Two car explosions were heard on Saturday afternoon in the heart of Mogadishu amid a surge in targeted assassinations in the city. A witness told Somali Times that the first car bomb occurred close to Olow Tower near Dabka junction while the 2nd Explosion went off on the backside of Hotel Maka Al-Mukarama. Sources said

AT LEAST three children were killed in Somalia today when their school was hit by an air strike in the south of the country. Their school in the town of Sakow was bombed, along with the main hospital which is said to have been destroyed. The school is run by the al-Shabaab jihadist group which

The government of Ethiopia and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) discussed modalities of peace talks in Asmara, Eritrea yesterday. Ethiopian government delegation was led by Minister of Communications and Chairman of the Somali People Democratic Party, Ahmed Shide, according to Yemane Gebremeskel, Eritrea’s Information Minister. The ONLF side was led by its Chairman, Admiral

Dr Farah Ali Shire, announced in Bosaso today that he is among the candidates for the presidency of Puntland. Dr Farah Ali Shire, former Puntland State minister for finance, told Somali Times that he had been discussing the issue of his campaigns on a number of issues, including security, economic and social security. stable Puntland.

Mogadishu- Mr Salad Ali Jelle, one of the most respect politician in Somalia, has strongly condemned the current disagreement between the central government and the regional states. Mr Salad Ali Jelle first spoke to the National Security Committee, especially the members who would appear to be the President, Prime Minister, Security Council, Defense and Chief

Mogadishu-Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire has responded to the decision of the government of the state to request a third party mediator and at the same location as the conference and security. Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire also said that he did not welcome a third foreigner and a middle-level mediator between the central

Mogadishu- Mayor and Governor of Banadir region Eng. Abdirahman Omar Osman congratulated the Somali Police Force on the capture of some of the fake documents in Mogadishu. The governor pointed out that the Banadir Regional Administration was implementing the Provincial Government, the legal representative offices required by the public and passed over to accountability. “We

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu-A witness says a Somali lawmaker has been wounded after an explosive device planted under the seat of his car exploded in Mogadishu on Saturday night. The MP, Mohamed Mursal Mohamud, known as Barrow sustained critical wounds in the blast which happened near the country’s national theatre, according to police sources. The latest

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A new report says Ethiopia‘s air force has killed about 70 al-Shabab extremists in an airstrike in neighboring Somalia. The state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate says the airstrike was meant to thwart an al-Shabaab attack on an Ethiopian contingent of the multinational African Union force. The report says “two vehicles packed with weapons”

Briefing the Security Council for the last time in his capacity as UN Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating called on all Somalis to draw strength from the positive transformations going on inside the country and work collectively for the common good.“The future of Somalia is in the hands of the Somalis,” he declared. In