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MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) - At least 20 al-Shabaab militants have been killed and several others wounded in security operations in central Somalia, the Somali National Army confirmed on Wednesday. SNA chief Yussuf Odawa Rage told state-owned media that forces destroyed bases belonging to al-Shabaab militants in areas between the towns of Dhusamareeb and Guriel in the Galgaduud region. According to Rage, the forces dismantled explosives planted on the road between the two cities."Somali army has…

MOGADISHU (AXADLE) - The newly appointed US Ambassador to Somalia Larry André has arrived in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, today. The plane with delegates from the ambassador and the US embassy in the middle of the morning at Adan Adde International Airport, where they were received by officials from the Somali Foreign Ministry. André, who has replaced Donald Yamamoto, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, will soon take office.The US Embassy in Somalia has announced the arrival of the new…

MOGADISHU, Somalia January 22, 2022 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and its partner Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemn the raid and the closure of the local independent radio station in Beledweyne and the detention of its seven journalists by the Hirshabelle police in Beledweyne Friday, January 21, 2022 following interviews with local armed resistance who oppose the Hirshabelle authorities. According to CCTV footage seen by SJS and SOMA and interviews with journalists, Radio Hiiraan…

WASHINGTON, DC - The ICRC is deeply concerned that the remaining detainees in Guantanamo Bay have been behind bars for so many years with little or no clarity about what will happen to them. The ICRC notes that some prisoners remain in Guantanamo Bay today despite being considered eligible for transfer more than ten years ago. "The detainees who are considered eligible by the U.S. government should be transferred today," said Patrick Hamilton, ICRC's chief of staff in the United States and…

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVATOR) False Somali police officers have been enrolled in a Russian-backed law enforcement training program designed to capacity Somali police force, according to leaked documents obtained by Horn Observer. In May 2021, the Russian Embassy in Djibouti offered to support Somali police force with a five-year training program covering psychology of service to law enforcement agencies, legal aspects of national security and forensic investigation. The training took place at…

NAIROBI (AXADLE) The British Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford MP, today announced a $ 10.7 million package of British support for Somalis affected by extreme drought. The funding will provide vital assistance, such as cash to buy emergency food supplies, and water to help vulnerable families across Somalia who are suffering desperately from the relentless drought. The aid is part of the British aid package of 16.5 million pounds to countries in East Africa that have been hit by extreme drought…

MOGADISHU (AXADLE) Somalia's government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu has survived an assassination attempt after a lone suicide bomber targeted his vehicle on the busy Maka al-Mukarama road on Sunday, police officials said. Moalimuu, who also serves as media adviser to Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, was about to leave his home when a man wearing a suicide vest approached and blew himself up seriously injuring Moalimuu, killing at least one person nearby. "A suicide bomber has…

Muqdisho (Axadle)-Warbaahinta dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa caawa baahisay barnaamijka Gungaar, kaas oo looga hadlo xogaha daahsoon ee Al-Shabaab iyo Daacish, waxaana lagu soo bandhigay xogo xasaasi ah, iyadoo lagu wareystay shakhsiyaad isugu jira Soomaali iyo Ajaanib, kuwaas oo haatan ku jira gacanta dowladda Soomaaliya. Barnaamijkaan ayaa diiradda saaraya qaabka qofka loogu qanciyo inuu is-miidaamiyo oo isku qarxiyo dadka kale, waxaana lagu wareystay…

Xaajicali (Axadle) – Beesha Cabdalla Caroone oo kamid ah beelaha dega gobolka Shabeellada Dhexe ayaa dhoola-tus xoog leh ku soo bandhigtay deegaanka Xaaji-Cali oo hoos taga degmada Cadale ee gobolka Shabeellada Dhexe, halkaas oo lagu qabtay kulan weyn oo beeshu ay uga tashaneysay aayaheeda siyaasadeed. Gaadiid dagaal, hub iyo ciidamo fara badan ayey beeshaan ku soo bandhigtay deegaanka Xaaji-Cali, waxayna waxgaradka beesha oo warbaahinta la hadlay…

Beledweyne (Axadle) – Wararka aan ka heleyno gobolka Hiiraan waxay sheegayaan in Madaxweyne ku xigeenka HirShabelle Yuusuf Axmed Hagar (Yuusuf Dabageed) uu guulo ka gaaray kulamo aan loo kala kicin oo 48-kii saac ee u dambeysay uu ka waday magaalada Beledweyne, halkaas oo waayahaan ay ka taagneed xiisad culus. Yuusuf Dabageed oo kaashanaya Ugaaska beesha Xawaadle Ugaas Yuusuf Ugaas Xasan, odayaasha dhaqanka iyo siyaasiyiinta beesha ee ku sugan…