Three killed, Ten others injured in bomb attack in Bosaso

Three people are confirmed dead and Ten others including Puntland State forces injured after a bomb attack in the port and commercial town on Bosaso in Bari region north Somalia on Thursday morning, Puntland Security forces reached the crime scene immediately after the attack and started investigation to pursue the perpetrators according to official .the

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Somali President is in Abidjan, Côte Ivoire to attend the 5th African Union – European Union Summit

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo” arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire to attend the 5th African Union – European Union Summit, which will run from November 29-30 at Sofitel Hotel Ivoire, African Union’s Mission in Somalia has begun withdrawing its troops from the country against the backdrop of heightened insecurity in MogadishuThe United Nations asked local

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Qatar Development Fund supports Somalis economy

H E Khalifa bin Jassem Al Kuwari, Director General of the Qatar Development Fund and H E Jamal Mohammed Hassan, Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, representing the Somali government, signing the agreement. The Qatar Development Fund  has pledged to support the Somalis economy through a package of $200m worth of projects in the

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heads of state to attend Uhuru’s swearing-in: ministry

The government says at least 11 heads of state have confirmed their attendance of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s swearing-in on Tuesday.About 13 others will be sending either their country’s second-in-command, a special envoy or a minister, sources at the Foreign Affairs ministry have told the Nation. Top on the list of the heads of state attending

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Somali Deputy Prime Minister meets Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh

Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mahdi Mohamed Guled on Sunday attended a conference on Islamic Military Coalition aimed at to defeat terrorism and had special meeting with Saudi Arabi Crown Prince,Mohamed Bin Salman in Riyadh, Held under the theme “Allied Against Terrorism”, the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition meeting was

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Dubai security chief calls for bombing of Al Jazeera

A senior security official in the United Arab Emirates UAE has sparked outrage after calling for the bombing of Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based media network. In a series of posts on Twitter on Friday, Dubai Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan launched a scathing attack against Al Jazeera, accusing it of provoking a bomb and gun assault

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Erdogan, Saudi king talk Sochi summit, Syria on phone

Turkey’s president and the Saudi monarch spoke on the phone Saturday about this week’s Sochi summit, bilateral relations, and the Syria crisis, according to a Turkish presidential source. The phone call between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and King Salman bin Abdulaziz came three days after Erdogan met the Russian and Iranian presidents, Vladimir Putin and Hassan

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Erdogan, Trump vow to fight against ‘all’ terror groups

Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump have agreed to fight against “all kinds of terrorist groups, according to the Turkish Presidency late Friday.In a statement, the Presidency said: “President Erdogan and U.S. President Trump exchanged opinions on Syria crisis and regional issues, as well as Turkey-U.S. bilateral issues.” Erdogan shared information with Trump on

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Post . Telecom Minister closes second conference of Somali Network Operators Group

The Minister for Posts, Telecom and Technology, H. E. Abdi Ashur Hasan, has officially closed the second annual conference of Somali Network Operators Group held at Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu.The two-day conference was attended by around 100 representatives from telecom operators, Ministry of Posts, Telecom and Technology, technology companies, students and individual professionals from across

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Work starts on new UAE naval base in Somaliland

Marine Contracting has started construction of a United Arab Emirates naval base in a semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia. The closely held Sharjah-based engineering group began work on the project after being awarded the $90 million contract in April, Managing Director Abdulla Darwish said in an interview in Dubai. The facility, being built near the

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