Photo/Reuters Friends and colleagues pay homage to mayor of Somali capital who succumbed to wounds after suicide blast in his office. His name was Abdirahman Omar Osman but, to Somalis, the mayor of Mogadishu was simply known as “injineer yariisow”, meaning “the small engineer” due to his slight stature and civil engineering training. The 53-year-old’s

Mogadishu mayor and Banadir governor Abdirahman Omar Osman passed away on Thursday afternoon in Qatar after he has sustained serious injuries from a suicide attack at his office in Mogadishu last week. At least six people, including three district commissioners and three directors were killed and wounded the mayor of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Yarisow in

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, August 1, 2019, we officially share with you that the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, he give up his American citizenship to the United States. This work has been around for a long time and has been involved with the legal and ethical offices of Somalia and

Somali national army soldiers stand in formation during a logistics course graduation ceremony. The U.S. Air Force has now carried out as many airstrikes in support of Somali government forces as it did in all of 2018. (MC2 Evan Parker/Navy) By: Stephen Losey The Air Force has already carried out as many airstrikes in Somalia

As the Jubbaland election reaches the homestretch, the eight-year reign of Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, Kenya’s ally in the war against al-Shabaab, could end following spirited campaigns of Abdinasir Seraar, his former lieutenant at the Ras Kamboni Brigade. The August 21 poll will be a test to Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia as well as Americans whose presence

Ethiopian forces have taken control of several positions in the Somali port city of Kismayo, capital of the Jubbaland region, after Kenyan troops reportedly withdrew from the area, Horn News 24 reported July 29. The Somali government likely authorized the push for control by Ethiopian troops as part of its strategy to regain authority over

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat condemns in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated on 29 July 2019 by Al-Shaabab militants against Amisom personnel, which led to a number of casualties. The troops were attacked in Balad district, located about 30 kilometers northeast from the capital city of Mogadishu. “We are

Traded CS Peter Munya The national government is set open a consulate at Hargeisa in Somaliland aimed to increase exports to the autonomous country. Trade CS Peter Munya said Miraa will be the leading export to the country and that the Embassy will help negotiate favourable trade barriers and tariffs. The national government is set

Soldiers from Burundi attacked in Balad district, killing 6 and injuring 3 others Atleast six soldiers from East African country of Burundi, were killed in an attack near Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said. The soldiers were part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom). “Elements of the al-Shabaab terrorist group have attacked Burundian

Former Mogadishu Mayor Thabit Abdi Mohamed has asked security heads to come clear on the functionality of CCTV at the meeting hall where a female suicide bomber detonated herself last Wednesday killing seven people. In a Facebook post on Saturday Mohamed raised the issue over reports that some of the CCTV installed at the Mayor’s