Mogadishu (Alshahid) – A senior member and commander of Islamic rebel group of Hizbul Islam was shot dead in Mogadishu on Tuesday by unidentified gunmen, officials and witness said.
Bare Ali Bare was critical of his group’s recent merger with the Al Qaeda-inspired Alshabab movement.
Last month, the leader of the group, Sheikh Hassan al-Turki defected and [...]
New York (Alshahid) – A Somalia terror suspect Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed is set to become the latest alleged terrorist to be tried in New York.
Court papers said Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed was arrested in Nigeria after spending 8 months in Somalia. While the court papers state the Al Shabaab terror organization he trained with has called [...]
Kampala (Alshahid) -President Museveni said on Monday that it is time for the government to tarmac the road leading to his home town-in Kiruhura District and give him a share of the “national cake”.
“I have prioritized and worked on different roads in the country,” President Museveni said, “I am now tired of dust and will [...]
London (Alshahid) – In a shift to British policy the UK is set to announce its first aid package to war-torn Somalia amid concerns that the country could harbour al-Qaida militants.
The UK is about to announce its first aid package for Somalia’s transitional government amid mounting concern that without more international support the war-torn country [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) -The Ministerial Council of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has met in Nairobi to prepare for the coming 14th summit of IGAD member states, scheduled to begin Tuesday at Kenyan capital’s Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC).
The Sudanese government delegation was headed by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mutrif [...]
Garowe (Alshahid) – At least 10 members of transitional federal parliament of Somalia on Monday afternoon started mediation talks with the top leaders of the semi autonomous Somali region of Puntland in Garowe, the headquarters of Puntland.
The MPs who are themselves from that region flew from Mogadishu to Garowe in an effort to mediate between the [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates while sailing from the Seychelles towards Tanzania in October last year have been temporarily reunited, a doctor said today.
Paul and Rachel Chandler, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, were forced by their captors to endure their longest time apart as a married couple and they are due [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – President Mwai Kibaki has banned Cabinet Ministers and their Assistants from travelling abroad to enable them participate in the Constitution Review Process debate in Parliament.
The Draft Constitution was tabled in Parliament last week by Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitution and review Process and MPs have 30 days to debate once it comes [...]
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Somalia’s Minister for internal affairs has on Sunday said that his government is in its final phase of preparation before waging war against Islamist rebel in the country.
Speaking in a press conference, Sheik Abdukadir Ali Omar said that his government is committed to regain control of the country.
The minister said that their [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – The NATO anti-piracy naval force said on Monday that it sunk a mothership used by the Somali pirates in the high seas of the Indian Ocean on Sunday.
The naval force which has its headquarters in Northwood, near London confirmed the sinking of the mothership and added that they did so after they [...]
