(SomaliNet) Somali parliament first deputy speaker Mohamed Omar Delha has said the administration of Mogadishu should be set up according to the country’s constitution.
Since former mayor and governor of Banadir region Mohamed Omar Habeeb Mohamed Dhere was sacked, Mogadishu, the capital of the
(SomaliNet) At least 14 people including many civilians were killed Monday in parts of southern Somalia, Radio Garowe reported.
According to media reports, at least 8 people died in the Somali capital Mogadishu after suspected insurgents attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) milit
(SomaliNet) Unless their ransom is paid, The Somali kidnappers who have abducted Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan say the pair has 15 days to live.
On Monday, Press TV, an English-language Iranian television station, reported that one of their corr
(SomaliNet) A decree dated October 3 and issued from the office of the President of Puntland, a federal state in Somalia, officially terminated the region’s deputy police commissioner.
Mohamed Haji Aden, acting police chief, who was appointed to the post in May, has been active along Somalia's
(SomaliNet) Somali Islamist insurgents attacked African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital on Monday, triggering clashes that killed a civilian and wounded five others, witnesses said.
According to residents , the insurgents fired artillery into Mogadishu's southern K4 quarter where Ugandan
(SomaliNet) A roadside bomb exploded in the capital Mogadishu wounding two African Union peacekeepers from Burundi and three Somali civilians, an officer and witnesses said.
A source said Monday that the explosion went off as a contingent of Burundi soldiers was leaving the main airport - where t
(SomaliNet) Local sources in Somalia told Garowe Online that Islamist fighters in Somalia's southern port city of Kismayo used excessive force to kill a well-known clan militia commander Sunday night.
Salah "OJ" Hassan was arrested two days ago and was being kept at the city's main police station
(SomaliNet) Abdullahi Said O'Yusuf, the mayor of a coastal town renowned as a pirate hub has strongly criticized top leaders in the government of Puntland, a regional autonomy in northern Somalia.
The mayor of Eyl, told Radio Garowe during a Monday interview that the pirate gang who hijacked a So
(SomaliNet) Two days after they killed one of the hijackers in a gun battle, Somali security forces freed a Panamanian ship from pirates on Tuesday, officials said.
The Wail was seized by heavily armed Somali gunmen on Thursday as it carried cement to Bosasso from Oman. There are thought to be ni
(SomaliNet) Korea will send a fact-finding mission to Somalia this month before deciding whether to dispatch a Navy ship to the African nation, where Korean nationals are constantly being kidnapped by pirates, it emerged on Tuesday.
According to an official, Korean government agencies are discus
