Tag: News in English

Mogadishu, 09 September, 2014 — The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia H.E Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed notes with concern the grave allegations of sexual exploitation made by Human Rights Watch in their report on the conduct of AMISOM peacekeepers. The government condemns all forms of abuse against the Somali people and remains committed…

Nairobi, Kenya – A confidential UN report alleges that Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud , his former foreign minister and an American law firm conspired to steal public funds by engaging in secret contracts that gave them hefty percentages from the country’s recovered overseas assets. The report, obtained by Al Jazeera and presented to the…

The Somali Ministry in charge of national security has displayed to reporters Mohamed Adan Abdirahman, a senior Al-Qaeda leader inside Al-Shabaab, who defected from the group on Sunday. Mohamed Yusuf, spokesman of the Ministry said in a press conference, that the defector had contacted the government about his decision to defect to the government side,…

Mogadishu: Al-Qaeda has backed the new Islamist chief of Somalia’s Shebab insurgents after his predecessor was killed in a US air strike last week, according to a statement broadcast on Monday on Shebab radio. “Our prayers also go to the new Emir, Ahmad Umar Abu Ubaidah to gain strength to continue the jihad of brother…

NAIROBI, Sept 9 — Internationally-funded African Union troops in war-torn and impoverished Somalia have gang raped women and girls as young as 12 and traded food aid for sex, Human Rights Watch said in a report yesterday. Some of the women who were raped said that the soldiers gave them food or money afterwards in an…

Mogadishu, September 08, 2014 The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) congratulates the new leadership elected by the members of the Media Association for Puntland (MAP) and vows to continue working with the new leadership. In highly organized event attended by the Minister of information for Puntland, Abdiweli Hersi Abdulle, representatives from Relief International, PUNSAA…

The director of Dalsan radio Hassan Ali Gesey who also doubles up as the chairman of Somali independent media houses association (SIMHA) who was detained in Somali capital Mgadishu has been released. Mr. Gesey was arrested on Wednesday alongside side Dalsan staff manager Abukar Hashara by Somali intelligence agency in connection to an interview he…

Mogadishu, 05 September 2014 HE Excellency the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud spoke today on the death of the leader of al-Shabaab, Ahmed Godane: “US forces conducted an airstrike against an identified al-Shabaab training camp in southern Somalia on the evening of Monday, 1st September, using manned and unmanned aerial vehicles against identified enemy…

Fadumo Dayib moved to Finland in the 1990s to escape the civil war in Somalia. She’s now studying at Harvard but planning to return to Somalia—and she thinks she can make quite an impact on the country. ”I want to be Somalia’s president because I believe women have a chance to lead Somalia,” said Dayib….

A hail of US missiles aimed at the leader of Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants may have left a gaping hole in the group’s leadership, and potentially the biggest challenge to its unity since it emerged as a fighting force eight years ago. Washington said it was still checking to see whether its laser-guided attack on Monday…

The latest person to leave Minnesota and travel to Syria to fight for ISIS is a 19-year-old Somali woman who had been living in St. Paul. It’s a troubling development considering recruiting in Somali communities has been limited to men in the past. Now, women appear to be the new targets. Sadik Warfa is a…

Mogadishu – His Excellency Dr. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed, Prime Minister of Somalia, H.E Mohamed Sheikh Hassan, Minister of Defence, H.E Duale Aden, Minister of Culture and Higher Education and other government officials made an historic visit to Baidoa of Tiyeglow towns of Bay and Bakool regions where they received a huge welcome by members…

Construction of an isolation facility that will improve the effective treatment of Ebola cases in Sierra Leone has now commenced in earnest, as the Red Cross scales up response to the Ebola outbreak. Red Cross teams in Sierra Leone are constructing a clinic in the town of Kenema as the charity, government authorities and other…

Mogadishu, September 3, 2014The National Union of Somali Journalists [NUSOJ] deplores detention of prominent journalist in Mogadishu on Wednesday September 03, 2014 between 09 – 10:00am by the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency and calls for his unconditional release. Members of the NSA arrested Hassan Ali Gesey, Director of Radio Dalsan and Chairman of…

Mogadishu, 03 September 2014 – H.E. Mustafa Duhulow, the Minister of Information praised the bravery of Somali National Forces and AMISOM as the Indian Ocean military operation is succeeding very well. On 3rd September forces liberated Jalalqsi district in Hiiraan region from Al-Shabaab. The Minsiter said “The Federal Government of Somalia praises the bravery of…

A Somali-American who was killed fighting for ISIS in Syria cleaned jetliners for Delta Airlines before he left the United States to fight for the Islamic terrorist group, it has been revealed. Abdirahmaan Muhumed, 29, had security clearances that granted him special access to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in his job with Delta Global Services,…

NAIROBI, Sept 3 (Reuters) – A hail of U.S. missiles aimed at the leader of Somalia’s al Shabaab militants may have left a gaping hole in the group’s leadership, potentially the biggest challenge to its unity since it emerged as a fighting force eight years ago. Washington said on Wednesday it was still uncertain whether…

The Somali government has given the members of Al-Shabaab militant group 45 days to surrender and renounce violence. “The government has given Al-Shabaab 45 days to surrender and return to their homes and families,” National Security Minister Khalif Ereg said following a cabinet meeting late on Tuesday. “The government is committed to rehabilitating militants who…