Kenya, Ethiopia may attack Somalia alshabaab rebels
Listen Isiolo, Kenya (Alshahid) – Kenyan and Ethiopian troops could attack Somali rebel group al Shabaab inside the Horn of Africa nation following the rebels’ latest threat to strike at Kenya, security sources said on Monday. The al Shabaab group, which claims ties to al Qaeda and has been waging a four-year insurgency against Somalia [...]
Somali President, Sheikh Sharif returns home
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid)-Somali president, Sheikh Sharif Sh. Ahmed and his delegates have arrived in the capital Mogadishu after they had paid visits of Djibouti and Egyptian countries, officials said. T.F.G cabinet ministers welcomed president Sharif and his delegation at Adam Adde international airport at noon on Friday. The President who left Mogadishu early this week [...]
Djibouti to open embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – The Djiboutian government says on Wednesday it will open its embassy in the Somalia capital Mogadishu in the next few days. After talks with Somalia’s foreign minister in Mogadishu, the Djiboutian ambassador to Somalia Dayib Dubad Rooble said his government is ready to officially open an embassy in Somalia, Sunatimes reports. [...]
Somalia: 11 killed as government engages Alshabab.
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – 11 people were killed while scores of others injured Friday in Hosh location in Dharkenley district in west of the Somali capital Mogadishu morning following a fierce gun battle between the rebel group of Alshabab and Somali government soldiers. The dead include 3 government soldiers, 5 Alshabab fighters and 3 civilians [...]
Six Somali Govt policemen killed in Land mine blast
Listen Mogadishu-(Alshahid) – A landmine blast has killed at least six Somali government in the government controlled Hamar Jajab neighborhood in the capital Mogadishu early on Wednesday morning, officials and eyewitnesses affirm. Abdi Basid Mahmoud, the chairperson of the Hamar Jajab told reporters after the explosion that the six government policemen on a routine patrol [...]
Somaliland: Sool elders to work with Al Shabab rebels
Listen Hargeisa (Alshahid) — Members of Dhulbahante’s religious order and elders from Sool region in Somaliland have held a series of meetings with the al-Qaeda linked insurgent Alshabab in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu with a view of forming an alliance against government forces and the Ethiopian military. The supposedly secret meeting was organised by Banadir Islamic [...]
Somalia: 11 killed in fresh fighting between Govt/ AU troops with rebels in Mogadishu
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Another fierce fight has erupted on Thursday between Somali government forces supported by the African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops and insurgent fighters in Mogadishu where at least 11 people have been killed and almost 17 others wounded, said medical sources and witnesses. This intensified fighting to gain control of the capital Mogadishu [...]
Somali Mogadishu born man on U. S. no-fly watch list arrested
Listen Toronto (Alshahid) – A Somali man resident in the US who was attempting to return to the United States after spending several months in North Africa had his flight diverted to Montreal because he is on the U.S. no-fly list. Abdirahman Ali Gaal, 33, is legally a permanent resident of the United States; currently [...]
Two Somali gov’t ministers among Mogadishu roadside bomb blast survivors
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Three senior Somali government officials including two ministers escaped an overnight assassination attempt after roadside explosion in Mogadishu targeted a convoy, killing three people and wounding several others, a government official confirmed Friday. The remotely controlled roadside bomb attack took place in Makka Al Mukarama road in the heart of the [...]
One civilian killed while 3 others wounded in Mogadshu shelling.
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) –At least one person was killed while three others were wounded ion Hodan district in the Somali capital Mogadishu following a mortar shelling on residential area, witness and reports said on Saturday. The shelling comes as he feuding parties have temporarily stopped clashing in Mogadishu. On Friday, UN reports indicated that renewed [...]