Jihadi John': US air strike targets Islamic State militant in Syria

advertisements US forces have carried out an air strike targeting the Islamic State group militant "Jihadi John", with a "high degree of certainty" he was hit.

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Puntland Government To Host Consultative Meeting In Seven Towns

13 November - Source: Horseed Media - 143 Words The administration of Puntland State has said it will hold consultative meetings in seven towns to discuss the future of Somalia and the ways to hold election in 2016.

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Report implicates Kenyan military in sugar smuggling racket in Somalia

advertisements Kenya's army is involved in a $400-million sugar smuggling racket in Somalia that also funds the Al-Qaeda militants it is supposed to be fighting, a report alleged Thursday.

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UN authorises trial of Somali pirates by regional states

A photo taken on January 4, 2010 shows an armed Somali pirate keeping vigil on the coastline near Hobyo, northeastern Somalia. The UN Security Council has passed a resolution authorising regional states to establish jurisdiction in trying pirates caught off the Somali coast. AFP PHOTO | MOHAMED DAHIR

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Kenyan Forces Say Flush Out Suspected Islamist Militants In Forest

11 November - Source: Reuters- 365 Words Kenyan security forces have destroyed five camps used by suspected militants linked to the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab in a sweep of a forest on the north coast, a commander in charge of the operation said.The army and police launched the operation two months…

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Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism Somali Government welcomes the establishment of UNSOS

Mogadishu 10 November 2015 – H.E. Mohamed Abdi Hayir (Maareeye), the Minister of Information, Culture & Tourism of the Federal Government of Somalia welcomes the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 2245 for the establishment of the United Nations Support Office for Somalia (UNSOS).

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Prominent Somali women rights activist dies in Canada

OTTAWA (HOL) – Idil Ladane Salah, was a prominent gender equality activist and researcher of peace building and developments has died in Ottawa on Monday, aged 50, her family said.

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Remarks by H.E. Mr. Omar A.A. Sharmarke Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia at the United Nations Security Council Session on Somalia

9th November 2015 New York Mr. President, Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen I am pleased to be present with you here today to participate in discussions on taking Somalia forward. It's indeed an honor for Somalia and to all of us here. Somalia cannot thank the Council enough for all that it has…

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President attends the 4th Arab-South American Summit

Riyadh, 10 November 2015: The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has arrived in Riyadh to attend the fourth Arab-South American Summit.

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Top Chinese general visits Djibouti amid base speculation

advertisements A top Chinese military officer visited Djibouti at the weekend, official media reported, prompting a state-run newspaper Tuesday to downplay concerns Beijing is planning to establish a base in the strategically vital African entrepot.

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Cutting support for Somalia would risk new refugee exodus: U.N.

Somalia has transformed itself from a "failed to recovering state" in recent years, but any cutbacks in support for it could spark a new exodus of refugees from the conflict torn Horn of Africa nation, the U.N. Somalia envoy said on Monday.

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Gen Katumba Warns Against Laxity In Somalia

09 November - Source: Daily Monitor - 230 Words The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, has warned against laxity and corruption by UPDF soldiers on peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

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Kenyan And Somali Leaders Hold Extensive Bilateral Talks In Nairobi

08 November - Source: Xinhua - 298 Words Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Somalia Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke held bilateral talks in Nairobi on Saturday to enhance ties between the two countries.

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Severe cyclonic storm Megh struck Somalia

advertisements Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall was near 12.3 N, 51.2 E. Megh brought 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 166 km/h (103 mph). Wind gusts in the area may have been considerably higher.

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World Bank: Climate Change Could Add 100 Million Poor by 2030

advertisements The World Bank is warning that global warming will push 100 million more people into poverty across the globe in the next 15 years, in the absence of further action by developed nations to curb rising temperatures.

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Britain, Russia Fly More Citizens Home From Egypt

advertisements More Russian and British tourists were due to leave the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday as investigators continued to work toward a conclusion about what caused an October 31 air disaster that killed 224 people.

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EU, African leaders tackle migrants

BRUSSELS — European Union (EU) leaders will push their wary African counterparts to help tackle the migration crisis at a summit in Malta this week, offering them billions of euros in aid in exchange for co-operation.

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Uganda: Gen Katumba warns against laxity in Somalia

Nakaseke--The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, has warned against laxity and corruption by UPDF soldiers on peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

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Rwanda's Paul Kagame accuses Burundi leaders of 'massacres'

Relations between Rwanda and Burundi are tense, with Bujumbura accusing Kigali of backing those who oppose President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial third term/FILE

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Floods Affect 90,000 Somalis

Mogadishu--Around 90,000 people were affected by floods in Somalia, and from that total, 42,000 were displaced from their respective habitat according to the UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinating Office (OCHA).

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