September 2015
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Kuwait to host education in Somalia conference
Sep 27, 2015Somali Foreign Minister Abdusalam Omer announced that Kuwait is scheduled to host a donor conference on Education in Somalia later this year. Kuwait new agency (KUNA) today quoted Omar as saying that preparations were ongoing... -
SRSG Kay welcomes launch of the National Consultative Forum on the electoral process for 2016
Sep 24, 2015Press Release Mogadishu, 21 September 2015 –The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has welcomed the formal launch of the consultative process on the electoral process for 2016. “I welcome the... -
AU Special Representative commends launch of consultative process on elections, condemns attack in Mogadishu
Sep 24, 2015Press Release Mogadishu, 22 September, 2015 : The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and Head of AMISOM Ambassador Maman Sidikou has described the launch of the consultative process on... -
More than 700 pilgrims die in crush in worst haj disaster for 25 years
Sep 24, 2015At least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage... -
10 ‘al-Shabaab’ militants killed in southern Somalia
Sep 24, 2015Somali military officials have confirmed that at least 10 ‘al-Shabaab’ militants were killed in a battle in Bay region, southern Somalia. Abdullahi Sheikh Ahmed, a senior military officer in the region, told journalists that Somali... -
Uganda warns of possible attack by Somali militants
Sep 24, 2015KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan police warned of a possible attack on mosques including in the capital Kampala by Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants and cautioned the public to be vigilant. Police said they had... -
Polish citizens killed in bomb blast at Somalia’s presidential palace in Mogadishu
Sep 23, 2015NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somali police say that two Polish citizens were among the five people killed in a suicide car bombing at Somalia’s presidential palace in Mogadishu on Monday. The blast was claimed by... -
Somalia’s Puntland begins exploration in offshore blocks
Sep 23, 2015NAIROBI (Bloomberg) — Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of northeastern Somalia, will conduct a survey of its offshore region to search for oil as the country prepares a licensing round for exploration, the head of the... -
Somali man sues Germany over US deadly drone strike
Sep 23, 2015A Somali man is suing the German government for its alleged role in the death of his herdsman father in a 2012 US assassination drone strike in the African country. Prosecutors in the German town of... -
Communique of 2016 electoral process consultations in Mogadishu
Sep 20, 2015Mogadishu, Somalia ( SOMALI AGENDA) — SOMALI AGENDA has received and verified the authenticity of a draft communique of the ongoing 2016 electoral process consultations in Mogadishu. The document written in Somali and conspicuously inspired by...
