Ahead of the international London Somalia Conference hosted by the UK on Thursday 23 February, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, spoke exclusively to the BBC Somali service. The following are key quotes from this interview. Please credit BBC Somali. The full interview broadcasts on Wednesday 22 February on BBC Somali, BBC World Service [...]
Dr Ahmed El Tayyeb, the Imam of Al-Azhar has issued a statement in support of the London Conference on Somalia. Al-Azhar is the most influential religious authority in Egypt, and one of the most important authorities in the Islamic World. The London Conference on Somaliais taking place on 23 February and will be attended [...]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Kenyan counterpart Moses Wetangula discussed the latest situation in Somalia and Turkish-Kenyan relations in their meeting on Thursday. Davutoglu had a meeting with Wetangula over lunch in Ankara. Diplomatic officials said that Davutoglu explained his views on Somalia meeting to be held in London on February 23 and [...]
A huge suicide car bomb blast hit on Friday at Somalia’s criminal investigation department(CID) in the capitalMogadishu, witnesses say. A suicide bomber in a small luxury car has rammed into the building at KM4 junction about 3:00 a.m. local time in Somalia capital Mogadishu. Plumes of smoke and flames were seen immediately rising from the [...]
Rep. Keith Ellison said Thursday that officials in Washington are still looking at ways to ensure that Somalis in the U.S. can safely send money to their famine-stricken homeland _ including a possible license for banks operating on humanitarian grounds. In a conference call with reporters, the Minnesota congressman said Somalia is still experiencing [...]
Thousands of Somalis on Thursday fled an insurgent-held town for the capital, fearing a military attack by African Union troops allied with the weak U.N.-backed Somali government. Hundreds of cars and trucks packed with mattresses and other household items created traffic jams in the capital of Mogadishu a day after Somali and African Union troops [...]
Eighty-four suspected Somali pirates being held in a Kenyan prison Tuesday expressed concern with the Kenyan judiciary system and appealed to the international community for deportation. The 84 who are on pre-trial detention in the coastal city of Mombasa said they have languished in the facility for over three years with no sign of justice [...]
President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed of Somalia has Thursday called on TFG and AU forces in Mogadishu to keep on fighting against Al-shabab militants to regain his UN-backed government the whole control of the country. President Sheik Sharif Sheik praised both government soldiers and AMISOM for capturing more strategic zones beyond the capital from Al-shabab [...]
Sponsors of a U.N. resolution to boost by nearly half an African force trying to defeat Islamist militants in Somalia are seeking to have the Security Council pass it by the middle of next week, diplomats said on Wednesday. If the council does so, the authorization to increase the African Union force would come on [...]
International conflict resolution group on Wednesday called on Kenyan military not to extend its intervention in Somalia and should instead focus on exit strategy to avoid sparking local resistance and retaliation. The International Crisis Group (ICG) said Kenya which launched cross border incursion in October last year should articulate a clear plan and strategy to [...]
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