Extension of TFP Term heralds catastrophe for Somalia
Listen Two days after IGAD’s public declaration, the Parliament approved three year term extension easily with 97 % yes (435 present). It’s interesting to witness the intense vilification of the International Community (IC) by Ethiopia and Members of the Djibouti Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP-D) after the IC objected the three-year- extension of TFP-D’s tenure from [...]
Somali President condemns Shabab for forcing women to marry strangers
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid)-Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, Somalia’s transitional federal government (TFG) president has condemned alshabab rebels for forcing women to marry foreigners running the alshabab militia group and mistreatment of women under the militia areas of control.. The President said, “Al-shabab is a menace to the Somali community in particular women who are forced to marry [...]
Al Shabab Leadership crises and the prospect for peace in Somalia
Listen The peaceful amalgamation of the two Islamist factions Al Shabab and Hisbul Islam (HZ) is seen by some as a commendable act that will have significant postive ramification in the political landscape of Somalia. Others see it as the nightmare that they always dreaded to face; but at least over one million internally displaced [...]
Can Al Shabab digest the absorption of Hizbul Islam?
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) -The merger didn’t only strengthen the fire power of the new Al Shabab, but also brought with it an ideological baggage (Sh. Dahir Aweys) that is most likely to reinforce the position of the reformists. The reformist agenda is more of like a creeping revolution that encompass a thorough change of the [...]
Peace Keepers or Peace Killers in Mogadishu? UN/AU Continues Somali Slaughter
Listen For over a year now the United Nations/African Union troops in Mogadishu, so called “peacekeepers”, have been regularly firing mortars and artillery into Somali neighborhoods in retaliation for attacks by the Somali resistance. “Peacekeepers” firing artillery into civilian neighborhoods? “Peacekeepers” killing untold thousands of innocent women and children whose only crime was being Somali [...]
How Did al-Shabab Emerge from Somalia’s Chaos?
Listen By NIR ROSEN: The concerns and agenda of Somalia’s al-Shabab militia are very much rooted in local politics. However, its rise to prominence is tied to decisions taken by the U.S. and its regional allies in pursuit of the Bush Administration’s “Global War on Terror.” Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. deemed the 10-year [...]
Kenyan killed in Uganda terrorists’ bomb blasts
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula Wednesday confirmed that a Kenyan was killed in the Sunday’s twin blasts in Kampala, Uganda that left 76 people dead. The Minister told parliament that the victim identified as David Mutai Wafula hails from webuye and was booked wrongly as a southern Sudan citizen in a Ugandan [...]
Somali President Instructs the Army Chief to Investigate Child Soldier Recruitment Allegations
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – The Somali President, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has expressedstrong concern over the recent New York Times report that alleged the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia has recruited child soldiers for its national army. The President stated that, contrary to the New York Times assertions, theSomali government has not and will not knowingly [...]
Press Release -The Somali people must be allowed to watch the World Cup
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – The Somali Ministry of Information condemns the restrictions imposed by the extremists on the Somali people who want to watch the Football World Cup. The Somali people, like everyone else in Africa, should be able to watch the tournament without fear of loss of life. The recent killings by Al Shabab [...]
Alshabab release footage of French hostage.
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Islamic rebel group of Alshabab have released a video of French hostage captured in Somalia 11 months. Denis Alex, security advisor appeared to read a script in the footage. “I ask the French people to do everything for my release,” said the hostage, The Frenchman cited the demands of his captors, [...]