1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (532+ words) BOSASO – Armed soldiers from Puntland’s Afmeer Brigade have shut down the vital Bosaso–Garowe highway in the Faluuja area of the Carmo district, bringing public and commercial transport to a halt in protest over four months of unpaid salaries. The…...

2+ hour, 37+ min ago  (681+ words) MOGADISHU – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Abdisalam Abdi Ali, has held a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart, Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt,…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago  (239+ words) MOGADISHU – A number of Al-Shabaab commanders have surrendered to Somali National Army forces stationed on the frontlines in the Lower Shabelle region, officials confirmed, marking a significant development in the government’s ongoing counter-terrorism campaign. The surrenders took place in the…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (439+ words) MOGADISHU – The Commander of the Djibouti National Police, Colonel Abdirahman Ali Kahin, has arrived in Mogadishu at the official invitation of his Somali counterpart, Major General Asad Osman Abdullahi, in a move that underscores the enduring security cooperation between the…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (255+ words) BELEDWEYNE – Security forces in the central Somali city of Beledweyne thwarted a planned terrorist attack on Saturday night, killing one suspected Al-Shabaab operative and capturing another alive in the Hawo-Tako neighborhood, officials said. Beledweyne has repeatedly been targeted by Al-Shabaab…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (291+ words) DHUSAMAREB – Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Abdirahman Yusuf Al-Cadaala, who is leading the campaign team for Justice and Solidarity Party (JSP) candidate Liban Ahmed Hassan (Liban Shuluq) in the upcoming Galmudug presidential election, has met with ministers, officials,…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago  (495+ words) MOGADISHU – The Ministry of Defence of the Federal Government of Somalia has announced that all individuals involved in the recent incident in which Somali National Army uniforms were used to desecrate the flag of the United States have been identified…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago  (328+ words) MOGADISHU – The Governor of the Banadir Region and Mayor of Mogadishu, Dr. Hassan Mohamed Hussein (Muungaab), has held a meeting with the Mayor of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Nadia Mohamed, who is currently on an official visit to the Somali…...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago  (344+ words) ISLAMABAD – The Minister of Family and Human Rights Development of the Federal Government of Somalia, Ambassador Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi, has held a bilateral meeting with the Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Rabiya Javeri Agha, in Islamabad to…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago  (698+ words) ABIDJAN – Somalia’s National Economic Council Chairman and Economic Adviser to the President, Dr. Hassan Aadan Hoosow, represented the Federal Government at the African Economic Summit in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, where the African Chief Economists Network was formally launched to strengthen…...