The Somali Minister and MPs arrived back in Mogadishu this morning, Kenya refuses entry Visa three Somali diplomat effectively skipping a meeting that had been scheduled with the European Union. The three junior Minister of Water and Energy Osman Libah and legislators Ilyas Ali Hassan and Zamzam Dahir arrived in Mogadishu in the morning after an

Eighteen people were killed when Islamist terrorist group al-Shabaab attacked an army base in southern Somalia, a local official said on Monday.“Among the dead were 14 militants and four soldiers, who had been manning the army base in Bakol province when al-Shabaab attacked with heavily armed vehicles in the early hours of Monday,’’ Mohamed Abdi

By Paul D. Williams For over a decade, a dozen states and multilateral organizations have invested considerable time, effort, equipment, and hundreds of millions of dollars to build an effective Somali National Army (SNA). So far, they’ve failed. This was the conclusion of a multinational readiness assessment of the SNA conducted during 2017 by the

Photo Reuters Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own explosives, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters, as they mount more frequent and deadly attacks. The findings are a blow for internationally backed efforts to fight the al Shabaab insurgency, which has repeatedly carried out attacks in East Africa and launched dozens in

In a meeting between the Germany Ambassador to Uganda HE Dr Albrecht Conze and Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige, Dr. Conze applauded the continued role of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) in the stabilization process in the war-torn infested country of Somalia. He (Dr. Conze) said that Germany will continue

Mogadishu. At least seven people were killed and twelve others injured when a car bomb hit the headquarters of Wardhigley district, police and witnesses said on Tuesday. Police officer who requested not to be named told Somali Times that the blast occurred during food distribution at the local government building, “People were getting humanitarian aid

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