Somalia News

The leader of the al Qaeda-aligned Islamist group al Shabaab has urged Somalis to wage holy war against Ethiopia, Somalia's Horn of Africa neighbour whose forces are preparing to lead an African Union offensive against the militants.

The image that always come from the Somalia's capital Mogadishu is more often than not of conflict, but there is always another side to the story.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 10, 2014/African Press Organization / The National Union of Somali Journalists today condemned guilty verdict and prison sentence against veteran Somali journalist Mohamed Aweys Mudey as "outrageous and unacceptable", and urged Ethiopian authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally.

It is seven years since the African Union Mission in Somalia deployed in the war torn nation.

The Danish government has reportedly blamed Zimbabwe's failing economy on the under-utilisation of huge tracts of land by the beneficiaries of the country's land reform programme.

The Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team is recently involved digging graves in Hargaisa, to proof genocides occurred in 1991, due to this course, it is also paramount importance to dig other graves in other cities such as genocides committed by SNM in Borama, Dila and Zeilac.

U.N. extends partial easing of Somalia arms embargo to October Wed, Mar 5 2014 By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday extended a partial suspension of the decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for eight months while highlighting concerns about the possible diversion of weapons to al Qaeda-linked militants.

Cabinet today discussed and endorsed a new tax system for Somalia. The Minister of Finance Hussein Abdi Halane presented plans for the new tax system and tariff levels to Cabinet, these plans will now move forward to parliament for approval.

The district commissionr of Hudur, Mohamed Macalin Ahmed who spoke to Radio Shabelle in Mogadishu over the phone, commented on the recent battle in Hudur.

Human Relief Foundation needs to raise A 60,000 for equipment and find generous sponsors to donate A 5,000 for the monthly upkeep of Al-Basiir School which helps give visually impaired youngsters a chance to live life to the full.

In the West, people tend not to call their friends and colleagues nicknames that pick on negative physical traits.

Addis Ababa, 6 March 2014 - The Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development has established a working relationship with the Mogadishu-based Heritage Institute for Policy Studies.

An expected drive to purge Islamist rebels from southern Somalia risks pushing them north into an area at the tip of the Horn of Africa better known for its coastal pirates than al Shabaab insurgents.

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday extended a partial suspension of the decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for eight months while highlighting concerns about the possible diversion of weapons to al Qaeda-linked militants.

The federal government is preparing to launch a national counter-radicalization program in response to the growing number of troubled Canadians who are being lured into the world of extremist violence promoted by Al-Qaeda.

Somali militant group al-Shabab says it has executed three men who it accused of spying for U.S. or Somali government intelligence agencies.

We have read recently that Somalia has a National Army , but is that really the case? Upon closer scrutiny one realises that Somalia has parallel armies - 3 of them - which exist independent of each other in different parts of this increasingly splintered.

THE THINGS THAT SHE WENT THROUGH AND HER EXCITEMENT TODAY. Like any mom - Sadiya would've loved to hug her kids every day.

Children sing a song of welcome at a primary school in Dadaab, northeastern Kenya, October 9, 2013.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 3, 2014/African Press Organization / The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, is closely monitoring developments in Baidoa, including the outcome of today's conference, and has taken note of the Federal Government's response.