Somalia News

Mareeg.com-Mogadishu, 12 July 2014 H.E. Mustafa Duhulow today spoke to the media in Mogadishu to provide an update on government progress over the last week.

Mareeg.com-Mogadishu 12 July 2014- A delegation from Somalia Federal Government, Civil Society and African Union Mission in Somalia , alongside other African and US participants completed two-week course in Ghana on election management.

The 8 July attack on the presidential palace, known as Villa Somalia, was the latest in a series of attacks by Al-Shabaab against the country's political institutions.

While he is an Infantryman, Miller has spent much of his 31-year career in Special Operations, a group of military personnel who carry out mostly covert operations in hostile or politically sensitive areas.

Mogadishu residents are complaining of rampant corruption at police stations and courts, claiming their cases remain unresolved for months despite having paid bribes requested by officials.

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SOMALIA'S president sacked his security chiefs Wednesday after Islamist Shebab fighters struck the heart of government in an escalating campaign of attacks in the capital and across east Africa.

January 2, 2014: Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria carry their weapons during a parade in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the border with Turkey.

SHIPS navigating the lawless seas of the Gulf of Aden must keep a constant lookout for Somali pirates.

The return of the many diaspora Somalis represents a new phase of diaspora engagement with Somalia.

Security Conference between the council of Ministers, Benaadir Regional Administration and the Defense committee in Parliament was held last night in Mogadishu chaired by H.E Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday implored more European countries to adopt U.S.-style counterterrorism laws and tactics, including undercover stings to prevent potential terrorists from traveling to Syria.

A statue of India's pacifist freedom fighter Mohandas Gandhi will be placed in London's Parliament Square alongside other famous statesmen, including his political adversary Winston Churchill, the British government said Tuesday.

Although the al-Shabaab attack caused damage, it failed because the military forces stopped the attackers and prevented further harm.

Somali soldiers patrol near the wreckage of a car bomb that was detonated at the main gate of the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, July, 9, 2014.

Journalists take pictures of the wreckage after a suicide car explosion near the Somali parliament building in Mogadishu July 5, 2014.

Somali troops retook the presidential palace in the capital of Mogadishu after militants forced their way in and exchanged heavy gunfire with troops and guards Tuesday, the latest attack underscoring the threat posed by Islamic extremist group al-Shabab in east Africa.

Ukrainian government troops have made significant gains in recent days, pushing pro-Russian rebels out of a string of towns in the east.

Somalia's Islamist Shebab rebels carried out a major bomb and armed assault against the country's presidential palace late Tuesday, penetrating the heavily-fortified complex before blowing themselves up.

Militants stormed the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, police said, sparking heavy gunfire as government troops and guards tried to repel them.