Somalia – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 11 May 2021 23:53:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Somalia – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Somalia President Calls For Urgent Discussions With Opponents https://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-president-calls-for-urgent-discussions-with-opponents/ https://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-president-calls-for-urgent-discussions-with-opponents/#respond Tue, 11 May 2021 22:00:33 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=293195 Somalia’s government on Wednesday urged people who had fled violence in the capital to return home, as tensions eased after the president called for elections and renewed dialogue with his political rivals. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced he would seek parliament’s approval for fresh elections, appearing to abandon a two-year extension to his mandate that [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-president-calls-for-urgent-discussions-with-opponents/feed/ 0 Somalia: Elections To Hold As President Farmajo Drops Term Extension https://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-elections-to-hold-as-president-farmajo-drops-term-extension/ https://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-elections-to-hold-as-president-farmajo-drops-term-extension/#respond Tue, 11 May 2021 10:00:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=293143 Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo on Saturday reopened talks to hold elections as soon as possible, a move welcomed by the opposition and raising the spectre of further deadly violence. In a short speech to MPs, broadcast live on television, the president called for a negotiated solution to the ongoing political crisis, abandoning the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-elections-to-hold-as-president-farmajo-drops-term-extension/feed/ 0 Bus Passengers Killed In Kenya Ambush Near Somalia Border https://www.theinfostride.com/bus-passengers-killed-in-kenya-ambush-near-somalia-border/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:16:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=114372 Not less than two people have been killed in an ambush on a passenger bus in Kenya’s northeast near the border with Somalia, an official and residents said. The bus was believed to be carrying more than 50 passengers when it was attacked between Kutulo and Daba village in Mandera county early on Sunday, Mohamud Saleh, [...]

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]]> Deadly Bomb Attack Targets Somalia’s Capital Mogadishu https://www.theinfostride.com/deadly-bomb-attack-targets-somalias-capital-mogadishu/ Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:09:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=113967 Somali police said several people have been killed after armed men detonated a car bomb and opened fire on a busy road in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Reuters news agency said that at least three people were killed and eight others were wounded in Saturday’s attack, with the toll likely to rise. The explosion occurred on [...]

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]]> US Citizen flees Al-Shabab after ISIL Allegiance Row https://www.theinfostride.com/us-citizen-flees-al-shabab-after-isil-allegiance-row/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 23:24:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=111046 A middle-aged American citizen who had been fighting for al-Shabab in Somalia has fled the group after angering its leadership with a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Abdul Malik Jones surrendered himself to an African Union military base in Barawe in southern Somalia on Monday morning, senior [...]

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]]> Kenya’s Enemy Within: Construction of 700km-long Wall along porous Border with Somalia https://www.theinfostride.com/kenyas-enemy-within-construction-of-700km-long-wall-along-porous-border-with-somalia/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:35:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109693 Kenya has started construction on a 700km-long wall along its porous border with Somalia, in an attempt to shield itself from the armed group al-Shabab. The ambitious project, which consists of brick walls, fences and observation posts, will stretch from the town of Mandera in the north to Kiunga in the south. The goal is [...]

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]]> Could a strong Somali Government defeat Al-Shabab? https://www.theinfostride.com/could-a-strong-somali-government-defeat-al-shabab/ Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:00:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=105043 Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia have struck again – managing to evade security measures to stage an attack in downtown Mogadishu. Their target, yet again, a hotel popular with government leaders and members of parliament. Al-Shabab have waged a relentless war against the government since being forced from the capital. The fighters have also attacked neighbouring [...]

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]]> The day they came to kill me – Abdalle Mumin https://www.theinfostride.com/the-day-they-came-to-kill-me-abdalle-mumin/ Mon, 02 Nov 2015 07:53:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=105035 Nairobi, Kenya – Abdalle Mumin is still looking over his shoulder, even after months spent in what he calls “exile”. The Somali journalist rarely leaves his safe house. He checks his phone constantly. Sometimes he turns it off or switches sim cards, just to make sure. Sitting stone-faced in a darkened office – blinds drawn [...]

