Reports from Jowhar town in Middle Shabelle region indicate that an armed group killed Dr. Mohamed Abdi Ali, known as Dr. Gaalib, the Director of the Religious Affairs Department of the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs of Hirshabelle State, last night in the Hantiwadaag neighborhood.
The reports add that...
The Prime Minister of the Somali Government, Hamsa Abdi Barre, has launched a verbal attack on some of the opposition members of the government, saying that they are carrying messages from foreign governments that do not want stability in Somalia.
He accused the opposition members of appearing in public and...
The Governor of Mudug Region in Puntland, Faysal Sheikh Ali Jifo-jabsade, has accused the PSF of serving the Federal Government of Somalia and engaging in illegal activities that threaten the security of Puntland.
The Governor said that the military activities carried out by the PSF in Galkayo are specifically aimed...
The Somali government has said that Al-Shabaab fighters were defeated in fierce battles that lasted for hours in the border areas of Middle Shabelle and Hiran after the Somali National Army and the Somali National Army fought Al-Shabaab there.
The Somali Ministry of Defense, which issued a statement on the...
The government of Djibouti has begun arresting and deporting Yemeni, Somali and other Ethiopian nationals for violating residency and work permits.
The measures come as the security and economic situation in the countries from which the deportees fled has worsened, sparking international concern.
The Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti has...
Tensions are escalating between the PSF forces in Puntland and the Mudug regional administration in Galkayo, following security operations conducted by PSF forces in Galkayo city this evening.
The governor of the Mudug region of Puntland, Faysal Sheikh Ali (Jifo Jabsade), said that the PSF forces are not legally based...
The Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, Amb. Wang Yu, met with the leader of SSC-Khaatumo, Abdikadir Ahmed Aw-Ali, to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation.
The meeting, which took place in Mogadishu, focused on issues such as safeguarding the national unity, territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and promoting...
A suicide bombing that was heard in parts of Mogadishu was reportedly carried out by a man who had detonated explosives at the Damanyo military camp in Mogadishu.
The suicide bomber was said to have targeted a group of young men who were queuing up to register for the new...
Kenyan newspaper Capital FM reports that the Kenyan government has officially established an investigation team to review Kenya Airways crashes in South Sudan and Somalia over the past five years.
The move comes after a Kenyan pilot was killed when his plane was shot down in Sudan’s Darfur region, and...
More information is available on the assassination of the Commander of the 26th Brigade, 27th Division of the Somali National Army, Major General Abdirahman Salad Xujale, today.
The assassination of Commander Xujale was reportedly carried out by a soldier from the army he commanded, and took place in the Moqokori...