The Chief of Defense Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces , Gen David Muhoozi, has flagged off Uganda Battle Group XXVII to Somalia. While addressing the 1,800 troops commanded by Col Kosiya Kuteesa and deputized by Col Rogers Okiror, the counseled the combatants to use the knowledge they have acquired in mission training since

Photo (AP) Police in London arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy Thursday for failing to surrender to the court in 2012, shortly after the South American nation revoked his asylum. Ecuador’s president Lenin Moreno said a tweet that his government withdrew Assange’s status for repeated violations of international conventions. Moreno described it

U.S. Africa Command on Wednesday, April 10 said it carried out an airstrike targeting the al-Shabaab jihadist group in Somalia, the first since the command admitted it had inadvertently killed civilians in an aerial raid last year. “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia’s continued efforts to weaken al-Shabaab, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike

Ecstatic”: Nadia Hassan, from Leyton, hopes her achievement will inspire others youngsters ( Nadia Hassan ) A student from an east London council estate whose mother fled war-torn Somalia hopes to inspire other youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds after being offered a place at Oxford University. Nadia Hassan, 18, from Leyton, said she was “ecstatic” to

Mogadishu, The Minister of Education, Abdullahi Godah Barreh said the highly- anticipated parliamentary session focused on security was called off due to the influence of MPs who secretly support Al-Shabaab.”Al-Shabaab wanted this chaos in parliament to happen. This was made possible by MPs who’s thinking aligns with Al-Shabaab ideology,” the Minister said. “The people of

Photo (AP) Just weeks after insisting that American airstrikes in Somalia had killed no civilians, U.S. Africa Command said Friday that new information reveals that a woman and a child died last April when a U.S. strike targeted al-Shabab militants. The revelation comes on the heels of a report by Amnesty International that charged last

A Somali police officer says a car bomb exploded near the gate of a police academy in the capital, Mogadishu, injuring six people on Thursday evening. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said that the blast was apparently targeting the Gen. Kahiye Police Academy. There were no immediate details about the type of blast which comes a day

Tension is reportedly brewing up between African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) commanders in Somalia and military chiefs in Nairobi over the withdrawal of Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) troops from Somalia. According to reports by The Nation, Amisom commanders from other contributing countries have been uneasy about the Kenyans. While speaking in low tones, they

A Somali government official was fired over controversial diplomatic tweets he made in respect of Israel and Palestine. Abdullahi Dool, until March 31 was the Director at the Foreign Ministry. It is reported that his public call for Somalia to establish relations with Israel is behind the sacking, according to local media. His tweets of

Mogadishu, Somali Times Mogadishu Mayor Eng Abdirahman Omar Osman held a meeting in Mogadishu, said that the recent meetings with the national leaders were deciding to strengthen security in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The mayor said it has started operations in the capital city of Mogadishu, which is securing security in the city and demanded