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]]> Attackers storm Somalia’s Sahafi Hotel after Car Bomb Explosion https://www.theinfostride.com/attackers-storm-somalias-sahafi-hotel-after-car-bomb-explosion/ Sun, 01 Nov 2015 11:35:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=104927 At least five people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on a hotel in the centre of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses tell Al Jazeera. A car bomb exploded at the main gate of the Sahafi Hotel early on Sunday morning, with attackers then storming the hotel as they exchanged gunfire with [...]

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]]> Italy paying Ransoms in Syria and Somalia https://www.theinfostride.com/italy-paying-ransoms-in-syria-and-somalia/ Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:23:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=102310 A six-month investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has cast light on the shadowy world of hostage negotiations, revealing how some governments negotiate with armed groups and pay cash ransoms. In one case, Italy paid millions of dollars for the release of one Italian and one Belgian journalist, according to Syrian fighters. In another, Al [...]

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]]> Illegal overfishing and the return of Somalia’s pirates https://www.theinfostride.com/illegal-overfishing-and-the-return-of-somalias-pirates/ Wed, 07 Oct 2015 07:45:02 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=102091 Durduri, Somalia – A hundred years ago, it was a bustling port that served the vibrant fishing community living along Somalia’s coastline, the longest on mainland Africa. Now, Durduri is a sun-bleached, wind-swept, white-sand graveyard of stone structures. There is no harbour, no jetty. The drying and smoking house is just a tumble of bricks. [...]

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]]> Somalia > Car blast targets Presidential Palace https://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-car-blast-targets-presidential-palace/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:49:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100344 A car bomb has exploded near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said. Ali Hussein, a police officer, told the Reuters news agency that there were casualties, without giving more details. “A suicide car bomb exploded outside the compound of the presidential palace. There were casualties but we are still investigating,” Hussein said. [...]

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]]> #Africa > Al-Shabab Group takes control of two Somali Towns https://www.theinfostride.com/africa-al-shabab-takes-control-of-two-somali-towns/ Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:33:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/africa-al-shabab-takes-control-of-two-somali-towns/ The al-Shabab group has taken control of two towns in two days in southwestern Somalia, an official and the group have confirmed, just days after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area. A spokesperson for al-Shabab told Reuters that the group had seized two small towns in the Lower Shabelle region; [...]

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]]> Al-Shabab claims ‘scores’ killed in attack on AU troops https://www.theinfostride.com/al-shabab-claims-scores-killed-in-attack-on-au-troops/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 04:55:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/al-shabab-claims-scores-killed-in-attack-on-au-troops/ Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia have killed “scores” of African Union troops in an attack south of capital, Mogadishu, a spokesman for the armed group told Al Jazeera. The attack in Janaale, in the country’s Lower Shabelle province, early on Tuesday was confirmed by residents, but an exact casualty figure was not immediately available. The assault [...]

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]]> Nineteen dead in two car bomb blasts in Somalia https://www.theinfostride.com/nineteen-dead-in-two-car-bomb-blasts-in-somalia/ Sat, 22 Aug 2015 18:09:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/nineteen-dead-in-two-car-bomb-blasts-in-somalia/ By Al Jazeera At least 19 people have been killed in car bomb attacks in two cities in Somalia, police and military sources have said. A car exploded in the capital Mogadishu at a busy junction on Saturday evening, killing at least five people. “So far we know five civilians died in this evening’s blast [...]

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]]> On the frontline of Somalia’s fight against Al-Shabab https://www.theinfostride.com/on-the-frontline-of-somalias-fight-against-al-shabab/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 08:05:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/on-the-frontline-of-somalias-fight-against-al-shabab/ http://bc05.ajnm.me/665003303001/201508/2618/665003303001_4431575048001_20150819-fight-mad-somalia-nostraps.mp4 The Somali army is training new recruits in the port city of Kismayo, one of the last remaining strongholds of al-Shabab. Until they finish their training, fighters from the regional administration have the task of defending the territory under government control. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from the frontline. Source:: Al Jazeera

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]]> Kenya Tribe uprooted by Al-Shabab Conflict https://www.theinfostride.com/kenya-tribe-uprooted-by-al-shabab-conflict/ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:06:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/kenya-tribe-uprooted-by-al-shabab-conflict/ By Al Jazeera For one tribe in Kenya, it has been their home for centuries. But now a forest on the border with Somalia has become a main hideout for fighters from al-Shabab, the Somalia-based armed group that says it is at war with the Kenyan government. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from the Boni [...]

