Commissioner of Tyeglow district in Bakool region Mohamed Abdille Hassan told Mustaqbal radio that the security forces apprehended a soldier suspected to be behind the murder of five women in the district.The soldier is the husband to one of the two women killed by Al-shabab in the area and as reven...

Ambassador Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke favourite to be next Somali PM 15 Dec – Source: Hiiraan Online – 131 Words Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, current Somali Ambassador to United States and the former holder of the premiership appears to be the top choice to replace outgoing Somali Prime Minis...

Somalia’s ambassador to US arrives Mogadishu 16 Dec – Source: Radio Goobjoog – 96 Words A special plane carrying Somalia ambassador to United states Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmaarke who is expected to be named the new prime minister of federal government landed at Adan Adde international airport on ...

Gun men kill 3 people in south of Laascaanood 16 Dec – Source: Radio Goobjoog – 74 Words At least 2 People were killed in the outskirts of Lasaanod district in Sool region in a revenge attack. Men armed with pistols and rifles attacked a minibus and killed one person among the passengers, locals s...

World marks International Day of Migrants 18 Dec – Source: Radio Goobjoog – 110 Words International migrants day is commemorated all over the world including Somalia, where ceremonies to mark day are held in all regions of the country. Many immigrants, including Somalis, face threats and human r...

President Hassan: AMISOM troops from Sierra Leone had no political agenda in Somalia 18 Dec – Source: Radio Goobjoog/Mareeg Media/Radio RBC – 198 Words The president of Somalia Hon. Hassan Sheik Mohamed speaking at a farewell ceremony for 850 Sierra Leonean troops leaving the country has commended...

Pentagon says Washington has carried out an air strike against a senior leader of armed group in Saacow in Somalia.

A suicide bombing has struck Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing five people including the bomber, with the armed group al-Shabab quickly claiming responsibility. Witnesses reported a loud explosion, followed by gunfire and plumes of smoke, in Waaberi district on Sunday.

At least 16 people have been killed and 14 others wounded in clashes between Somali government troops and Sufi fighters, witnesses and local elders said. The clashes on Tuesday appeared to be part of a local power struggle sparked by politicians meeting in Dhuasamareb, in the north-central Galgad...

Mogadishu, 12 March 2015 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemns, in the strongest terms, today’s attack in Baidoa town in Somalia’s Interim South West Administration, which resulted in the death and injury of security personnel and civilia...