Empowering our Community
Six new districts have been opened in southern Somalia to help enhance voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees in Kenya, a tripartite commission formed to oversee the return said on Saturday. Representatives of Kenya, Somalia and UNHCR said in a joint commun... More »
Ministers/Members of parliament Ladies and Gentlemen There is a Somali proverb that says, ‘Sticks in a bundle cannot be broken. For too long, our nation has been bathed by the spilling of blood. Each one of us has been touched by hatred, by violence, by confli... More »
The barrier that the government seeks to build along the border with Somalia was a subject of heated debate in the Somali Parliament on Saturday. While debating a motion about the wall in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Somali MPs expressed reservations about th... More »
Wasaaradda Amniga Gudaha ee Soomaaliya ayaa sheegtay in la kordhiyay ciidamada ammaanka ee ka qeyb qaadanaya sugida Caasimada Muqdisho, iyadoo saacadihii la soo dhaafay Ciidamo la dhigay wadooyinka iyo Isgoysyada. Wasiirka Amniga C/risaaq Cumar Maxamed ayaa sh... More »
Security forces foiled an attempted suicide attack by Islamist militants on a political conference in central Somalia on Thursday, killing three gunmen and the driver of a car packed with explosives, police said. The al Shabaab group, which frequently attacks ... More »
Madaxweynaha Dowlada Jubbaland Sayid: Axmed Maxamed Islaam waxaa uu maanta qasriga Madaxtooyada kulan kula qaatay Wakiilka Xog-hayaha Guud ee Qaramada Midoobay u qaabilsan Soomaaliya Nikolas Kay oo goor hore oo saaka ah soo gaadhay Magaalada Kismaayo ee Caasim... More »
Is the leak genuine? Our Chinese source gives us little on the credibility of the document other than that it was being passed on directly, not anonymously, by the TFG. Without direct contacts to the inner circle of the UIC, we have no way of directly verifyin... More »
Koyama Island.–This island is situated some 211 miles down the coast from Kismayu, its greatest length being 31 miles, its breadth 2 miles. There are two villages on the island, the village on the shore being known as Koyama or Gedeni, the village on the hilI ... More »
In the wake of the Garissa University College shootings that left nearly 150 people dead, the Kenyan government has threatened to close the world’s largest refugee camp. In response, US Secretary of State John Kerry promised an extra $45m to the United Nations... More »
Ergayga QM u Qaabilsan Arrimaha Somalia, Nicholas Kay oo ka Qayb-galay Shirka 25-aad ee Midowga Afrika uga socda Johannesburg ayaa sheegay in shirka looga hadlay Arrimaha Haweenka Soomaaliya, iyadoo intaa ku daray in xilliyadii u dambeeyay ay sii Kor-dhayso xo... More »
UN Security Council (2006) The US introduced a resolution into the UN Security Council in late November, which authorized African Union peace-keepers to defend the TFG; it was passed unanimously on December 7. Such a proposal will surely not be implemented in ... More »
STORY HIGHLIGHTS National reconstruction and reconciliation are top priorities for the Federal Government of Somalia as it emerges from two decades of violence. As the country moves to implement a national program for disengaging combatants, it is looking to o... More »