AlShabab Presents TFG Officer, Weapon in Mogadishu »
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Harakat Al-shabab mujahideen officials have on Monday displayed an officer from the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and more weapons in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage (Sh. Ali Dere), the spokesman...
February 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Parliament Speaker Visits Important Local Building in Mogadishu, Calls to Rebuild »
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Sheik Aden Mohamed Nor (Madobe), the speaker of the transitional parliamentarians of Somalia have Monday visited at Guriga Umadda (house of people), an important Somali building in the areas under the control...
February 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Kenya dismiss reports on Somali army training »
Nairobi (Alshahid) – Kenyan authorities have denied reports alleging that it has trained over 2 500 Somali troops who are ready to join the government battle against the radical Islamist group, Al Shabaab. Defence Minister Yusuf...
February 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Kenya Trains ‘2,500 Somalia Troops’ »
Nairobi (Alshahid) – Some 2,500 Somali troops have finished training in neighbouring Kenya and are ready to join a Somali government offensive against rebels, which control much of the war-torn country. According to Kenyan officials who...
February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Police arrests suspects in Galkayo »
Galkayo (Alshahid) Security forces in Galkayo arrested several people on Saturday night in connection with the escalating insecurity in key towns of Puntland. Security forces foiled a landmine that had been planted in a street in...
February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Galmudug President defends extension of his term »
Galmudug (Alshahid) – President of Galmudug regional administration Mohamed Ahmed Alim has on Saturday strongly defended his extension of his term following complaints from local MP’s terming his action as illegal. The president told reporters that...
February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Ethiopian troops take positions parts of Hiran region »
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Heavily armed Ethiopian troops are reported to have taken positions in parts of Hiran region near the border on Sunday, witnesses said. The troops stationed themselves in Sariirale village, near the common border...
February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Russian warship seizes group of pirates off Somalia – Navy »
Mogadishu (Alshahid) A Russian frigate, the Neustrashimy (Fearless), seized on Saturday a boat with seven pirates on board during an operation to thwart an attack on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, a...
February 6 2010 / No comment / Read More »
We are prepared to repulse government attack; Hizbul Islam »
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Somalia ’s insurgent group Hizbul Islam said it learned government forces are prepared to wage military offensive against Islamist groups following noticeable troop movements in several key points of the capital. “We know...
February 6 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Humanitarian crisis persists in Somalia with malnutrition rampant in young, UN warns »
United Nation (Alshahid) – A widespread humanitarian crisis persists in war-torn Somalia, with an estimated 3.2 million people, or 42 per cent of the population, in need of emergency aid or livelihood support, and one...
February 6 2010 / No comment / Read More »Columnists
The threat from Somalia (Must the United States also intervene in this failed state?) »
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Nov 3 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »Reach out to struggling child refugees and immigrants »
By Ahmed Dahir AS a member of the Somali community in Seattle, I was shocked and terrified when I heard that the suicide attack against...
Oct 5 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »Somalia: The Disappearing State »
If you followed the news at all this summer, you would have heard about Somalia. It seemed as though Somali pirates were suddenly hijacking...
Sep 30 2009 / No comment / Read More »Ambulance offers hope in war-torn Somalia »
Mogadishu — Chaos and death on the streets of Mogadishu: unfortunately, it’s nothing new in the Somali capital. 1 of 3 Government forces are fighting...
Sep 30 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »Obama investing in Somalia government survival »
The recent killing in Somalia of a top US target shows that the Obama administration is fully committed to taking military action in support...
Sep 27 2009 / No comment / Read More »
