JANNALE, Somalia (WDN) — A civilian was reportedly killed and four others wounded after artillery shells struck the village of Dag-wariiri, near Jannaale in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, early Wednesday, according to local sources. The sources said the dead was a boy, while those wounded included a woman and three boys. The reported shelling also...
Nairobi, (Reuters) – Kenya’s aviation workers have called off a strike that disrupted flights at its main international and other airports, Transport Minister Davis Chirchir and aviation workers union head, Moss Ndiema, said on Tuesday. The strike, mostly by air traffic controllers on Sunday and Monday, disrupted several flights into and out of the main...
Berlin (WDN) — Klaus-Michael Kühne, one of Germany’s wealthiest businessmen, has died at the age of 89, leaving behind an estimated $49 billion fortune and a remarkable legacy designed to extend far beyond his lifetime. Kühne, who had no children, built his vast wealth across logistics, maritime shipping, aviation, chemicals and real estate, with the...
(ERGO) – Hundreds of families displaced by clan conflict in Dawaco area in Somaliland’s Sanag region are facing hard living conditions after losing their livelihoods and property in the violence. The conflict, which began on 25 July following a dispute over grazing land, has killed seven people and displaced 600 families. The chairman of Dawaco, Abdi...
Mogadishu (WDN) — The skies over central Somalia have reportedly become a new front in the country’s intensifying war against Al-Shabaab, with Turkish F-16 fighter jets said to have carried out airstrikes near Basra, a strategically important area located between the Middle and Lower Shabelle regions, roughly 35 kilometers northwest of Mogadishu. The reported strikes...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s prolonged political deadlock may be approaching a critical turning point after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reportedly accepted three significant proposals during the latest rounds of talks between the Federal Government and opposition groups, negotiations facilitated by international partners. The apparent concessions could signal the first meaningful movement toward a political settlement—but...
Bosaso (WDN) — Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni met in Bosaso with senior officials from the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), led by U.S. Special Operations Forces commander for East Africa, Colonel James Rose, for talks centered on security cooperation and the proposed expansion of the U.S. military presence in Puntland. The meeting focused on strengthening...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s civil aviation sector is being presented as an area in need of greater international support, but a more fundamental question must be addressed first: can Somalia’s aviation infrastructure be trusted to serve the public impartially, or can it be used by the Federal Government as a political instrument against regions and...
Garowe (WDN) — Puntland’s civil servants are facing an increasingly painful question: why has the government failed to pay their salaries for months while public funds continue to be spent on other priorities? Government employees are reportedly owed up to seven months of salaries, making this one of the most serious and prolonged salary crises...
Baidoa (WDN) — In a striking escalation of South West State’s political crisis, President Aden Mohamed Nur (Aden Madobe) has convened an extraordinary cabinet meeting and accused former South West leader Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen of collaborating with Al-Shabaab—an allegation that would represent a dramatic escalation in the political confrontation surrounding Baidoa. According to a...