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HARGEISA, Somalia — Mowlid Ahmed Abidoon stands quietly in the small prison cell where he has lived for nearly two years. Slot windows on one wall let in only a little sunlight, leaving his face almost entirely obscured in darkness. Yet there are splashes of color all around: The room’s bunk beds are covered in…
NAIROBI – A Kenyan court on Thursday slapped one Israeli and one Moroccan with a year each in jail for being in Kenya illegally, while still putting them on trial to face terrorism-related charges. “Considering the nature of circumstances of the offence, each accused is on the first count sentenced to one year imprisonment,” Nairobi…
United States-based telecommunications provider Glocall will introduce high speed 4G capabilities to Somalia in the third quarter of 2014, hoping the additional connectivity will fuel growth and development in the region. Glocall plans to deliver the network through its Somali-based subsidiary Sahal Telecoms, which owns a National Telecommunications Licence in the country. “With a key…
NAIROBI, March 20 (Xinhua) — Eastleigh, a commercial hub on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, is widely known as small Mogadishu due to the huge number of Somali immigrants inhabiting the town. The Somalis’ vibrant engagement in business makes them stand out in the district. Their huge population, which has eclipsed that of locals, has…
A new report says the first ever trial where oral and injectable polio vaccine were given at the same time to try to quell an outbreak has produced encouraging results. The vaccination campaign, in and around Somali refugee camps in Kenya, resulted in high vaccination coverage, despite concerns that it would be hard to reach…
His Excellency Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, today addressed the International Labour Organization (ILO) Governing Body followed by signing the ratification of three core ILO Conventions and joining of the Decent Work Program at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Prime Minister on behalf of the Federal Republic of Somalia ratified: the Freedom of Association…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) — Two objects spotted in the southern Indian Ocean may be debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian authorities said Thursday. The objects are indistinct but of “reasonable size” — the largest about 24 meters long (79 feet), said John Young, general manager of emergency response for the Australian…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Security agencies in two East African countries are on alert for possible terror attacks from Somali extremists who have vowed to avenge the presence of African Union troops in Somalia, officials said Wednesday. Anti-terror police foiled a planned terrorist attack in the coastal city of Mombasa after they intercepted a car…
KENYAN police have arrested two men suspected of links to a Somali Islamist militant group after they were found with two large bombs that may have been intended for an attack in the port city of Mombasa. KENYAN police have arrested two men suspected of links to a Somali Islamist militant group after they were found with two large…
Rome, March 19 – House Speaker Laura Boldrini on Wednesday announced she has moved to have the government release secret case files into the 1994 slaying in Somalia of Italian TV journalist Ilaria Alpi and her Slovenian cameraman Miran Hrovatin. Boldrini said she had asked the government “if the case continues to meet requirements” for…
Nairobi, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) The arrest of two Somali citizens carrying explosives avoided an attack with great consequences against the Kenyan tourist city of Mombasa, the main eastern African port, said an official report here Wednesday. The suspects were arrested while carrying two bombs in his car with triggers able to fly a 14-storey…
UNITED NATIONS, March 19 (Xinhua) — The UN Security Council on Wednesday “condemned in the strongest terms” a deadly terrorist attack on a hotel in central Somalia, saying that “any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivation.” “The members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms yesterday’s attack on…
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels on Wednesday identified a suicide car bomber who struck a town recently captured by African Union troops as a 60-year-old Somali man who held Norwegian citizenship. The attack in Buulo Burde in the south of the country on Tuesday targeted a hotel crowded with army officers and was followed by an…
Kenyanpolice failed to realise that a car that they impounded from a Somali man and stored outside their anti-terror unit offices for a week was packed full of explosives already attached to a Nokia detonator. The blue Toyota four-wheel-drive was only thoroughly checked when foreign counterterror officers believed to be from the FBI saw the…
Somali communities in newly liberated areas devastated by Al Shabaab must receive immediate humanitarian assistance, His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said today in a high-level meeting with Somalia’s most important international partners. The President emphasized the need for immediate humanitarian assistance and praised the Turkish and UAE Red Crescent organizations for the aid being…
America may be getting safer, but gangs are expanding and becoming more violent, posing a growing threat across the country, according to a 2011 FBI report. An estimated 1.4 million Americans belong to 33,000 gangs, and together they are responsible for 48% of violent crime in the country. Following up on a 2012 article, we…
Several suspected Somali nationals arrested during a police raid on an Islamic institution at Macknon Road Township along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway have been arraigned in court. Ninety-four Somalis, including 41 minors, were arraigned before a Kwale Court on Monday evening charged with being in the country illegally. The suspects were arrested at Mahamudai Islamic School…
Prime Minister: We are winning the war and now is the time for Al-Shabaab to renounce violence The National Security Council met today, chaired by His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and attended by H.E Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, government ministers and senior military and security officials to discuss the ongoing military operations against…
Mogadishu, 18 March 2013 – His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today praised the bravery of Somali and Djiboutian soldiers during a visit to the AMISOM hospital in Mogadishu. “You are at the frontline of a campaign against an evil, deluded enemy who has lost sight of what is right and you have paid a…
MOGADISHU – A senior military commander in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region was Monday killed in an ambush, local officials said. General Jama Said Afgadud was travelling in a car near the port town of Bosaso. One soldier was also killed and another injured in the ambush. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Troops based near…