Pte Wilson Sabiti, a Ugandan army soldier, shot and killed the Minister of State for the Ministry of Labour, Labor and Industrial Relations in Uganda, Charles Okello Engola.
Ugandan media reports that Pte Wilson has worked in Somalia for a year, according to Uganda Defense Forces (UPDF) officials.
The shooting took...
The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, said that the government has received a lot of support in the fight against al-Shabaab to liberate many areas.
The president said that the world has turned to support Somalia, after the government put its forces into the fight against al-Shabaab.
"You have seen...
The Office of the Attorney General of the Somali Government has filed charges against 36 foreign defendants in the Banadir Regional Court.
These foreigners are accused of illegal fishing, and the prosecutor's office has asked the regional court to postpone their trial.
A statement issued by the National Prosecutor's Office said...
The President of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who prayed today at the Presidential Mosque with hundreds of people including MPs, Ministers and other officials of the Government of Somalia, strongly criticized the President of the Puntland administration Saeed Abdullahi Deni.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in his...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed British national Catriona Laing as the new envoy to Somalia and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).
Catriona Laing will take over from American James Swan, who has been praised for his leadership during his tenure.
Laing has more than...
Ref-IXSS/01 Date03/05/2023
To: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
From: Somali Political Parties.
CC: Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Somalia.
Mr. Secretary, we are asking you several questions related to the fate of our country Somalia, is it in the interest of the United Nations that our country is...
The Federal Government of Somalia and the European Union today launched a Cooperation Process that paves the way for a new partnership that will take place over the next two years.
Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, the representative of the Vice President of the European Union, said that the cooperation process...
It is a long report that covers many aspects and was written by MP- A/rahman A/shakur, who started his writing with:-
I am an MP in 6 Whatsapp groups, starting with the lower community of Ayr, Habargidir, Hawiye, Galmudug MPs, one dedicated to the Parliament and the General Assembly. None...
In a significant development, Ethiopia and the Jubaland State in Somalia have reached a major agreement to restore relations between the two sides, which have been frayed since 2019.
The agreement, brokered by the UAE, which involved top officials from the Ethiopian National Defence Forces, the intelligence and the President...
A Somali passenger who was on a Turkish Airlines flight between Istanbul and Mogadishu was said to have attacked a staff member while in the air.
After the plane entered Egypt, it was said that the Somali passenger, who was said to be drunk, started to disturb the other passengers...