Nairobi (Alshahid) -Coming on the heels of an earlier directive to government officers to procure office furniture and other office items from kenyan producers; the president Kibaki has yet again barred Cabinet Ministers and their assistants from travelling outside Kenya ostensibly to ensure they attend parliamentary debates on the draft Constitution.
This was in a Government [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) -Abdalla Al Fazul has taken charge of the ragtag Alshabab army after the dramatic killing of Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, who previously led the group.
The man believed to have masterminded the 1998 terrorist attacks on US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam is believed to have taken over the leadership of Alshabab [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – Leaders from Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states on Tuesday urged parties to the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement to remain committed to the implementation of outstanding issues in the agreement.
The IGAD leaders asked the parties to the CPA to particularly move towards completing the North-South Abyei border demarcation, redeployment of [...]
New York (Alshahid) – A new report compiled by the security council of the UN describes how the food by WFP meant to be distributed to the vulnerable Somalis end up in the wrong hands.
The report which is not the made public indicates that Somali contractors and the insurgent groups opposed to the TFG and [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – French fishermen had on 8th March came to the rescue of some Somali pirates after two of their boats capsized in the high seas of Indian Ocean as reported by the French defense Ministry.
This peculiar incident happened after three boats of Somali pirates attacked a French trawler. The trawler had some French [...]
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Fresh fighting which claimed the lives of at least two people occurred in Mogadishu in the early hours of Wednesday. The fighting which was between forces loyal to the Transitional Federal Government and insurgent groups took place near the Global hotel in Abdulaziz district of Mogadishu.
A residents of Abdulaziz district told Alshahid [...]
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 [...]
