MOGADISHU (AFP) – At least 18 people were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday when two blasts ripped through a busy parking lot next to a restaurant, police said, in attacks quickly claimed by Shebab Islamists. “There were two heavy explosions at a parking lot near the National Theatre,” police officer Mohamed Adan...
For immediate release Mogadishu, 7 September, 2013-The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif has condemned today’s terrorist attack on the residents of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, saying it was an attempt by Al Qaeda affiliated extremists to derail Somalia’s continuing recovery. The attack, which targeted...
At least 20 injured by car bomb and suspected suicide bomb thought to be work of Islamist militant group al-Shabaab A car bomb and suspected suicide bomber have killed at least 15 people in two explosions at a restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, local police said. At least another 20 people were wounded in...
Faah faahin dheeri ah, ayaa ka soo baxaya qaraxyo maanta ka dhacay agagaarka Gurigii Hooyooyinka oo ay ku taal Maqaayadda The Village, iyadoo qasaara fara badan uu ka dhashay qaraxa oo mid ka mid ah uu ahaa ruux isa soo miidaamiyay. Sida ay sheegayaan wararka aan helayno qaraxa hore oo ahaa mid loo adeegsaday gaari,...
By Greg Moran SAN DIEGO — Four local Somali men who were convicted in February of sending money to the terrorist group al-Shabaab are demanding a new trial, contending that the sweeping surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency violated their rights and led to an unfair trial. The motion filed Friday in U.S. District Court in...
By Faisal A. Roble If the epic poems of Guba, “instigator” in Somali, documented the internecine small scale clan wars in the Hawd and Reserved Area in the 1890s-1920s, Clan Cleansing in Somalia undoubtedly serves as a repository for the historical origins and the memory reconstruction of mass violence in post-colonial Somalia. This time (1978...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (UPI) — There are growing concerns that a groundbreaking oil exploration contract between the Western-backed transitional government of war-torn Somalia and a British-registered company could further destabilize the East African country. East Africa is experiencing a major oil and natural gas boom that will transform the economies of a half dozen states on Africa’s...
The struggling nation of Somaliland is betting these beasts of burden will be on the menu far and wide. By Mark Hay HARGEISA, Somaliland—From early in the morning until midday, the streets of southern Hargeisa, Somaliland periodically shut down as hundreds of camels trundle along the narrow city streets. Taxi drivers give way, milling on the side...
Qore: Axmad Cabbas (Gacma-Gaab) Arar Jiritaanka dawladda Puntland wuxuu kowsaday 1dii Julay 1998, taasoo ku beegan maalinti la ansixiyay Axdigi Ku-Meel-Gaarka ahaa. Sidaas awgeed, sannadka 2013 Puntland waxay jirstay 15 sano. Puntland waxay ballaysintay guul la mahadiyay. Hor iyo horraan waxay soo afjartay haggaaminti jabhadahi ka talinayay geyiga Puntland (SSDF, USP iyo SDU). Hannaanka maamul...
By Ahmed Osman MOGADISHU (IPS) – The system of government remains the biggest political obstacle in Somalia as key political players boycotted the government’s current national conference to discuss this country’s political future, according to Jaylani Mukhtar, a local academic based in capital Mogadishu. “I think Somalis do agree much about their future. But the issue of federalism...