragedy, call for lasting solution to avert more deaths President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has condoled with the families and friends of those who perished in the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Greece. President Mohamud said in a statement the…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Police seize explosives, RPGs and gas cylinders in night raid in Daynille, Mogadishu Security agencies acting on a tip off Sunday night seized an assortment of weapons including rocket propelled grenades, RPGs, Kalashnikov guns and gas cylinders suspected to have been set for…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Ethiopia says death toll from raid rises to 208; 108 children kidnapped The death toll from a raid carried out by South Sudanese gunmen in western Ethiopia has risen to 208 people and the assailants kidnapped 108 children, an Ethiopian official said…
1 min read Storyline:National News Over 200 Somali youth feared dead in boat tragedy en route to Italy Images have emerged of dozens of bodies of young men most of them reported from Somalia following the capsizing of a boat from Alexandria, Egypt heading to Italy. Though the…
1 min read Storyline:Archive DEATH TOLL FROM ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE RISES TO 233 – ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT CORREA DEATH TOLL FROM ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE RISES TO 233 – ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT CORREA
5 mins read Storyline:Archive, National News, Opinions OPINION: Africa and the Jihadist Threat By Olusegun Obasanjo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Wolfgang Ischinger* The list of places in Europe and Africa that have suffered from jihadist terrorism is rapidly growing: the seaside town of Grand-Bassam…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security AMISOM: We admit Bula Marer killing but it was not premeditated African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM has admitted its soldiers killed four civilians in Bula Marer, Lower Shabelle region Saturday but said the killings were not intentional. In a statement,…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security AMISOM troops allegedly kill four civilians in Bulamareer, Lower Shabelle African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops have allegedly killed four civilians including two women and gouged out the eyes of the four, on Saturday in Bulamareer town, Lower Shabelle,…