Photo/ AFP The overall death toll for the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is probably in the range of 1,800 troops, says a new report by a US expert on the war against Al-Shabaab. The findings by scholar Paul Williams are based, he states, on five sources. The most comprehensive data comes from African

Three mortar shells on Tuesday hit a nearby Presidential compound in Mogadishu. There are no casualties that have been reported. Locals have confirmed that the mortars have barraged villages adjacent to Villa Somalia. Authorities have not so far spoken of who has carried out the mortar attacks which is being blamed for Al Shabab, The

Abdi Ali. Police (Image) By Lee Peace Police have warned members of the public to not approach a man with links to Sheffield wanted over a murder. Abdi Ali, aged 29, is wanted for questioning over the killing of 47-year-old Shaun Lyall in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, in July last year. Ali, who has spent most of

At least 5 people including African Union peacekeeping mission forces in Somalia (AMISOM) were killed and several others wounded when a double roadside blasts targeted Amisom convoy in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region on Sunday, local media reported. The attacks took near African Union forces base in Burane vicinity near the town of Mahaday Middle Shabelle

Wadajir Party leader posted on his Facebook page, Mogadishu, Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, Wadajir Party leader said Somali Prime Minister Khaire has to pay compensation for those killed in Baidoa last year.” The Somali Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia Hassan Ali Khaire on his trip to Baidoa. In a statement posted on his

High Court rules Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted lawfully in prorogation move Britain’s High Court rejected a legal challenge against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend the parliament from next week on Friday. In its ruling, the court said Johnson was found to have acted within law when he advised the Queen to prorogue

Mogadishu, Somali National Prosecutor General Ahmed Ali Dahir has said that the Kenyan government is on the verge of withdrawing its maritime claims in Somalia. The prosecutor pointed out that Kenya has done everything it could to prevent a maritime dispute hearing on some of our water but said it was inaccurate. The Kenyan government

Photo/Somali Times Bomb-laden car makes security check point in capital Mogadishu target A suicide car bomb blast targeted a security check point in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Monday, leaving at least three people dead, four others wounded, officials said.“The attack was a suicide bomb explosion which targeted our security checkpoint in ex-control Afgoye in Mogadishu. At

Hargeisa, Somaliland Gov has on Sunday dismissed the development project that the SFG in Mogadishu claimed to implement in the port city of Berbera. The minister of planning of the weak SFG installed in Mogadishu yesterday inked 23 million Euro development project with the EU dubbed Yarisow development project. The SFG claims that it has

Villa Somalia Team Mogadishu. Villa Somalia team accuses Jubaland Security Minister Abdirashid Janan a serious crime, he had committed in the southwestern province of Gedo. Jubbaland has protested the arrest of its Security Minister in Mogadishu terming it a violation of the constitution. In its response following the arrest of Abdirashid Nur Janan, the state