Somalia’s defense minister is calling for more U.S. support and drone strikes in the fight against al-Shabab because without more backing, the counter-terror effort is doomed. Local al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabab controls about 30 percent of Somalia’s territory, and international military efforts in recent years to rid the country of Islamic extremism haven’t produced any real

Discussion conferences between the Federal government and the Federal member states are Mainly progressing ,according to the last meeting productive agendas for the future of the Nation and its citizens. The dialogue forum continued for the last two days in the capital city, which was granted to double efforts against Al-shabaab militants, in order to

An Islamic extremist suicide bomber disguised as a police officer killed at least 17 and injured 20 at a police academy in Somalia’s capital on Thursday, police said. Col. Mohamud Aden said that 20 other officers were wounded by the blast, some of them seriously. The bomber, with explosives strapped around his waist and torso,

The head of U.S. Africa Command has asked for an additional investigation into whether civilians were killed during a deadly August raid in Somalia involving American and Somali forces. Army Col. Mark Cheadle, a spokesman for Africa Command, said Wednesday that Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser has asked the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to look into

The meeting of Somali’s House of Representatives has been approved budget Government’s of 2018 prepared by Ministry of Finance for the Federal Government of Somalia. It was chaired by the First deputy Speaker of the Assembly H.E Abdiwali Ibrahim Mudey,162 members accepted and approved on 2018 budget of the Somali Federal government,one refused,while other one

The National Union of Somali Journalists is deeply shocked and condemns by the senseless murder of the Somali journalist in Mogadishu on Monday December 11, 2017 . Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Gaabow was killed in Wadajir district on Monday evening when a bomb believed to have been attached to his car exploded around 5:45 PM, according

Somali’s president H.E Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, chaired conference on the constitutional review process,that led by the constitutional affairs ministry of Somali Federal Government held in Mogadishu. The official conference was attended by many government officials,the speakers of the two houses of Somali parliament, prime Minister of the Federal government of Somalia, the presidents of

At Somalia’s first-ever security conference, hosted by the country’s Federal President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo” in the capital, Mogadishu, participants agreed to speed up security sector reform and develop a plan to transfer primary responsibility for the country’s security from the United Nations-backed African Union Mission in Somalia Amisom to its own security forces. Security is

Mogadishu, 4 December 2017 – A high-level meeting on security opens in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu to discuss a comprehensive approach to security in the country, as a follow-up to the London Conference on Somalia, held in May this year. The African Union Mission in Somalia, Amisom, is co-convening the conference with the Federal Government of

The newly appointed defence minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mr Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman,has today on Saturday takes office in a highly organized ceremony held at the ministry of defence. The official event was attended by many government officials, members from the defense committee of the Federal Parliament, Cabinet ministers, top Army officials,