Mogadishu, Somali Armed Forces on Wednesday morning captured the strategic town of Barire in Lower Shabelle. During the 7:30am operation, the brave Somali forces successfully liberated the town from the terrorist group, ending their ruthless control of the town. Barire is a key town and its liberation serves as a big blow to the terrorist

The renaming of the airport in honour of Sayid Mohamed was greeted with joy by many Somalis on social media who hailed Sayid Mohamed as a revolutionary. Kismayo Airport will from now henceforth be known as Sayid Mohamed Abdille Hassan International Airport in honour of Somalia’s hero by the same name. The airport is an

Elizabeth White The United Nations can sometimes be a figure of fun for its breathless commitment to the dullest of minutia, but spare a thought for the members of the UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) as they solemnly submit hundreds of pages of reporting each year on the illicit Somali charcoal trade. Charcoal

Photo (AP) People’s 2018 Sexiest Man Alive is off the market – Idris Elba is married! The actor, 46, married model Sabrina Dhowre on Friday during a three-day ceremony in Morocco, according to British Vogue, who exclusively covered their wedding for the magazine’s July 2019 issue. The magazine reports the couple exchanged vows at the

Garowe, Former Puntland Governor Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, the Senator of the Upper House of the Federal Republic of Somalia, first addressed the Federal and Puntland Conflicts, calling for a variety of allegations against the official Somali government. The former Puntland governor, Mr Abdirahman Mohamed Farole forget the crime he committed while he is in office

A pregnant asylum seeker has won the first step in her battle to remain in Britain She had been trying to live on £10 a week after the Home Office said it was ‘safe’ for her to return to Somalia, despite her fears it would be a death sentence A heavily pregnant woman who feared

Who will Kenya back in the elections in the Somali federal state of Jubbaland this August? The Foreign Affairs Ministry says Kenya’s policy remains “to work with Mogadishu and ensure the stability of Somalia”. Foreign Affairs PS Macharia Kamau told the Nation that Kenya worked with Jubbaland President Sheikh Islam Madobe, then as leader of

Two Canadian women detained in Somaliland since January have been freed, according to sources. Maymona Abdi, 28, and Karima Watts, 23, were arrested more than three months ago in Hargeisa, the most populous city in the self-declared state in the Horn of Africa. They had faced the prospect of 40 lashes each as part of

Security team from ESPS Navarra boards the suspected mothership dhow, April 23 (EUNAVFOR) By MarEx 2019-04-23 11:01:22 On Sunday, two fishing vessels were attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The attempted boardings were both thwarted, but security officials said that they represent a reminder that antipiracy measures are still required when transiting the

A climate change activist is detained during the Extinction Rebellion protest on Waterloo Bridge in London, Britain April 20, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson The number of environmental campaigners arrested during eight days of direct action in London topped 1,000 on Monday, police said, adding that Waterloo Bridge, one of the sites blockaded by the protests, had