Photo/Somali Times Authorities in Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, announced on 22 September that all the independent media houses and journalists operating in the region will have to register in “order to monitor their daily journalistic work”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) in condemning the

Photo/Somali Times Former Somali president Sheikh Sharif Mogadishu, The former president of the federal republic of Somalia Sheikh Sharif, who addressed at the press conference held in Mogadishu on Monday talked about Sunday the government’s denied to travel Kismayo where he wanted to attend the inauguration of the newly elected regional President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed

Fighters belonging to Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed an army base near the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, looted it for weapons and then withdrew, a military source, residents and the group told Reuters. The assault began when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the base in El Salini, 60 kilometers (37

The former Somali president Sheikh Sharif has been denied to travel Kismayo Mogadishu, The former Somali president Sheikh Sharif and his delegation to travel Kismayo today, has been denied to travel Kismayo where he wanted to attend the inauguration of the newly elected regional President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe. Officials told Somali times Mogadishu

A pre-dawn raid by the terrorist group al-Shabaab on a military base in southern Somalia has left at least 18 people dead, officials told dpa on Sunday. “We have lost five soldiers in this terrorist attack. Our troops have also killed 13 militants,” Somali military official Mohamed Abdi said. The incident was the latest in

Photo/Somali Times Somalia which has been ranked for ten consecutive years by the watchdog Transparency International as the most corrupt country in the world. President, Somalia receives upward of a billion dollars annually in aid, yet Transparency International has ranked Somalia as the world’s most corrupt country for well over a decade, more corrupt even

According to Somaliland standard report Minister of Transport from Somaliland has unlawfully awarded 325, 000 US dollar contract to supply dump trucks and grader to relative trader. The trader will supply the equipment to the road development authority. According to the official agreement, the minister has entered into the agreement with the trader by the

The modern scramble for Africa is intensifying and Arab nations have been the most active foreign players as well as fierce competitors in the region, especially after the beginning of the Qatar blockade by its Gulf neighbours in the summer of 2017. The rift has exceeded the Gulf region and reached all the way to

Photo/Somali Times Kismayo, Official says the Federal government of Somalia has devised a plot to frustrate the leadership of the state. Among the plots that Mogadishu has devised according to the state leadership is cut off aid and restricting airplane movements. In a statement, the leadership said the humanitarian situation was worsening with the restrictions,

Photo/Somali Times At least two people have been killed and dozens others injured in a suicide car bomb attack at a new restaurant in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, officials said. today, the mine is said to be observers on the tarmac for a new restaurant recently opened called Al Asimah, which is located at the road