US lauds defection of former Al-Shabaab leader Robow Storyline:National News The US has hailed the defection of former Al-Shabaab deputy leader Mukhtar Robow while commending the Somali government for facilitating his defection a day after the renegade militant addressed the… 2 mins read
1 min read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News HirShabelle state assembly elects presidential election committee following ouster of leader HirShabelle state assembly today elected a presidential election committee comprising of 7 members to oversee the election of a new president following the ouster of immediate former president Abdullahi Ali…
1 min read Storyline:National News Siad Barre’s half brother Abdirahman Jama Barre passes on in the US Former first deputy Prime Minister and half- brother to ex- president Siyad Barre, Abdirahman Jama Barre has passed on in the US following ill health, the family has confirmed. Barre’s…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Suspected al-Shabab attack kills 5 policemen in Kenya’s east A Kenyan government official says suspected al-Shabab extremists have killed five police officers in an ambush in the country’s east. Northeastern regional coordinator Mohamud Saleh on Tuesday said fighters with…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, Politics Suspense as Kenya awaits next move on poll dispute Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is expected to unveil his next move Wednesday to contest a presidential poll he claims was rigged in favour of President Uhuru Kenyatta. The 72-year-old…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Politics FM: Rebuilding GCC trust will take time Doha: Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said yesterday that it will take a “lot of time” to rebuild any trust between sparring Gulf countries because…
4 mins read Storyline:National News EXCLUSIVE: Somalia let free human traffickers arrested and deported by South Sudan Four Somali human traffickers who were arrested by South Sudan authorities sneaking out a 14 year Somali boy from a refugee camp in Uganda and deported as a result to…
3 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News, Politics HirShabelle Federal MPs support ouster of state president as Osoble remains defiant Federal lawmakers from HirShabelle have thrown their weight behind the vote to remove the state president Abdullahi Ali Osoble even as the embattled leader held firm to his position. Present…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security I fell out with Shabaab over ideological differences-Robow Abu Mansuur Mukhtar Robow the renegade former Al-Shabaab deputy leader has declared his disaffiliation with Al-Shabaab joining the ranks of former militants Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, Hassan Aweys and Mohamed Sheikh Atom…
2 mins read 15th May School reopens in Mogadishu after 26 years Banaadir administration today re-opened the 15th May Primary School 26 years after it was forced to shut down as result of civil war. The school which is supported by the…