The looting of relief aid at the distribution centers in Mogadishu by state security agents,undermines efforts to help more than 300, 000 people. Most of these refugees fled from every part of Somalia seeking help from aid relief agencies. "Looting of aid is a major problem, especially as it affects the most vulnerable […]
Agreement between Kenya, Somalia and Uganda to undertake Al-shabaab
Somalia and Uganda have agreed on a coordinated approach with Kenya in fighting Al-shabaab militia to maintain peace in the Horn of Africa. The pact was reached at the meeting between Kenya’s president Mwai Kibaki, Somalia’s Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni at State House in Nairobi on Wednesday afternoon. […]
Journalists are in hiding after police have raided their houses overnight
The Puntland police have raided the house of two journalists, both working for Somali Channel Television in Garowe, capital of semi- autonomous region of Puntland. Around 2:00 AM Tuesday morning, the police went into the house of Mahdi Abdi Ali without warranty and drag him out, handcuff and took him away to the police […]
Britain to host international conference on Somalia
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the UK government will host a conference on Somalia next year. In his speech to the Lord Mayor’s banquet on Monday, the Prime Minister said that Somalia is a failed state and it threatened British interests. : "Tourists and aid workers were kidnapped. Young British minds poisoned […]
In Somalia, missiles hit Al-shabaab during their meeting
Large explosions were reported to have hit Sunday night in Afgoye town in Lower Shabelle region, an Islamist rebel Al-shabaab held region in southern Somalia. Local resident in Afgoye, a town 30 kilometers south of Mogadishu, said a large explosion was heard late on Sunday night and hit near the place where the militant […]