The Governor of Banadir Region and Mayor of Mogadishu, Hassan Mohamed Hussein (Muungaab), last night removed the Governors of Dharkeenleey and Waaberi Districts and appointed new ones to replace them.
The Mayor of Mogadishu, Muungaab, appointed Omar Meeyre Mocoow, the Governor of Dharkeenleey District in Banadir Region, and removed the...
Somali Foreign Minister Abdisalan Abdi Ali has arrived in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China, to join African delegations attending a major conference on China-Africa cooperation.
The minister is in Somalia to participate in the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, a multi-faceted platform focused on advancing strategic partnership between...
The UK government is strengthening its defence cooperation with Kenya, Somalia and Nigeria as part of a new strategy to focus on security in Africa.
The partnership is outlined in a new Strategic Defence Review (SDR) report published by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government.
The report describes the three countries as...
Former Galmudug President Abdikarim Hussein Guled said that the Somali government needs to establish technical committees from the parties concerned before the June 15th conference called for by President Hassan Sheikh.
In a press release, he said that these technical committees will be important for the conference to be fruitful...
Opposition politicians to Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni have announced the formation of the Puntland Justice and Democracy Council in Garowe, electing Guled Saleh Barre as its chairman.
The council is said to aim to address the difficult political, economic and social conditions in Puntland. They have called for the...
The Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs of the Somali Government, Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Ali, who met in Mecca with the Head of Religious Affairs (DIYANET) of Turkey, Prof. Dr. Ali Erbasha, requested that his Ministry be supported in the establishment of the Zakat Fund.
Minister Robow told Prof. Dr....
A soldier killed his wife and daughter in the Fallujah neighborhood of Hargeisa on Sunday, also seriously wounding another sister-in-law.
The soldier, whose name has not been released to the media, opened fire on his family, killing his wife and daughter.
"This morning at around 8:00, my father left us, took...
The Minister of Defense of the Federal Government of Somalia, Ahmed Macalin Fiqi, announced the death today of the most dangerous Al-Shabaab leader in the Galmudug and Hirshabelle regional states.
The leader, named Nur Abdi Rooble Nuunuule, died of serious injuries reportedly sustained yesterday in an operation carried out by...
The Somali Salvation Forum, which is united by the majority of members of the opposition to the federal government, has issued a press release expressing strong concerns about the process of selecting members of the Independent Human Rights Commission.
The statement issued by the Salvation Forum stated that the process...
The Banadir Regional Police Chief, Mr. Moalim Mahdi, said he wants the people of Mogadishu, especially those from other districts, to provide complete information about those who launch mortars from those districts.
The chief promised that anyone who provides information that could lead to the identification or arrest of the...