Military court in Puntland slaps two ISIL members with death penalty Storyline:National News, Security A military court in Puntland has sentenced two people to death for belonging to ISIL and handed life imprisonment to two others, the court said Sunday. Military court spokesman Col… 2 mins read
1 min read Storyline:National News Al-Shabaab executes fellow Tanzanian fighter Al-Shabaab fighters executed a comrade said to be a Tanzanian for allegedly spying for the United States and Rwandan Intelligence agencies in Jilib of Middle Jubba. The group identified the man…
1 min read Storyline:National News Three more MPs voted to the Lower House in elections held in Somalia’s South West state Voting for Lower House representatives continued in South West state, where three candidates were elected MPs. Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, the federal minister of Industry and Trade was among the three…
3 mins read Storyline:Sports Kenyan officials “embezzled money meant for Rio team” – govt report By Reuters Large sums of money meant to cover the expenses of Kenya’s team at the Rio Olympics were misappropriated by officials, according to an investigation ordered by the country’s…
2 mins read Storyline:National News UN warns of high profile incidents of electoral violation in Somalia The international community has warned of increased incidents of violation of electoral rules and code of conduct in the ongoing parliamentary elections few days after the federal electoral body FIEIT…
3 mins read Storyline:National News 140 Nigeria policemen for Somalia poll security About 140 Nigerians policemen that have been training the Somali police force will be involved in that securing the ongoing elections. Also, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said…
3 mins read Storyline:National News FIEIT probes ‘disqualification’ of Petroleum Minister by Jubbaland electoral body The Federal electoral body FIEIT is investigating an incident in which the state level electoral body in Jubbaland disqualified Petroleum Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Muktar over voter bribery and disruption of…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Kenya Police kill 4 suspectedAl-Shabaab at Kenya’s with Somalia Police officers have killed four suspected extremists in Kenya’s volatile Mandera County, a border region hard-hit by recent attacks by the Somali extremist group al-Shabab. Police killed the men at…
1 min read Storyline:National News Rain seeking payers held in Jowhar Hundreds of Muslims today morning held special prayers for rains in Jowhar as the drought in the country gets worse. The Imams of the town led the faithful in prayers for…
2 mins read Storyline:National News UN envoy, Keating in Jowhar for talks over cancelled Lower House poll UN special envoy Michael Keating is meeting with electoral officials and elders in Jowhar following the cancellation of the vote there by the Federal electoral body owing to a gun…