The internal operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia have come under scrutiny after an audit report flagged payments to soldiers no longer serving the mission, double payments and faulty personal information, pointing to unreliable record keeping and weak controls in the Mission’s system of accountability. The leaked report by Mauritian audit firm PwC

Nuur Mohamud Sheekh during a past event. Somali diplomat Nuur Mohamud Sheekh has been named the spokesman for the regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), part of the organisation’s new approach to be reachable. It means Mr Sheekh will be the official spokesperson for the Igad Secretary General Workneh Gebeyehu as well as give

KDF officer in Somalia. Cash reimbursed to Kenya for its troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia for the half-year period through December 2020 fell Sh8 billion short of Treasury’s target at a time an audit queried payment to non-existent soldiers. Latest exchequer statistics show grants from African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), funded by European

A suspected mortar attack targeted the offices of United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday. The offices are located inside the heavily-protected Adan Adde International Airport and the compound houses several western diplomatic missions in Somalia. Security sources told Anadolu Agency by phone that at least three explosions

Hisar-O defends against fighters, helicopters, drones, cruise and air-to-surface missiles Turkey’s medium-range air defense system Hisar-O triumphed tests hitting targets on-point, a top official said Tuesday. “We would like to express our gratitude to all stakeholders who contributed to this project, especially the project partners Aselsan and Roketsan,” Ismail Demir, head of Turkey’s Defense Industries

Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office says a police operation of an unprecedented scale targeting organized crime is taking place across Belgium on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. With thousands of containers reaching Antwerp every day, the Belgian port city is one of Europe’s main ports of entry to Europe for cocaine. Trafficking in the city has led

A Turkish military aircraft carrying a contingent of Somali commandos who had completed their training in Turkey landed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday. Somali Defense Minister Hassan Hussein Haji, Army Chief Gen. Odawa Yusuf Rageh and other senior Somali officials welcomed the troops at Adan Adde International Airport, according to Somali national television.

US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress flying with Saudi F-15SAs during a mission, 27 January (AFP/US Air Force handout) Saudi, Israeli and Qatari jets accompanied two American B-52 bombers ‘at different points during the flight’, Pentagon says The US Air Force – in cooperation with Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar – flew jet-powered long-range bombers over

Photo/Somali Times The Deputy Prime Minister is leading a high-level delegation sent by the Somalia government to the Netherlands, particularly to The Hague a maritime court case the International Court of Justice. Between Somalia-Kenya. Mahdi Guled expressed optimism that Somalia would succeed in the case, which has gone through various stages since the case was

This image provided by Harpo Productions shows Prince Harry, left, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, speaking about expecting their second child during an interview with Oprah Winfrey. “Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special” airs March 7 as a two-hour exclusive primetime special on the CBS Television Network. (Joe Pugliese/Harpo Productions via AP)