Mogadishu mayor calls for removal of roadblocks Storyline:National News, Security Mogadishu Mayor Yusuf Jima’ale has called on the district commissioners in the city to open up major roads within the city of Mogadishu which were closed during the election. Speaking… 1 min read
2 mins read Storyline:World France’s Hollande fires back at Trump over Paris comments By Reuters French President Francois Hollande fired back at Donald Trump on Saturday after the U.S. president remarked in a speech that a friend thought “Paris is no longer Paris”…
2 mins read Storyline:Archive, Opinions EDITORIAL: PM designate Khaire’s resignation from Soma Oil a welcome move The decision by Prime Minister designate Hassan Ali Khaire to resign his position from Soma Oil and Gas and subsequently relinquish his shareholding in the oil company is not only noble…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Hundreds of starving Somalis flee to Mogadishu Abdirahman Ahmed Ali, district officer of Garasbalay in Mogadishu said the number of drought-displaced families arriving in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital has increase in the past two weeks. Ali said hundreds…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Mogadishu man supplying water for 40 years despite loss of sight A donkey kick rendered Mohamed Adan Anjeh blind at the age of five but that did not deter him from making a living on his own. Since 1977, Anjeh has…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Clan clashes break out in Marka town, Lower Shabelle-sources Sources in Marka town in Lower Shabelle indicate fighting between clans in the area broke out Saturday morning. There is no immediate information available about casualties of the clashes, but residents are…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World U.N. chief urges Burundi parties to participate in peace talks The United Nations has called on political parties in Burundi to commit fully to peace talks to resolve a two-year old political crisis in the east African nation. Burundi President…
1 min read Storyline:National News UN relief chief to travel to Yemen, Somalia, Kenya Stephen O’Brien, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, will travel from Oslo to Yemen, Somalia and Kenya between Feb. 26 and March 5 to meet people most affected by humanitarian…
1 min read Storyline:National News Jubbaland troops remove roadside bombs in Bula-hawa, Southern Somalia The local authority in Bula-Hawa has deployed a team of bomb experts to detonate improvised explosive device (IEDs) planted along the roads of the town. Jubaland security officials told local media…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somali new PM resigns from Soma Oil and Gas Somalia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre has resigned from his post as Africa director for the British energy company Soma Oil & Gas. “In order to fulfill this…
