Somali government forces have entered Kismayo, two days after militant group al-Shabab abandoned the strategic coastal city. Witnesses confirm to VOA’s Somali Service that government troops entered Kismayo on Monday and are taking control of former al-Shabab bases. Residents appeared to welcome the troops. Some looting was reported after al-Shabab pulled out its remaining fighters [...]
NAIROBI (AP) – The acting police chief in Kenya’s capital says an explosive device set off in a Sunday school class killed one child and seriously wounded three. Moses Ombati said he suspects sympathizers with the Somali militant group al-Shabab were behind the attack at an Anglican church in Nairobi. Kenya has seen a series [...]
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Kenyan helicopter gunships struck Shebab bases outside the Somali port of Kismayo to clear the way for a takeover of the town abandoned by the Al-Qaeda linked Islamist fighters, the army said Sunday. Residents said Kismayo was in the grip of lawlessness and a power vacuum, with gunmen killing at least three [...]
A Greek-owned oil tanker carrying 135,000 tonnes of crude has been hijacked by pirates in the Arabian Sea. Athens-based Dynacom Tankers said that the Liberian-flagged Smyrni was seized off the coast of Oman, and is reported to be heading for Somalia, according to the BBC. No communications have been received from the ship since it was [...]
PetroTrans, a Chinese oil and gas producer, could conclude preliminary negotiations with Somaliland for the extension of the key port of Berbera by the end of this year, but has scrapped plans to build a liquefied natural gas facility. Philip Hirschler, a legal adviser for PetroTrans, said from London the firm planned to extend Berbera [...]
Funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund is to be used so disaffected youths can learn about a Somali religious leader known as the “Mad Mullah” while Britain’s war memorials are starved of cash they need for vital repairs. He was a Somali religious leader known to British colonial officers as the “Mad Mullah” for his [...]
In the last decade, six of the world’s 10 fastest growing economies were in Africa. While everyone was talking about China, Angola was in fact top of the list, growing at an extraordinary 11 per cent per year. With the current Euro crisis, Angola has even bought assets from its ex-colonial master, Portugal. Even Ethiopia, [...]
Ethiopia and Somaliland have pledged to work closely together towards ensuring peace and stability in the Horn of Africa region at a meeting here between Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Somaliland President Ahmed Mohammed. The two held discussions on various issues including peace and stability, bilateral and regional concerns here Monday. They also discussed how [...]
Malkhadir M. Muhumed, Associated Press Nairobi, Kenya — U.S. military forces landed in Somalia to retrieve the bodies of dead or wounded militants after a U.S. drone strike targeted a group of insurgents, Somalia’s defense minister said Friday. The operation is at least the second time U.S. troops have landed in Somalia after a targeted [...]
MOGADISHU, June 10 (Ogaalnews) – Somalia’s Interior Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan died from wounds suffered after an explosion at his house in the capital Mogadishu on Friday, the African Union peacekeepers AMISOM said. “Unfortunately the minister has just passed away,” Paddy Ankunda, the AMISOM spokesman told Reuters. “We condemn the barbaric acts in the [...]
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