(SomaliNet) At least six were killed amidst battle between the Somali government soldiers and the Islamic hardliners of Al-shabab on Friday in Somalia’s southern town of Wajid district which is some 350KM from the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Sources say the combat was so heavy and both the warri
(SomaliNet) NATO's top military command for operations, Allied Command Europe, said Friday that three of a fleet of seven NATO ships are on their way to the East African coast to escort World Food Programme (WFP) food shipments to Somalia.
NATO said the three ships from Italy, Greece and Britain,
(SomaliNet) For the first time, the administration of the lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia has banned the possession of illegal firearms and briskly walking with any sort of unregistered weapons within the town.
“The regional forces of the lower shabelle region have started going for
(SomaliNet) The United Nations children's fund (UNICEF) has strongly condemned the killing of a Somali staff member who was shot last Sunday in Huddur, southern Somalia.
UNICEF’s water engineer, Mukhtar Mohammed Hassan, was shot at close range as he walked in town with friends after attendin
(SomaliNet) Intense battle erupted on Saturday morning in Somalia in an area between Lego and Yaqbariweyne in the Bay region (south) when Al-Shabaab forces ambushed Ethiopian and Somali government troops heading to the capital, Mogadishu, residents said.
Sheikh Muqtar Robow Abu Mansorsaid, Al-Sha
(SomaliNet) Somali government has agreed a cease-fire with the Islamist opposition and said that Ethiopian troops will start to leave the country in November.
The Ethiopian troops, who came to the Somali government's aid in its fight with the Islamist militias in 2006, will start their withdrawal
(SomaliNet) At least 8 people were killed amidst violence in parts of southern Somalia on Sunday as the Somalia’s interim government and an opposition group signed a historic peace agreement, a source said.
Meanwhile, two police officers were killed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, when a hid
(SomaliNet) According to a Somali government official, at least 5 people were killed in southern Somalia after Ethiopians forces and TFG troops chased Somali insurgents in an early morning attack in the horn of Africa nation.
A report said the armed forces made a violence attack to the southern
(SomaliNet) Somalia's government signed a ceasefire agreement with some opposition figures on Sunday, meeting a key demand by giving a date for the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces backing the interim administration.
Meanwhile, over 10,000 people have been killed and a million displaced in Somalia
(SomaliNet) A 19-year-old girl was killed Saturday in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland after police opened fire on a rowdy crowd, Radio Garowe reported.
The victim, identified as Hamda Ahmed Abdi, died at the scene in Borama, capital of Awdal region. The media reported that another girl,
