Roving militias killing civilians. Prisoners stripped naked and rolled in hot ashes. “Mafia”-style murders and violence that forced more than a million people from their homes. That’s the legacy that Mustafa Omer, the new president of Ethiopia’s gas-rich Somali region in the east, will have to overcome following the ouster after 11 years of the

A former terrorist-Al Shabaab deputy leader has announced an entry candidate, politics, is a joke .Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur is said to have announced his candidacy for leadership of the Southwest regional administration on Thursday, October 4. The elections are to take place next month. Abu Mansur, a one-time candidate on the United States terror

Three people were killed in a suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab which hit a European Union armored convoy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, police and an emergency service worker said. The blast struck the convoy around 12:10 PM local time on Industrial Road, a major thoroughfare in the heart of the

Mogadishu-A suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab hit a European Union armoured convoy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties, police and the Islamists said. A Reuters witness saw men towing their damaged vehicle after the explosion hit its rear end. The armoured vehicles had Italian and

Mogadishu – Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency says it captured Somali explosives expert from the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab group in the Somali capital and obtained key intelligence information. In a tweet sent on Friday, the agency says its special forces, acting upon an intelligence tip offs have captured the unnamed bomb expert whom officials

Mogadishu-Some of the roads in Mogadishu are closed today, with public transport on the streets not crossing the intersections in the city. Banadir junction, Zoobe, KM4, staff and others closed, in the Government, according to Source witnesses said. It is unclear why the roads are closed, but a police official said security reasons have been

Somali Minister for Petroleum, Mr Abdirishid Mohamed Ahmed has suspended the permanent secretary of the ministry over the misconduct. misused public fund. In a press statement, the minister said Mr Jamal Qasim Mursal, the permanent secretary was suspended from the duty, pending the outcome of an investigation which conducted by the country’s labour ministry. The

According to a statement by the US Africa Command, the forces. Al Shabaab terrorists in Somalia continue to be weakened, as various forces sustain pressure on the ragtag militants. Over the weekend, an airstrike by the United States forces killed eighteen terrorists and left many others with injuries. According to a statement by the US

Mogadishu-Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Ali Khaire chaired the second monthly justice development meeting in which officials discussed accelerating efforts in strengthening our justice system, implementing court decisions, bringing an end to fraudulent documents, and executing land dispute resolution program. A police chief, Supreme Court Chairman, Justice and Internal Security

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