Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Somali National Communications Agency has started an investigation into the sudden disappearance of Facebook accounts belonging to individuals critical of the government. The incident has raised concerns about government involvement, although officials have denied the claims. Mustafa Sheikh, Director General of the NCA, said that the problem is widespread,...
The Danab commando force, especially the 5th unit of the 16th brigade and the Dervishes of the Jubbaland administration, have conducted planned operations against the Al-Shabaab organization in the past few hours in areas of the Lower Jubba region. The areas where the planned operations were carried out by the...
Puntland vehemently denied a recent statement by the United Nations Children's Organization UNICEF that Puntland has shot minors. Puntland's Minister of Information, Mohamud Ayid Dirir, dismissed the allegations and stated that all the people who were shot were "adults who have been convicted of crimes." He confirmed that the individuals who...
The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who went on a one-day official visit to Nairobi, received an invitation from his counterpart, the President of Kenya, William Ruto. The spokesperson of the Somali Presidency, Abdirahman Khudeyfi, said the president's trip is about strengthening the relationship between the two countries, and...
The government of Somalia has asked the United States to transfer the support it used to receive through USAID directly to the federal government, and not through a third party. Somalia's ambassador to Washington, Dahir Hassan Arab, who gave an interview to VOA Somali, said that the government of Somalia...
The Ministry of Interior, Federal and Reconciliation of the Government of Somalia has issued a call for peace in conflicts between brotherly communities that fought in Qurilugud and Shangeed areas of Togdheer region. In an official statement from the Ministry, it requested an immediate and unconditional end to the conflict,...
The Banadir regional court today sentenced 36 foreigners who were accused of illegally fishing off the coast of Somalia. The men who were convicted today were from Iran and Pakistan, and were caught off the coast of Hobyo in Mudug region, while they were fishing in boats off the coast...
The United States said it captured Somali pirates, who tried to seize a cargo ship bound for Israel, two days ago. The United States initially accused the Houthi fighters in Yemen of being behind the attack. Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder noted that the United States has not ruled out...
The Turkish ship Oruç Reis is scheduled to leave for Somalia at the end of this week, according to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar. The minister announced this operation at a meeting held in the capital Ankara on Oct. 2. This action follows an agreement signed between...
MP Dahir Amin Jeesow, one of the members of the Somali People's Assembly, said that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is planning to extend the term for 2 years, if things continue like this, they will go to Mirinayo and national security Jeesow, who gave an interview to Somali Cable TV,...