Nairobi – The head of the Kenyan intelligence service, which has been criticised in recent months for failing to stop a spate of attacks blamed on Islamist militants from neighbouring Somalia, resigned on Thursday, the president’s spokesperson said. The east African nation has suffered a string of gun and grenade attacks in the past several months, including the assault on...
May 20, 2026
Zambia: 600 FOREIGNERS BUSTED
Part of the 600 foreigners suspected to be prohibited immigrants, who were rounded up by a combined team of officers from the Immigration Department, Drug-Enforcement Commission (DEC) and Police in Ndola yesterday. By REBECCA MUSHOTA and DELPHINE ZULU – MORE than 600 foreigners, mainly Somalis suspected to be prohibited immigrants, were in the early hours of yesterday rounded up by...
PPP key to Somalia’s growth, says DP World CEO
DUBAI: Building innovative Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to strengthen Somalia’s economic and social development and combat maritime piracy is the theme of DP World’s latest thought leadership initiative to be held this month. The port operator is bringing together senior government, non-government and industry leaders with knowledge partner the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA) in a series...
At least 14 killed as AU forces attack insurgents in Mogadishu
At least 14 people were killed on Friday in an offensive by African Union peacekeepers against Islamist militants in a suburb of the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said. Peacekeepers and Somali forces launched a campaign this month to weaken the al Shabaab militant group’s violent hold on the Horn of Africa country. “At least 14 people, mostly militia, died in...
U.S. Embassy dependents to leave Sierra Leone due to Ebola
Reuters – The United States said on Thursday it had ordered family members at the U.S. Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone to depart because of limitations on regular medical care as a result of the Ebola outbreak. “The Embassy recommended this step out of an abundance of caution, following the determination by the Department’s Medical Office that there is a...
Shooter gets 18 years in prison in food store shooting
Zakaria Yusuf will spend more than 18 years in prison for what a Hennepin County prosecutor called a brazen and unprovoked shooting at a Minneapolis food store. Yusuf, 25, of St. Paul, was sentenced Monday to 219 months for his conviction for attempted second-degree murder and 60 months in prison for felon in possession of a gun. Hennepin County District...
SOMALIA TRIES TO DISARM MOGADISHU
BY ABDI GULED In this photo taken Sunday, July 27, 2014, African Union (AU) peacekeepers stand near a cache of weapons recovered from a garage in Mogadishu, Somalia. An official says that Somalia’s government has launched a new disarmament campaign, that has netted some 500 guns during four raids, which is being carried out because officials fear that weapons could fall...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Cali Khaliif Galayr oo noqday madaxweynaha maamulka Khaatumo, Dibad Baxyo lagu soo dhaweynaayo oo ka dhacay Laas caanood iyo Ciiddanka maamulka Somaliland oo dadkii kala cayriyay iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Dr Cali Khaliif Galaydh oo Loo Doortay Madaxweynaha Maamulka Khaatumo iyo Magaalada Laas Caanood oo Laga Taageeray
Wararka aan ka helayno tuulada Saax Dheer oo maalmihii ugu dambeeyay uu shir uga socday cuqaasha, waxgaradka iyo mas’uuliyiinta Khaatumo, ayaa sheegaya in halkaasi loogu doortay madaxweynaha cusub ee maamulka Khaatumo Dr Cali Khaliif Galaydh oo ka mid ahaa mas’uuliyiintii dadaalka dheer u soo galay dhismaha maamulka Khaatumo. Md. Cali Khaliif Galaydh oo uu xilkan kula tartamayay Maxamed Yuusuf Jaamac...
Trouble amid plenty in emerging Africa
By David Milliband The ‘Africa Rising’ narrative of economic success has to be tempered with appreciation of the costs imposed by a conflict belt stretching from Mali to Somalia, and the consequent need for sustained humanitarian aid, writes David Milliband David Milliband was the British foreign minister from 2007-2010, and currently heads the International Rescue Committee. His brother, Ed, is...