UN diplomat salutes role of AMISOM in Somalia
The United Nation’s number two diplomat has praised the role of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops in Somalia’s slow yet steady transformation. Despite heavy losses, AMISOM has played a key role in reclaiming large parts of the country from the al Qaeda linked militias that had ruled the failed state for years with Somalia’s More...
Somali conflict: Mohamud and Cameron hail ‘new era’ BBC
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Somalia has entered a new era that will herald the end of more than two decades of conflict. He was speaking at a major international conference in London to More...
Somalia’s security forces hamstrung by corruption, infiltrators
MOGADISHU – Somalia’s security forces need rebuilding to cement gains made by foreign troops against Islamist militants, but how to pay and arm recruits, tackle corruption and prevent rebels infiltrating More...
Britain reopens Somalia embassy after 22-years. telegraph
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, made a surprise visit to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to raise the Union Flag above the cluster of four small metal pre-fabricated cabins ringed by blast walls. The embassy More...
Women From Somali Diaspora Return Home to Start Enterprises
Mogadishu — Amina Ali, 32, is among a growing number of Somali women who are returning to Mogadishu to start their own businesses after years of living abroad. Due to ongoing strife in Somalia, Ali left home in More...
Somali militants threaten more attacks after killing 30
(Reuters) – Somali militants linked to al Qaeda warned on Monday of further attacks in the capital, a day after killing at least 30 people in a wave of coordinated bombings and shootings that exposed the fragility More...
somalia:197 Somali Police Officers Formally Graduate from a Specialized training in Public Order Management
April, 16th 2013: The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and its partners formally closed today a three months training course in specialized Public Order Management facilitated by AMISOM with funding support More...
Turkey seeks dialogue between Somalia and autonomous region
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and President of the autonomous region of Somaliland Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo in the second round of talks mediated by Turkey More...
IMF Recognizes the Federal Government of Somalia After 22-year Interval
Press Release No.13/119 April 12, 2013 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today recognized the Federal Government of Somalia, headed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, paving the way for the resumption of relations More...
Gwynne Dyer: Somalia’s comeback
There have been no elections in Somalia since 1967 and there won’t be any this year either. But the country has a new parliament (appointed on the advice of clan elders) who have elected a new president, and the More...
White House clears way to arm, train Somali forces as U.S. normalizes relations with Somalia
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Bradley Air National Guard Base in Hartford, Conn., April 8, 2013.(JASON REED/Reuters) WASHINGTON: HN: President Barack Obama cleared the way Monday for the U.S. to arm and More...
Somali President Congratulates Newly President-Elect of Kenya
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia , H.E Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, congratulates the newly President-elect of Kenya, H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta. ” On behalf of the people and government of the Federal Republic More...
Minnesota’s Somalis wary as US resumes deportations. AP
The U.S. has quietly resumed deportations to Somalia following years in which Somali immigrants slated for deportation were allowed to live and work in the U.S. due to the chaos in their East African homeland. The More...
Plan floated at U.N. to lift Somalia arms embargo for a year. (Reuters)
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A proposal to lift a U.N. arms embargo on the Somalian government for a year but leave in place restrictions on weapons like surface-to-air missiles has been floated among a deeply More...
Somali army recruits to be trained in Somalia
Somalia will soon start training its military recruits in its own territory after years of them being trained in Uganda. European Union head of delegation in Uganda, Roberto Ridolfi, said with effect from this year More...
Somalia: President Says Darkest Days Are Over. Sky News
The president of Somalia has told Sky News that his country is emerging from an era when it was misruled by “an international gang of criminals operating in a vacuum”. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, More...
Somali President wins new boost with high-profile EU visit
We stand behind this strong President who is committed for better Somalia BRUSSELS – Somalia secured promises of an economic and political “new deal” during a high-profile EU visit by its leader More...
Somali women seek a brighter future in Mogadishu. BBC
Somali women seek a brighter future in Mogadishu With Somalia’s UN-backed government consolidating its hold over the capital, Mogadishu, and other areas from al-Qaeda-linked militants, many women are returning More...
Somalia: African Union, Somali troops capture Al-shabaab stronghold
African Union troops and Somali forces seized the formerly Islamist-held town of Jowhar Sunday, wresting control of one of the largest remaining towns held by the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab, officials said. “We took More...
Praising the Role of Djibouti Troops in Improving Security of Hiiraan By Hiiraan forum
In the name of Allah the Most Merciful the Most Compassionate We, members of Hiiraan Forum, would first like to extend our heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the family and relatives of Sheikh Muhumad Sheikh More...
Report: Impunity Endangers Somalia’s Journalists
Somalia’s journalists are urging their new government and the international community to help end the impunity they say is contributing to making Somalia one of the world’s most dangerous countries to More...
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Negative effects of qat threaten next generation of Somalis
Women sell bundles of qat at a market in Mogadishu. The thriving qat trade is a permanent fixture in Mogadishu’s markets. [Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP]Qat use has been increasing among Somali youth in recent years, More...
African Union, Somali troops try to win back countryside from militants, link major cities
WALAWEYN, Somalia — African Union peacekeepers must drive along rough dirt roads that snake through sand dunes and shrubs to reach newly won territory in Somalia’s countryside, exposing themselves to possible More...
Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels pull out of Kismayu bastion
(Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels retreated from the southern port of Kismayu overnight, abandoning the last major bastion of their five-year revolt to an offensive by African Union and Somali More...
Kenyan Amisom soldier kills six Somali civilians
Six civilians have been shot dead by a Kenyan soldier advancing towards the al-Shabab stronghold of Kismayo, the Kenyan army has confirmed. The soldier has been detained pending an investigation, it said, noting More...
Somalia elects new president in rare vote (Reuters)
(Reuters) – Somalia’s lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Monday for political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to be the country’s next president, with the streets of the capital erupting into celebratory More...
Americans Didn’t Make Me President, the Somalis Did, The Independent
INTERVIEW Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheik Ahmed spoke to The Independent’s Andrew Mwenda. Mr. President, thank you very much for giving us this opportunity to interview you. Now Mr. President you were More...
Somalia’s New Parliament Sworn In
(RTTNews) – Somalia’s first formal parliament in more than two decades was sworn into office on Monday, marking a major milestone in the country’s efforts to end the eight-year-long transitional More...