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]]> #Crisis: Fierce battle for key Ukraine airport as future leader vows ‘no Somalia’ https://www.theinfostride.com/crisis-fierce-battle-for-key-ukraine-airport-as-future-leader-vows-no-somalia/ Mon, 26 May 2014 17:31:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=44930 A fierce battle erupted Monday for control of the main airport in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, just hours after president-elect Petro Poroshenko vowed he would not let the country become another Somalia. Ukrainian fighter jets and combat helicopters…

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]]> #Crisis: Billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko vows not to let east Ukraine turn into Somalia https://www.theinfostride.com/crisis-billionaire-oligarch-petro-poroshenko-vows-not-to-let-east-ukraine-turn-into-somalia/ Mon, 26 May 2014 12:59:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=44865 Billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko said Monday he would not let rebel-held east Ukraine become another Somalia as he prepared to take over the presidency with a clear signal from Moscow that it is ready to work with his government. Poroshenko has…

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]]> Gunmen in Somalia kill three Syrian, three Somali doctors https://www.theinfostride.com/gunmen-in-somalia-kill-three-syrian-three-somali-doctors/ Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:26:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5431 Fighters in Somalia shot dead three Syrian doctors and their three Somali colleagues Wednesday as they travelled to a hospital outside the capital Mogadishu, an AFP reporter said. Their bullet-riddled bodies were carried into Mogadishu's Medina hospital…

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]]> Somalia / SRSG Nicholas Kay visits Hiraan region https://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-srsg-nicholas-kay-visits-hiraan-region/ Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:05:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/somalia-srsg-nicholas-kay-visits-hiraan-region/ MOGADISHU, Somalia, December 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay, visited Beledweyne, capital of the Hiraan region in his first visit to the central regions of Somalia. Upon arrival SRSG Kay said: “I chose to come to Beledweyne on my first visit to south-central regions outside [...]

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]]> Somali PM ousted in no-confidence vote https://www.theinfostride.com/somali-pm-ousted-confidence-vote/ Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:26:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3217 The prime minister of Somalia was ousted by parliament Monday amid a bitter power struggle within the internationally-backed government that could undermine efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation and tackle Islamist rebels. Abdi Farah Shirdon, prime…

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]]> Journalists in Somalia arrested after airing rape allegations https://www.theinfostride.com/journalists-in-somalia-arrested-after-airing-rape-allegations/ Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:16:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/journalists-in-somalia-arrested-after-airing-rape-allegations/ NAIROBI, Kenya, November 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Somali authorities arrested two journalists, one of them the victim of an alleged rape, on Wednesday in Mogadishu, the capital, and charged them with defamation in connection with a report on the alleged rape, according to news reports and local journalists. In a video, which was [...]

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]]> UN Envoy for Somalia in Puntland to discuss tropical cyclone response and forthcoming elections https://www.theinfostride.com/un-envoy-for-somalia-in-puntland-to-discuss-tropical-cyclone-response-and-forthcoming-elections/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:27:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2013/11/21/un-envoy-for-somalia-in-puntland-to-discuss-tropical-cyclone-response-and-forthcoming-elections/ GAROWE, Puntland, November 21, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay visited Garowe today, the first stop of a three-day tour in the Federal State of Puntland. During his meeting with Puntland President Abdirahman Farole, he expressed his great sorrow over the recent tropical cyclone that hit [...]

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]]> Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Somalia https://www.theinfostride.com/statement-attributable-to-the-spokesperson-for-the-secretary-general-on-somalia/ Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:31:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/apr/2013/11/20/statement-attributable-to-the-spokesperson-for-the-secretary-general-on-somalia/ NEW YORK, November 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General strongly condemns the deadly attacks today against a police station in Beledweyne, Somalia, which follow a number of similar attacks on the Somali people in recent weeks. These acts of terrorism against the Government and people of Somalia have caused tremendous suffering. The Secretary-General [...]

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