Senate endorses anti-graft bill with amends Storyline:National News, Upper House Senate has today passed the Anti-Corruption Bill with amendments which will now be referred back to the Lower House for further consideration. The Bill which seeks to set the framework… 1 min read
1 min read Storyline:National News Ex-Mogadishu mayor now ambassador to Kenya Former Mogadishu mayor Mohamed ‘Tarzan’ Nur is the new Somali ambassador to Kenya following his presentation of credentials to President Uhuru Kenyatta today. Nur who served as Mayor of Mogadishu…
2 mins read Storyline:House of the People, National News MPs seek debate on ‘deployment’ of Eritrean and Ethiopian forces A section of MPs have petitioned the Speaker to open debate seeking to establish whether Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers have been deployed in the country following recent talks between President…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, National News, World Kenya Airways’ access to Mogadishu further delayed Kenya’s national carrier Kenya Airways which was set to resume flights to Mogadishu this week after several years has indefinitely put off the plan citing delay in ‘in getting additional…
3 mins read Storyline:National News, Security AMISOM hands over newly constructed police station to Jubbaland authorities By AMISOM PUBLIC INFORMATION As part of initiatives to boost security in the regional states, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on Monday handed over a newly constructed police station…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Saudi king extends an invitation to Qatari emir to attend GCC summit BY: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has invited Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to attend the upcoming Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit set to take place in Riyadh on December…
1 min read Storyline:National News, World UNSOM condemns yesterday’s Somali journalist attack in Mogadishu UN Mission in Somalia has strongly condemned yesterday’s bomb attack that was targeted a Somalia journalist and press freedom advocate Ismail Sheikh Khalifa who survived but sustained injuries from the…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World US re-establish permanent diplomatic presence in Somalia The United States has re-established a permanent diplomatic presence in Somalia nearly three decades after it closed its Mogadishu embassy in January 1991, the State Department said Tuesday. “This historic…