The political battle pitting the Somalia federal government against Jubbaland state appeared to worsen this week after Jubbaland President Ahmed Islam Madobe announced he had “suspended” co-operation with Mogadishu. After a meeting with his council of ministers, Sheikh Madobe told local media there will be no further engagement with Mogadishu until the issues around electoral

Photo/AFP Deployed in one of the world’s most dangerous conflicts, Somali soldiers risking their lives daily against Al-Shabaab insurgents were growing weary of being paid months late and shortchanged by their superiors. “We never received the complete amount,” a captain told AFP on condition of anonymity, grumbling about “middlemen” who syphon off troops’ meagre wages

The United States condemns in the strongest terms the July 24 terrorist attack in Mogadishu. We offer our sincerest condolences to the families and friends of the victims who were killed. We also pray for those who were injured, including Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman. We commend the Somali security forces and first responders who provided

Photo (AP) A rare female suicide bomber used in the deadly al-Shabab attack in the office of Mogadishu’s mayor was aiming for the American who is the new United Nations envoy to Somalia and had left the office just minutes earlier, the extremist group and officials said. The death toll in Wednesday’s attack rose to

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, strongly condemns the suicide attack that took place in the offices of Mogadishu’s mayor today and which has reportedly led to casualties, with the mayor among them. “I deplore this heinous attack which not only demonstrates a violent disregard for the sanctity

Photo (AP) A suicide bomber walked into the office of Mogadishu’s mayor and detonated explosives strapped to his waist, killing six people and badly wounding the mayor minutes after a visit from the new United Nations envoy, Somali officials said Wednesday. The attack claimed by the al-Shabab extremist group occurred after the envoy to Somalia,

Photo/Somali Times A suicide bomb attack on the local government headquarters injured the mayor of Mogadishu and several other Somali officials on Wednesday, a relative of one of the victims told Reuters. No one immediately claimed responsibility but Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab, which wants to topple the U.N.-backed government, regularly carries out such

Photo/Somali Times At least 10 people were killed and several others wounded, when a car bomb blast targeted a security checkpoint, in Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday morning, when a bomb went off outside a hotel near the international airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, Somali officials said. Somali officials, told Somali Times that

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The explosion was a vehicle packed with explosives and detonated at the front gate of Afrik at the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. the blast heard most districts. It is also close to the Aden Adde International Airport, where the security is tightened, and there are many hotels in the area.

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, received a delegation from the African Union and IGAD delegation led by the former South African President, Thabo Mbeki. The mission of the delegation is based on the assessment of the security and economic situation in the country, in the