Nairobi (Alshahid) – The Grand Coalition Government is unified and firmly focused on serving Kenyans and delivering harmonized pledges made by the coalition partners during the electioneering period, President Kibaki has stated.
Speaking at the Holy Family Basilica Sunday where he and Prime Minister Raila Odinga attended a church service to mark the second anniversary since [...]
Dublin (Alshahid) – Irish troops are to help train Somali soldiers who are battling an Islamic group allied to al-Qaeda in a civil war which has killed 20,000 people in the last two years.
The Defence Forces are to return to involvement in Somalia 16 years after they ended their role in a UN peace enforcing [...]
Brussels (Alshahid) – A ransom was paid to Somali pirates Saturday to try to secure the release of a Greek-owned freighter and its crew of 19 being held off the Seychelles, the EU’s naval mission in the region said.
“A ransom drop was successfully made for the release of the Greek owned Panama-flagged bulk carrier, Navios [...]
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – The Islamist Alshabab group has banned the food distribution activities of World Food Program in the areas that Alshabab control.
In a statement which Alshabab released today stated that with effect from 28th Feb. 2010 (Today) WFP cannot operate areas that Alshabab control. The statement said that the decision was taken after realizing [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s failed attempt to suspend two ministers linked to corruption investigations appears to be winning him favour with voters, a new opinion poll showed.
The poll by Nairobi-based Strategic Research Limited, published in newspapers on Friday, said 55 percent of Kenyans trust Odinga to lead the fight against graft, [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) Somali pirates freed a Singaporean- flagged chemical tanker, having 24 crew members including Indians, after a ransom was delivered by parachute,.
Andrew Mwangura, the East Africa Coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Program (SAP) said the pirates freed the MV Pramoni early on Friday and the vessel is sailing away from the Somali coast.
“The vessel which [...]
Kampala (Alshahid) – A seminar which was organized by the International Labour Organization(ILO) for the the Somali Journalist was on Friday completed in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda.
The Seminar which lasted for four days was attended by representatives from different media groups in Somalia including Radio stations, websites and research groups led by Alshahid Research and Media [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – Ecoterra International reports that a motorized sailing vessel, ABDUL RAZAK with a crew of 9 Indians was captured on Thursday by Somali pirates.
Ecoterra International said in a statement that the 40-metre ship, the Abdul Razak, was taken earlier this week before heading into the Gulf of Aden, on its way from Kandala, [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – Somalia’s Minister for Planning and International Corporations Mr. Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame has said on Thursday that his government has talked to the World Food Program (WFP) to return its humanitarian aid it used to provide to the people in southern Somalia.
The Minister said that he met WFP officials in Nairobi and discussed [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) -The Somali premier Mr. Umar Abdirashid Ali who was leading a delegation from the Somali transitional government have on Wednesday evening met with the US ambassador for Somalia in Nairobi.
The PM and his delegation updated the US official on the current situation of Somalia and how the TFG badly needs strong international support [...]
