Sabahi
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:29
Nearly seven months after the National Conference on Tackling the Phenomenon of Extremism in Somalia came out with a ground-breaking, seven-point fatwa condemning al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamic Scholars Association (SISA) is finally in the planning stages to follow up with another meeting of religious scholars.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:26
A-Shabaab has stepped up its recruitment campaign in small villages around El Bur in an attempt to boost its ranks to fight the encroaching allied forces and retake the territory it lost in March.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 06:49
Somalia's federal state of Puntland on Monday (March 31st) announced its support for the formation of the new South-western State led by Mohamed Haji Abdinur, Somalia's Garowe Online reported.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 06:49
The latest terrorist attack in Nairobi's Eastleigh neighbourhood, which killed six people and injured 25 others Monday (March 31st), has left city residents angry and wondering when -- or if -- the government can bring an end to the country's mushrooming terrorism problem.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 09:57
President of the federal state of Puntland Abdiweli Mohamed Ali and members of his cabinet met with European Union ambassadors Thursday (March 27th) on board the French EU Naval Force flagship FS Siroco to discuss key issues related to political, security and development co-operation, and to participate in a special session on maritime security.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 09:56
The Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) conducted security operations in the outskirts of Bulo Burde in an effort to increase security in the town, Somalia's Goobjoog News reported Thursday (March 27th).
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 09:55
Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed on Thursday (March 27th) met with his Ethiopian counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn in Kampala to discuss ongoing military operations against al-Shabaab, the political process in Baidoa and the development of regional infrastructure.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 09:52
Police in Nairobi arrested 450 suspects Wednesday (March 26th) in a second night of security crackdowns in the city, Kenya's Capital FM reported. Nairobi County Police Deputy Commander Moses Ombati said police had also recovered a pistol and a homemade gun as a wave of crime continues to sweep across the capital.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 09:11
The inability of Kenyan police to detect that a vehicle they impounded in Mombasa on March 11th was packed with high-grade explosives -- and which they parked in their yard for six days -- has raised questions about their competency in the midst of the government's war on terrorism.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:23
In the two months since Somali Minister of Defence Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud took office, the Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces have made strides liberating towns in southern Somalia.