Rome (Alshahid) – The World Food Program on Thursday said that it is ready to cooperate with an investigation team that is to be appointed by the UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon to probe the allegations of diverting food aid meant to hungry Somalis.
A press statement from WFP’s headquarters in Rome stated that with [...]
Garowe (Alshahid) – The authority of the semiautonomous Puntland has on Thursday strongly condemned the UN report which links top officials in Puntland government with piracy.
A press statement from Puntland’s information minister Mr. Abdihakim Ahmed Guled said that the authority of Puntland was shocked to hear that the report accused Puntland leaders with participating in [...]
Khartoum (Alshahid) – The Sudanese government has yesterday expressed concern over humanitarian assessment action conducted by UNAMID forces in south Darfur saying the peacekeepers didn’t take it’s advice
The foreign ministry has summoned the deputy chief of UNAMID Mr. Yunis Mohamed, and informed him of the operations of UNAMID without regarding the Sudanese militaries advice.
Unidentified armed [...]
London (Alshahid) –The president of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has addressed hundreds of Somalis in Eastern London on Wednesday night.
The president who is Britain for official duties gave a speech which was touching on many things among them the current situation in Somalia, the Diaspora Communities, the difficulties that [...]
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Senior officials from Alshabab and Hizbul Islam groups are said to have met in the Ceelasha Biyaha area, in the outskirts of Mogadishu on Wednesday. The officials from both groups had talks on how to end the disputes between them which were worsening recently.
The officials from Alshabab side were headed by Sheikh [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
