REPORT OF THE IGAD CONFIDENCE BUILDING MISSION TO MOGADISHU AND KISMAYO 16-19 MAY 2013 I. Preamble Following the decision by the 21st Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of IGAD as per paragraph 10 of the communiqué released on the 3rd May in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Executive Secretary, Amb. Eng Mahboub [...]
UPI Friday, May 24, 2013 About 10 people are believed to have been killed in clashes between Ethiopian troops and al-Shabaab insurgents in the Somali city of Beledweyn, officials say. The fighting began after al-Shabaab fighters opened fire on residents of a small town on the outskirts of the city, Shabelle Media Network reported Thursday. [...]
Somali Federal government has signed an agreement on strengthening its troops with Sudan government in Khartoum, Sudanese capital on Wednesday. The chairman of the Somali military court, Hassan Mohamed Hussein Mungab has signed the agreement for the Somali Federal government, the agreement include the strengthening of the Somali national forces. The agreement was facilitated by [...]
Thursday, May 23, 2013 Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre will convene, in wake of killing and al-Qaida martyrdom video rhetoric heard on London street. Counter-terrorism officers and security officials will doubtless fear that Woolwich fits into the category of crime that they can do little to thwart; random, lone-wolf, unsophisticated attacks, conducted by people who are [...]
Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has today cordially received high delegation led by the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. A press release issued from the office of the Prime Minister stated that the meeting between Somali Prime [...]
Hundreds of government soldiers on a go-slow have reportedly closed Beled-Hawa town of Gedo region in southern Somalia, as the areas government commander Cabbey John confirmed to Bar-kulna. Commander said that troops are on go-slow for the lack of salaries. Troops were reported to have closed telecommunication companies and other business places in the town. [...]
Al-Shabaab militant group is reported to have raided Duduma-Qaris and Saba-Hume areas, located in the north-western side Beled-Weyne town of Hiiraan region in central Somalia, and looting civilians properties. The Al-Qaeda-linked group killed at least four civilians in Duduma-Qaris area including a traditional elder dubbed Hussein Aden Torri who was about 90 years old while [...]
