UPDATE: Eight dead, 17 injured in Mogadishu bomb attack-police Storyline:National News, Security GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Police in Mogadishu has put the number of the dead in the Taleh bombing at eight with 17 other people injured. According to a police statement, the bombing… 1 min read
1 min read Storyline:National News Pupils, teachers among casualties in deadly Mogadishu bombing GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: School children and teacher are among the casualties of a deadly bombing attack in Mogadishu this morning, medical sources have said. The bomb whose shockwaves could be felt…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Save the Children appeals for emergency response as drought ravages Somalia GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The aid group Save the Children has added its voice to calls for urgent humanitarian response to the unfolding drought conditions in Somalia which have since claimed lives…
4 mins read Storyline:National News, World UN to evacuate families from Ethiopia as rebels claim advance on capital By Addis Ababa (AFP) – The United Nations has ordered the immediate evacuation of family members of international staff in Ethiopia, according to an internal document seen by AFP on Tuesday,…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somalia declares drought emergency as UN warns of looming famine GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Somalia has declared a state of emergency on the ongoing drought that has driven millions to the brink of starvation as the UN warns the country was edging…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Senior police officer survives roadside bombing in Mogadishu GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: A roadside bomb targeting a vehicle carrying a senior police officer named exploded in the vicinity of the former milk factory and the Gordon military training school in…
1 min read Storyline:National News CPJ calls for probe into killing of Radio Muqdisho journalist GOOBJOOG NEWS|NAIROBI: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for investigations into the killing of Radio Muqdisho journalist Abdiaziz Guled Afrika amid claims the bombing of the journalist may…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security SNA reclaims base ‘overrun’ by Al-Shabaab in Bay region-military GOOBJOOG NEWS|BAY: Government forces have said they retaken control of their base which Al-Shabaab said it overrun on Tuesday morning. SNA 60th Division Commander Mohamed Sheikh Abdullahi who spoke to…
1 min read Storyline:National News Three incumbents re-elected in ongoing Somaliland elections in Mogadishu GOOBJOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Three incumbent MPs have made a comeback in the ongoing Lower House elections for Somaliland amid little opposition from rivals. Fadumo Hassan Ali and Amina Omar Jama were…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Three Al-Shabaab operatives arrested for trying to smuggle bombs into Mogadishu GOOBJOOG NEWS|LOWER SHABELLE : Three Al-Shabaab suspects have been nabbed in a security operation carried out by Somali security forces in Afgoye town of Lower Shabelle region. A police officer…