National News

THE EAST AFRICAN|HARGEISA: Kenyan Member of Parliament has been accused of inciting the violence to stop Somaliland from being recognised as an independent entity. Somaliland leader Muse Bihi had been…

ALJAZEERA|HIIRAAN: Armed fighters from al-Shabab have killed at least six people in an attack on a village in central Somalia that they were pushed out of last week, a government-allied…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: More than two-thirds of Somalia’s federal civil servants earn salaries for doing no work, claims the president. The government biometric time and attendance system show only 1,500 of…

THE BRIEF|MOGADISHU: On Wednesday morning, nine people were reported killed in twin car bombings in central Somalia. This followed another attack on a Mogadishu hotel in November last year. The…

BBC NEWS The three kings of the biblical nativity carried three precious gifts to mark the birth of Jesus – but a modern-day gold rush in Somaliland is putting the…

AFP|MOGADISHU: At least nine people were killed and several others wounded in simultaneous car bomb attacks in a town in central Somalia on Wednesday, security officials and witnesses said. “The…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|GALKAYO: Two people were shot dead and three others injured after armed assailants sprayed fire on them in a commercial center in the northern town of Galkayo, the capital…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud bade farewell Tuesday to the outgoing Ethiopian Ambassador to Somalia, Abdulfatah Abdullahi Hassan, whose tour of duty has ended. The President commended Hassan for…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MAHAS: Two huge blasts went off this morning, followed by intermittent gunfire in Mahaas district in Somalia’s Hiran region. According to locals, simultaneous explosions, reported to be from two…