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Kenya’s defence minister visited Kismayo without informing the Somalia government

Why is the Kenyan Defense Minister in Kismayo when it is known that Kenyan troops are in Jubaland? They do what the Somali government does not want and they are not openly accountable to the Somali people who have many doubts about the maritime dispute between Somalia and Kenya. The court made a decision but

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Somalia president says spy chief is involved in the bombings of Mogadishu

Photographer Somali Times The President of Somalia, Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, announced today for the first time that Somali spy chief Mahad Salad is involved in the bombings of Mogadishu and planted explosives in Mogadishu hotels. It is the first time President Hassan Sheikh telling the truth, who spoke at the commemoration of the 79th

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Somalia prime minister Hamza issued a serious order against civil servant for corruption

Photographer Somali Times The prime minister of Somalia, Mr. Hamza Abdi Barre, who held an important meeting today with the Directors-General of the government ministries, ordered them to hold accountable the workers who did corruption. Hamza Abdi Barre said that every director is required to conduct a regular inspection of the officials of the ministry

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Somalia president’s uneducated spy chief is forcing young men to serve in the military

File Photo/Somali Times Some of the parents in Mogadishu have accused the Somali government of sending their children to military camps in Mogadishu to serve as soldiers. These parents held a demonstration last night in Mogadishu at the Marine camp in Hamar Jajab district, where they are said to be camped with young people who

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Somalia state of Galmudug arrested a Quran teacher alleged to have raped three girls

Somalia state of Galmudug police forces arrested Shuayb Abdi Mohamed, 27 years old, a teacher of a Quranic school, who was accused of raping 3 girls aged 9, 7 and 5 years. The Deputy Commander of the Somali Police Force, Gen. Sakiye Hussein reported this news in a post on her Twitter account, saying that

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Somalia: An airplane crashed in the Abudwak district

A photograph appear on the Internet The latest from the Abudwak district in central Somalia says that today a plane carrying Khat miraa crashed in Abudwak district in the north of the region. The plane crashed near the airport of the district, and suffered severe damage, according to local sources. Pictures taken from the wreckage

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Somalia gets 70 million USD World Bank grant to improve services-sources say

Photographer Somali Times/Somalia president Hassan Sheikh The World Bank said it has approved a 70 million U.S. Dollar International Development Association grant to develop resilient water, agriculture, and environmental services for rural communities in Somalia’s drylands, according to Xinhua News Agency reported. The Somalia Water for Rural Resilience Project, known as “Barwaaqo” and builds on

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The five regional presidents of Somalia are forming a new alliance against Hassan Sheikh’s group

File Photo/Somali Times Five regional presidents are expected to cooperate against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud’s group and the government he leads. This cooperation is organized by the president of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni, and the South West president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Lafta-Gareen’ is already participating, while the presidents of Galmudug and Jubaland, Ahmed Abdi Karie,

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Why does dictator Ismail Omar Guelle hate politicians in Darood community?

Credit: Associated Press/Dictator Ismail Omar Guelle The Djibouti people need to be free from dictator Ismail Omar Guelle and his two sons in-law from Ivory Coast Tom and Senegalese Lekula terrorising the Somali people when themselves are not from Djibouti but the Ivory Coast and Senegal. Wife of dictator Kadra Mahamoud Haid, daughters Haïbado Ismaïl

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Somali President Hassan Sheikh says that the government has armed the clans to fight Al-Shabab has not worked, instead they are fighting against each other

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh says that the government has armed the clans to fight Al-Shabab has not worked, instead they are fighting against each other. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said that he never intended to arm the Somali tribes, but he said that the government supported the tribes to liberate their areas from the Al-Shabab

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