District governor of Bakool Ali Abdinur said the al-Shabaab militia has more than 100 children abducted in the district. Elas Garas Ali Abdirahim Iman, said the children of Al-Shabaab abducted aged  9-14 year olds. Residents also said 60 children were taken from the school in Elas Garas village, al-Shabaab militia going to school in the area, and

Somalia President Mohamed Mohamed has said his government is ready to cooperate with Kenya to eliminate terrorism. “I spoke on the phone with [President] Uhuru [Kenyatta] this morning. We stand by Kenya at this difficult time,” he said via Twitter on Thursday. “The government of Somalia is always ready to cooperate with our neighbours in

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and the delegation led by President Mohamed arrived in Baidoa for a two-day official visit to the town of Baidoa. He arrived at the airport in the town of Southwest state region, Somalia and other federal and state level officials and different sections

Mogadishu-The parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia has waded in the murky waters of the government move to hire a Briton to head the Central Bank of Somali. The MPs are to debate on a review on the constitution in a bid to review conditions on who takes over at the helm of the

The self-declared republic of Somaliland has expressed an interest in hosting British and Russian naval bases, which would add to an already active military presence along the coast of the Red Sea – one of the world’s busiest and most strategically important maritime passages. Last weekend, British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson paid an unannounced visit

Somali Prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire has today appointed a committee to protect the public properties. a statement issued on Thursday, Prime minister Khaire nominated 11 member committee majority of them selected from his cabinet. The members are tasked to protect and recover the public lands and other government properties. “Based on the directive from

Somalia, Puntland region new governor has formally accused Somaliland of violating Puntland territories. In an interview with the BBC Somali Service on Wednesday, Saeed Abdullahi Deni said that there was no dispute between Puntland and Somaliland, but Hargeisa administration violated Puntland regions. “We have no land dispute with Somaliland administration, but it has violated the

The Admiralty Court in Mombasa has awarded a Somali shipping company more than Sh10 million for damages incurred on its vessel MV Nasibu that was detained and has been grounded in Kenyan waters since 2017. newsinisdeYesterday, Justice Njoki Mwangi directed that the vessel’s owner, Mumin Ali Mumin, be awarded Sh10,290,000 by a businessman who had

Garowe-The Mohammad Saleban Governor monopoly; a monopoly which has been held since the forming of the Puntland Government in 1998. 66 MPs who will cast ballots for the voting committee dishonest most of them get paid forum sponsored United Arab Emirates many wanting to make a change to a current rotation of power between Mohamoud

Bosaso-The new MPs of the House of Representatives has today welcomed the speeches of the candidates for the Governors of Puntland. The 21-man Governors candidate of the 11 other candidates, who are also running for deputy Governors post,will be held tomorrow on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, today will present their speeches and promises to the