Mogadishu, Unknown source links Somali national secondary school exams on social media. A person who has not yet been identified by authorities in Somali has linked the country’s national secondary school exams on social media forcing the Education Minister to cancel and postpone the examinations. On national Television, Hon. Abdullahi Godah Barre announced that after

By Jason Hartwig When I worked in Somalia from 2016 to 2018 supporting provision of military assistance to forces combating al-Shabaab, most discussions with international partners acknowledged that our efforts could not ultimately defeat the jihadist group. As part of the plan for transitioning security responsibilities, the job of defeating al-Shabaab fell to the fledgling

UPDF spokesperson, Brig Richard Karemire Kampala- The army is investigating the circumstances under which one of its soldiers deployed in Mogadishu, Somalia, shot his administration officer dead before killing himself. A source in Mogadishu earlier told this newspaper that the soldier who ran amok was irked by the supervisor, and that four soldiers in total

Most African countries have few to none forensic bureaus or institutions. Forensic science plays a vital role in the criminal justice system by providing scientifically-based information through the analysis of evidence. It is a big moment in Somalia’s history as a court in Garowe today used forensic DNA evidence to convict three men accused of

A car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed a Turkish citizen, police said Sunday.The man was killed when explosives fitted to his car exploded on Sunday, police told dpa.”A Turkish a civil engineer was mercilessly blown up in his car near KM4 street,” said police spokesman Ali Hassan. The heavily injured engineer

Sadiq Khan says level of online abuse and threats towards him have risen since 2016 Brexit referendum The mayor of London has been put under 24-hour police protection following repeated abuse and threats on social media. Sadiq Khan, who defeated the Tory Zac Goldsmith to become mayor in 2016, has said that the intensity of

By Ismail Akwei Somaliland oldest statesman and chief of chiefs, Haji Abdikarim Hussein Yusuf, also known as Haji Warabe The self-declared state of Somaliland mourns its oldest statesman and chief of chiefs, Haji Abdikarim Hussein Yusuf, also known as Haji Warabe, who died on Friday at the Hargeisa International Hospital at the age of 122.

Somali authorities are reported to have arrested a spy network working for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Only Twitter users report the news, quoting a local intelligence source. Earlier this year, Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Issa Awad said that his country’s relations with the UAE are not at the level they should. In an interview

Photo (AP) President Trump has declared that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is “100%” defeated. It seems unlikely he will ever say the same about Somalia’s al-Shabab. Words such as “eradicate” and “eliminate” — staples of the lexicon used by the Obama and Trump administrations when laying out their ultimate goal in the

The Somali Police Force is redefining its policing priorities as it strengthens its law enforcement capabilities. At least 25-top police commanders have been trained on Human Rights observance and Community Policing, to better manage crime and improve their engagement with populations under their areas of jurisdiction. “Our duties include protecting lives and property. It entails