Al-Qaida to make “changes” in Alshabab leadership
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid)- Top Al-Qaida leadership is expected to make changes in the ranks of Alshabab, their proxy group in East Africa, in order to terminate a long continued misunderstanding between the two top Alshabab officials in Somalia, sources allied to one of the feuding Alshabab camps told Alshahid News Friday. The leader of Alshabab, [...]
Security Council Press Statement on Somalia
Listen New York (Alshahid) -The following press statement was issued on Thursday by the UN Security Council President Ruhakana Rugunda (Uganda): The members of the Security Council expressed their concern at the continued instability in Somalia and the deteriorating humanitarian situation. They reaffirmed their support for the Djibouti Agreement and peace process as the basis [...]
UN Secretary-General Urges Security Council to take ‘Bold and Courageous Decisions’ to boost AMISOM in Somalia, TFG
Listen New York (Alshahid) – During a Security Council meeting this morning(Thursday) on Somalia that also heard from high officials from the African Union and the Somali Transitional Federal Government(TFG), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Council to take “bold and courageous decisions” to strengthen the African-led peacekeeping force(AMISOM) and the TFG in [...]
Somalia Alshabab parade trained fighters; vow to avenge US killing of Mustafa Abu-Yazid
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) -In a show of defiance Somalia’s Al-Shabaab rebels have paraded thousands of trained fighters in the Somali capital, Mogadishu to fight against the African Union troops, AMISOM and the Transitional Federal Government soldiers. Senior Al-Shabaab officials, Ali Mahad Rage commonly refered to us ‘Ali Dere’ and Muktar Robow Ali ‘Abu-Mansor’ claimed the [...]
AMISOM accused of latest civilian deaths in Somalia capital
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Fingers of accusation are being pointed at the African Union troops in Somalia (AMISOM) for Thursday’s targeted bombardment to parts of Hodan and Wardhigley district in the capital at night where more than 5 civilians were killed and many others were injuired. Locals claim that mortars from AMISOM’s bases landed in [...]
Somalia MPs blame Speaker for delay in PM endorsement vote
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) –A section of Somali legislatures have accused speaker of the National Assembly, Sharif Hassan Aden for delaying the voting to endorse the newly appointed Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. Following the postponement on Wednesday of the confidence vote by the speaker after chaos erupted in parliament; the more than 200 Lawmakers met [...]
Somali MP Welcomes AU Blockade Call as US urges aggressive intervention
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) -A former Somalia foreign minister has welcomed the African Union’s call for a naval and air blockade while the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson has called for a more aggressive international response to Somalia’s deepening crisis. So far, he says, it’s been too feeble, too slow and [...]
Report: Western Presence Fuels Yemen, Somalia Insecurity
Listen London (Alshahid) -A new report says Western security measures in Yemen and Somalia are fueling militancy because local populations see it as a form of aggression. Yemen expert Ginny Hill co-authored the report that was published by the London-based research group Chatham House. “The U.S. administration has been providing training and military equipment to [...]
Somalia: Released Briton arrives in Nairobi
Listen Adado (Alshahid) -A British aid worker abducted last week by Somali gunmen has arrived in neighbouring Kenya Thursday, a day after being released by his captors, officials said. His plane arrived in Nairobi on Thursday afternoon and Save the Children spokeswoman Anna Ford said he had reunited with his family. Mr. Frans Barnard was [...]
AU gathers military chiefs in Addis for conflict-response exercise
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid) –Approximately 200 Africa’s top military officers are in Addis Ababa for a joint military-civilian continental Command Post Exercise of the African Standby Force, which is also called AMANI AFRICA. The exercise is organised under the auspices of Africa Standby Force programme. The Africa Standby Force is composed of five units under [...]