President Yoweri Museveni has said Somalia can heal completely and stand on its own feet if the country’s business class is supported, patriotic pan-Somalia political parties emerge and a truly national army is recruited and equipped. Museveni outlined eight key achievements brought about by the intervention of the African Union Mission to Somalia …
Read More »Somalia strikes new international pact to stabilise ravaged state
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Somalia struck a new stability pact with the international community on Thursday, aimed at steadying the fragile state by bolstering its security, staving off famine and rebooting its economy. New President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed hailed a “historic day for Somalia” after concluding the pact …
Read More »Museveni, Farmajo speeches on ‘Future For Somalia’
The Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as President Farmajo, gave an opening speech outlining the way forward for the country at the conference on Somalia’s future today May 11, 2017.. Joined by the UK Prime Minister Theresa May, presidents from the region, led by Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, also gave …
Read More »Museveni in London for Somalia conference, to meet Theresa May
London, UK | PPU| President Yoweri Museveni is in London, United Kingdom for a two day working visit during which he will attend and address the Somalia Conference at Lancaster House on Thursday May 11, 2017. (SPEECH HERE – click) Museveni is accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and …
Read More »Car bomb attack kills six in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | At least six people were killed and about 10 injured Monday in a car bomb attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a police officer on the scene told AFP. The car exploded next to an Italian cafe on a key thoroughfare in the centre of the …
Read More »ANALYSIS: First US military death in Somalia since ‘Black Hawk Down’
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | An American soldier has been killed in a night-time raid in Somalia, in what is believed to be the first US military death in combat there since the infamous events of “Black Hawk Down” 24 years ago. The death occurred three weeks after the US …
Read More »American soldier killed during Somalia operation against Shabaab
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | An American soldier was shot dead and two others wounded in a night-time raid with Somali forces against Shabaab militants in Somalia, the US military said Friday. “On May 4, one US service member was killed during an operation against Al-Shabaab near Barii, Somalia, approximately …
Read More »President returns to Mogadishu after young Somalia minister’s killing
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Somalia’s president cut short a trip to Ethiopia on Thursday, the day after a cabinet minister was accidentally shot and killed in Mogadishu by another official’s guards. “The president of the republic, who is now outside the country, decided to cut his trip short to …
Read More »CONFIRMED: US troops deployed to Somalia
‘A few dozen’ US troops deployed to Somalia: Pentagon Washington, United States | AFP | The United States is deploying “a few dozen” troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified security operations, a US military spokeswoman said Saturday. The soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, a …
Read More »SOMALIA: 10 dead as new army chief escapes car bombing
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Somalia’s new army chief escaped a car bombing Sunday that killed at least 10 people in a bloody response by Shabaab militants to the president’s declaration of war on the group. A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into Ahmed Mohamed Jimale’s convoy …
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