Explosion rocks hotel along airport road, Mogadishu Storyline:National News, Security An explosion followed by heavy gunfire has hit a hotel located along the airport road off KM4 in Mogadishu. Immediate sources point to Hotel Afrik as the target of the… 1 min read
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Seven children killed, 11 injured after suspected ordnance bursts in L. Shabelle GOOBJOOG NEWS|LOWER SHABELLE: Seven children were killed and 11 others injured in Lower Shabelle after a discarded ordnance they were playing with went burst. Dr. Mohamud Mohamed Jimaale, the director of…
1 min read Storyline:National News Somaliland commences training of electoral officials ahead of May poll GOOBJOOG NEWS|SOMALILAND: Somaliland has kicked off the training of electoral officials at regional and district levels ahead of parliamentary and local government elections in May. Somaliland National Elections Commission (SNEC) chairman…
1 min read Storyline:National News Swan lands in Kismayo for final tour of FMS to secure poll deal GOOBJOOG NEWS|KISMAYO: UN head in Somalia James Swan landed in Kismayo Sunday morning for his final leg of Federal Member States tours to close in on an electoral deal with the…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Luck for Kenya police as hyenas fall trap to explosive device GOOBJOOG NEWS|KENYA: Two hyenas were killed Monday night in Kenya’s north=east after an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting security personnel went off after the two animals curiously interfered with the explosives…
5 mins read Storyline:National News Somalia faces troubled national election as time runs out By ASSOCIATED PRESS MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — As Somalia marks three decades since a dictator fell and chaos engulfed the country, the government is set to hold a troubled national…
4 mins read Storyline:Archive, National News, Opinions Farmaajo opens fresh polls battle in signing unconstitutional resolution By T. Roble GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Just when the country breathed a sigh of relief following Jubbaland and Puntland’s acceptance to drop electoral preconditions seemingly ending a gruesome circus, President Mohamed…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Kenya rebukes Somali leaders, says claims diversionary GOOBJOOG NEWS|NAIROBI: Desist from dragging us into your domestic affairs, Kenya has told Somalia in its second response since the release of the IGAD report which has largely poured cold…
2 mins read Storyline:National News UN piles pressure on Somali leaders amid elections stalemate By T. Roble GOOBJOOG NEWS|SOMALIA: The UN has mounted sustained pressure on Somali leaders to bring them to the table as the country stares at a constitutional crisis as it…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Poll gridlock eased as Deni, Madobe name election teams GOOBJOOG NEWS|FMS: The stalemate over elections in Somalia eased Wednesday night following the release of state-level election committees by Jubbaland and Puntland seemingly dropping their earlier conditions following intense pressure from…