Tag: News in English

At least two Turkish workers were heavily injured in a rocket attack at a construction site of new Turkish Embassy building. Militants fired rockets at the construction site on Thursday in Somali capital city of Mogadishu, hitting a container, which houses Turkish workers. The rockets caused a fire in the container, wounding at least two…

I traveled to Somalia in the summer of 1993 to cover the famine that was ravaging the country following the overthrow of President Siad Barre. One of the first things a reporter friend and I did was hook up with the Canadian air force, which was flying food aid and other emergency relief supplies into…

SEVEN MPs from northern Kenya yesterday threatened to withdraw their support for Jubilee in defence of Majority Leader Aden Duale. Some MPs from TNA have been agitating for his removal saying that he is undermining the Jubilee government. The MPs, from all three main political parties, accused the TNA MPs of “political terrorism” saying that…

MOGADISHU, 9 April 2014 (IRIN) – Three years after Al-Shabab insurgents withdrew from the city, security in Mogadishu remains a serious problem for residents and aid workers, with threats from Al-Shabab incursions, criminals and militia. Often-deadly attacks attributed to Al Shabab or its sympathizers involving mortar rounds, rocket propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices occur…

On Tuesday night in Leek, a 23-year old man was arrested in relation to the fatal abuse of a Somali man in Groningen. The man from Leek was caught with the help of witnesses, the police say. According to RTV Noord, witnesses declared that a total of four men were involved in the incident. A…

His Excellency Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed attended a meeting with the European Union and UNMAS to discuss on-going accomplishments in regards to safety and security within Mogadishu. The Prime Minister and members of EU and UNMAS unfolded the news of the elimination of all explosive objects within Mogadishu. The government led by the Prime…

A Somali suspected of terrorism was yesterday charged in a Mombasa court with residing outside a designated refugee camp. Abdirahman Ahmed Abdullahi appeared before senior principal magistrate Richard Odenyo. He admitted that he was found outside the refugee camp at Ganjoni in Mombasa town on April 3. The court was informed that police officers from…

Hundreds of Norwegian-Somali children are being sent to study in Somalia, Kenya, Egypt and Britain, because their parents are concerned that they are struggling to prosper inside the Norwegian system, according to a new report from Norway’s Institute for Social Research. “Parents often find that their children are seen as weak learners, often because they…

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations has forsaken humanitarian principles and undermined aid efforts by throwing its weight behind the Somali government, the head of the Somali Red Crescent said. The agency with the greatest reach in Somalia, the Somali Red Crescent was one of the few charities able to deliver food to…

NAIROBI: Kenyan security forces have rounded up thousands of Somalis or Kenyans of Somali origin, leaving many languishing in a football stadium, amid a major crackdown on suspected Islamists blamed for a string of attacks. The operation, which local media say has involved more than 6,000 men from the police and from the elite General…

Pupils who speak English as a second language have defied the odds to come first in an inter-school debating competition. Kitchener Primary School youngsters Ibado Hussein, Banna Ari-Ali and Farah Abdo were announced as the winners of an English-Speaking Union tournament, in which 10 local schools took part. “I was so proud I could have…

His Excellency Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed sends his condolences to the two victims and their families of a fatal shooting in Galka’yo. “I am greatly saddened to hear the news regarding the deaths of two UN officials. I wish to convey my heartfelt sympathies to the victims and their families.” Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh…

SAPIC Condemns Murder of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Personnel 7th April, 2014, Mogadishu-SAPIC condemns the murder of two consultants at the Galkayo main Airport. We condemn the barbaric act on the consultants who were working with UNODC in efforts to help the country. SAPIC would like to send their heartfelt and…

TEHRAN (FNA)- The 29th Flotilla of the Iranian Navy which has been dispatched to the Atlantic Ocean berthed at Djibouti port in Africa on Monday. The Iranian warships plan to stay in Djibouti port for three days after 73 days of journey in the high seas. The flotilla, which is the first dispatched to the…

A British man working for the United Nations has been shot dead alongside a colleague in Somalia. The two UN consultants were shot at Galkayo airport in Puntland, Somalia, by unknown gunmen after getting off a plane, it was reported. A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are aware of the death of a British national…