Terror suspect who trained in Somalia
Source: Daily Nation
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-20 14:17:22 -0700 | political-news
Rating In Summary Otuko was trained in how to use a wide range of weapons, according to detectives. When he was shot dead, police recovered 64 assorted rounds of ammunition. When Otuko came back to the country, he moved together...
Reporters' safety group issues Somalia warning
Source: United Press International
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-20 08:05:42 -0700 | travel-news
Journalists and aid workers are among those considered most at risk of crime and kidnapping in Somalia, a reporters' safety monitoring group said. The International News Safety Institute issued a travel advisory Monday for Somalia, describing it was "one of...
Gawker crowdsourcing $200,000 to purchase video of Toronto mayor smoking crack
Source: EW - PopWatch
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-20 13:49:20 -0700 | entertainment-news
Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images Rob Ford is the mayor of Toronto , Canada's largest city. But he's about to be better known at least in the United States for something else. According to Gawker editor John Cook, there...
Somalia: Iranians Convicted of Illegal Fishing in Puntland State Waters
Source: Africa Headlines
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-19 23:36:58 -0700 | political-news
Bossaso A Bossaso court convicted on Sunday, 78 Iranians who were caught in April illegally fishing in Puntland state waters, Garowe Online reports. On Sunday, Judge Sheikh Adan Ahmed handed out fines of 100,000 US dollars to the owners of...
Somalia: Meeting Held in Mogadishu to Address the Situation in Juba Regions.
Source: Africa Headlines
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-19 22:43:25 -0700 | political-news
Jubba regions and the current political turmoil facing the region was today held in Mogadishu. The meeting was attended by elders, politicians, Somali elite group and members of the public organizations. Consultations and opinions were shared in the meeting by...
Somalia: We Request Amisom and Govt Troop Forces to Intervene Between the Two Opposing Sides
Source: Africa Headlines
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-20 02:59:03 -0700 | travel-news
Kenya based in Kismayu and government troops to intervene and reconcile the two opposing sides in Kismayu. The minister said it was the responsibility of the foreign troops to maintain peace in the region...On the other hand Mr. Abdi Karin...
Somalia: Elders Oppose MPs Motion Against the Prime Minister.
Source: Africa Headlines
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-19 22:43:16 -0700 | political-news
Traditional elders who selected the parliament have warned the motion against Prime Minister Shirdon. A large turnout was made by the elders who helped to appoint members of the parliament and have requested the parliament to stop the motion against...
Somalia: Ruto Lobbies for More AU Troops in Somalia
Source: Africa Headlines
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-19 21:15:39 -0700 | travel-news
Nairobi Deputy President William Ruto has called on the African Union to increase its military presence in Somalia in order to ensure regional stability. Speaking as he represented President Uhuru Kenyatta on a tour of four African nations, the deputy...
Somalia and the Slippery Slope of ‘Jubbaland'
Source: Scoop
Kismaayo :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-20 02:59:03 -0700 | political-news
Somalia and the Slippery Slope of Jubbaland' If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zonesomewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshedyou are not alone. Due to the array of competing internal...
Date set for first Somalia investment conference
Source: Daily Nation
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-19 13:37:40 -0700 | travel-news
A major investment conference for Somalia is slated for Nairobi next month. The First Somalia Oil and Gas, Investments, Security and Infrastructure Conference is set for June 17. It will precede the East African Petroleum conference that is also going...
Group arrested in attempt to make bomb
Source: Daily Nation
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-19 13:37:34 -0700 | travel-news
Sixteen terror suspects were arrested on Sunday and an Improvised Explosive Device they were trying to assemble confiscated by police who were patrolling Mandera town in the evening. The suspects were interrogated by detectives from the Anti-Terror Police Unit, National...
Somali reaction to al-Shabab sentences mixed
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-19 09:17:00 -0700 | political-news
Wide-ranging sentences handed down in the yearslong federal investigation into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab have kindled a mix of outrage, confusion and relief among members of Minnesota's large Somali community. Some say the 10- and 20-year...
Somaliland marks 22 years of independence
Source: Al Jazeera English
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-18 11:51:32 -0700 | political-news
08 Women police marched in the parade in Hargeisa [Nazanine Moshiri/Al Jazeera] People in Somaliland are marking 22 years of self-declared independence from Somalia, but they are still waiting for the world to recognise their region as a country.
Somalia: President Hassan - the Current Political Scramble Is What the Government Cautioned
Source: Africa Headlines
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-18 10:47:50 -0700 | political-news
The president said that his government was in the process of reconciliation process between communities living in the region for the past 5 months and warned of any political interference. President Hassan said the meeting organized by some Politian's in...
Somalia: Five Killed in Clash Between Govt Forces and Militants in Bakool Region
Source: Africa Headlines
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-18 10:47:51 -0700 | travel-news
The fighting erupted Thursday night around 11:30pm local time in El Barde town of Bakool region, near the Somali-Ethiopian border, witnesses said. All the dead and wounded were fighters, according to local reports. Al Shabaab militants attacked Somali government forces...
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