What lies ahead for the new Somalia government?
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) -After weeks of political horse trading the Somali parliament managed to approve the new cabinet of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Saturday but the move marks the beginning of the government’s real challenges, say analysts. Out of the 343 lawmakers present at the meeting 251 voted in favor while 92 opposed it [...]
Somalia militia executes alshabab man in Mogadishu
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Forces loyal to Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a have murdered a man suspected of being one of the Al-shabab fighters in Mogadishu according to residents. The man, who had been detained by Ahlu Sunna forces, was killed in Derkenley district – Eldere neighborhood. Ahlu Sunna is a militia cum religious Sufi group allied [...]
Wrangles that never cease in the Somali government
Listen The scramble and political quagmire within the circus of the Transitional Federal government seems unending at every appointment of cabinet. Of the three Somalia governments from 2000 to date, none was able to ameliorate the abhorring situation in Somalia. It was in 2000 when Abdikasim Salat Hassan and his premier Ali khalif Galeyr could [...]
Hizbul Islam faction ends agreement with Somalia govt
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siad (Inda’adde), former state minister of the transitional government (TFG) of Somalia and now a leader of Hizbul Islam faction that recently joined the TFG has Wednesday held a press conference to formally denounce the deal signed with the government. “As troops and policy, we are no longer [...]
Somalia Parliament fails to approve new Cabinet; disagrees bitterly
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) –Members of Parliament in Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) have disagreed strongly over the new Cabinet appointments, with MPs failing to pass the Cabinet during a Monday session in Mogadishu. It was revealed that 348 MPs out of the 550 met in Mogadishu to pass or reject the 18-member Cabinet appointed last [...]
Yemeni, Djibout, Eritrea talks held in Aden
Listen Aden (Alshahid) – Suspicious talks brought together President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki held on Sunday in Aden governorate. The talks were reported to have focused on the bilateral relations between Yemen and each of two countries; Djibouti and Eritrea. However, sources suspect the three countries [...]
Somalia Prime Minister to dialogue with opposition
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) -The newly appointed Somalia Prime Minister has proposed a raft of measures to bring Mogadishu to order in the first hundred days of his administration, Africa Review reports. In his maiden speech to the Transitional Federal Parliament in Mogadishu, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed presented a radical proposal that, if adopted by parliament, will [...]
The Somali Govt funded Shifta war in Kenya’s North secession
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -The Somali government wanted to claim North Eastern as part of its territory. Recently declassified files reveal Somalia even funded the Shifta war. The first sign that Somalia was eyeing Northern Frontier District (NFD) was in February 1962 when a delegation, led by then Minister of Education Mohammed Ibrahim Egal, went to [...]
Somalia: Establishing the Federal System and Moving the Capital City, Mogadishu
Listen The draft constitution issued by the Independent Federal Commission on July 30, 2010 is flawed but the Commission continues running advertisements through different Media outlets to promote and condition the Somalia people. The draft raises many questions without answers and it is contentious and controversial and it is the product of Sharif Hassan Sheikh [...]