The Government of Jubbaland State of Somalia and its peace-loving people strongly denounce the violence which anti peace elements along with Al-Shabab sympathizers mounted yesterday night resulting in the death of more than 36 civilians. This violence, the first since Kismayo liberated from Al-Shabab terrorists almost a year ago, is without a doubt encouraged and...
Muqdihso,Juun 08,2013 (WDN) Qodobada Warka Radio Wardheer waxaa kamid ah: Wararkii ugu danbeeyay ee dagaallada Kismaayo, Madaxweyne Xasan Sh Maxamuud oo dib ugu soo laabtay Muqdisho kana hadlay dagaalka Kismaayo, Wasiirka Arimaha Gudaha oo dalbaday in dagaalka la joojiyo iyo qodobo kale.
The African Union (AU) Special Representative for Somalia and Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif has called on the feuding parties in Kismayo to immediately end the fighting. Ambassador Annadif notes that while the overall situation in Somalia continues to evolve positively, the country nonetheless remains confronted with serious challenges which require the utmost...
Hundreds of people are fleeing the southern Somali port city of Kismayo after fighting broke out between two self-declared leaders of the region. At least 10 people were killed on Saturday as clashes between the rival militias flared for a second day. Seven were killed on Friday, residents said. Fighting began when one of the...
By Abdi Sheikh At least 18 people have been killed in gunbattles in southern Somalia’s Kismayu, residents said on Saturday, in the heaviest fighting the disputed port city has seen in more than four years. The clashes, the first since several former warlords staked rival claims on the lucrative port and fertile hinterlands in May,...
Jubaland threatens to cut ties with central government as Mogadishu rejects declaration of statehood. Watch Video part I Watch video part II Somalia’s central government and the leaders of one of the country’s regions are locked in a power struggle that could turn violent. The dispute centres on Jubaland – an area in the southern-most...
By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA- (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s construction of a dam on a tributary of the Nile is not open to negotiation, the Addis Ababa government said on Friday, as a confrontation with Egypt over the project escalated. The Cairo government said this week it would demand the project be halted, after its southern...
By Ruth Halkon, Reporte The Minister for Security at the Home Office visited the site of the Somali community centre gutted by fire on Wednesday to hear the concerns of the community first hand. James Brokenshire MP, who is responsible for domestic national security and counter terrorism, visited the site of the Somali Bravanese Islamic...
By Greg Moran CITY HEIGHTS — The indictment in 2010 of four Somali immigrant men, including the leader of a local mosque, on charges of supporting the terrorist group al-Shabaab sent tremors through San Diego’s Somali community. A month after the indictments were issued, U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy and other law enforcement officials held a community meeting...
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID Four children and a woman died from inhaling smoke in a fire that broke out in a house in Al-Saheefa district in Jeddah Thursday afternoon. The dead were Somalis. The fire started in a room at the entrance of the first-floor two-room apartment. Rescue teams and firefighters evacuated seven residents and moved...