File Photo/Somali Times Former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed has died in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, family members and other sources have confirmed to Somali Times. Ali Mahdi Mohamed had died of Covid-19. Reports say that Ali Mahdi Mohamed has been ill in the city for the last few days. Ali Mahdi Mohamed became president

File Photo/Somali Times Jubaland Governor Ahmed Madobe and Puntland Governor Said Abduallhi Deni who have been acutely opposed to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo will arrive in Mogadishu today. An advance security detail of Ahmed Madobe landed at Aden Adde Airport in Mogadishu this morning. The federal government wants a straightforward approach to the talks putting

File Photo/Somali Times More details are emerging from an operation by Puntland security forces last night in and around Bosaso. The operation was planned and carried out in the neighborhoods in Bosaso, which is the commercial center of Puntland. Sources say about 100 people, mostly teenagers, none from the Mohamoud Salebaan community in Bosaso were

Photo/Somali Times ”Mogadishu seaport restaurant Lul-Yemeni has twenty innocent people feared dead or injured after a car bomb blast has targeted a busy restaurant near the Mogadishu seaport on Friday evening,” Somali police spokesman said. Police spokesman Sadaq Adan Ali told Somali Times after the explosion that an explosive-laden car hit the restaurant, adding investigations

File Photo/Somali Times Somali prime minister Roble said talks with the opposition presidential candidates to end the election stalemate in the country have collapsed. Somali prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said the government has made a number of concessions during the three day talks at the Dècalè Hotel inside Adan Adde International Airport in Mogadishu.

File Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is hosting a ceremony on 4 March 2021 to mark the culmination of the efforts and discussions related to the implementation of the country’s elections between the Federal Government of Somalia, state governments and the Benadir Regional Administration. The meeting will

Galkayo in Mudug region witnesses confirm to Somali Times that Jamal Farah Aden, a Puntland journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants. A group armed with pistols killed the journalist near the Sinai camp in north Galkayo tonight. The assailants fled the scene of the killing, and Puntland security forces arrived at the scene of

Photo/Somali Times The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a police station in the capital, Mogadishu. Benadir regional deputy security commissioner Ali Abdi Wardhere issued a statement detailing the incident, saying security forces suspected the man who carried out the blast, and then fled, throwing off his seatbelt, which he noted later exploded.

Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud addressed the media at a special session of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Somalia. The minister said the conference focused specifically on elections and the humanitarian situation in Somalia, presenting a multi-faceted report. Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud stressed

Photo/Somali Times Somali federal government Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe said, ”What happened on February 19th in Mogadishu was a coup attempt.” He described it as “surprising” that someone was declaring that there was no government in the country, and that he was holding a press conference in front of the Somali presidential palace.