Somali prisoner commits suicide in Lecce penitentiary Italy’s jails continue to suffer overcrowding Lecce, January 7 – Italian Penitentiary Police Union (OSAPP) said on Monday that a 38-year-old Somali man committed suicide Sunday afternoon in the Borgo San Nicola penitentiary near the southern city of Lecce by hanging himself in the prison’s infirmary cell. Mohamed Abdi, who was serving time for theft, had been in the Lecce prison for approximately one year. OSAPP representative Domenico Mastrulli said that the prison, [...]

Somali forces and rebels clash, 9 dead Mogadishu - At least nine people have died in clashes between al-Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels and Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies, a village elder said Sunday amid conflicting claims from both sides. Shebab fighters late on Saturday ambushed a convoy of several hundred Somali and Ethiopian troops that was advancing on two towns in the southern Gedo region still controlled by the Shebab – Bardhere and Burhdubo. The ambush took place between Luq [...]

Gudiga doorashooyinka Puntland oo kulan la yeeshay asxaabta siyaasada Gudiga doorashooyinka maamul goboleedka Puntland ayaa maanta magaalada Garoowe ee xarunta gobolka Nugaal kulan kula yeeshay Ururada siyaasada ee Puntland iyagoo ka wada hadlay arrimo dhowr ah oo ay ka mid ahaayeen murunada siyaasadeed ee maalmahaan ku soo kordhayay. Gudiga diwaan galinta doorashooyinka Puntland oo kulan magaalada Garoowe kula yeeshay axsaabta siyaasada ee ka dhisan maamulkaasi ayaa waxa uu ahaa sharaxaada gudiyada laga siinayay qaababka wijiga labaad ee sharuudaha laga doonayo [...]

Former TFG fighters behind fresh wave of attacks, says official IN SUMMARY County boss says Garissa is one of several terrorist cells in Kenya and there are more in the refugee camps where police find it difficult to get crucial information on militants The Garissa County Commissioner Mohammed Maalim has attributed the series of terror attacks in the northeastern town to Kenyan- Somalis who deserted the Somali Transitional Federal Government forces in Somalia. Mr Maalim told the Nation in Garissa [...]

Waiting to strike the KDF? IN SUMMARY With contributions from the Somali diaspora drying up thanks to its growing unpopularity, al-Shabab knew, long before the KDF reached Kismayo, that it did not have the manpower or money to face a conventional army but this does not mean that they are out, writes James Verini Mogadishu is famous for its destroyed infrastructure. By contrast, Kismayo, home to about 180,000 people, is striking for its lack of infrastructure. Residents will tell you [...]

KDF breathe new life into Kismayu IN SUMMARY A port city that was for years deserted due to al-Shabaab terror is now teeming with smiling residents Incredibly, this small port city, a study in ruin in a country that is a parable of ruin, boasts two airports. There is the new airport, as it is known, laughably to all who touch down there, which lies 10 miles inland and consists of a couple of mostly tarmacked runways and the carcass [...]

Somalia: welcoming recent gains, UN envoy says consolidating peace still ‘not easy’ 31 December 2012 – The top United Nations official for Somalia today signalled the need for uninterrupted international support for the Horn-of-Africa country if gains over the past year are to be consolidated and advanced. “For the first time in a generation, a safe, secure and prosperous Somalia at peace with itself and its neighbours seems more like a reasonable aspiration than a distant dream,” said Secretary-General’s Special [...]

Madaxweynaha Puntland oo kormeeray Jaamacadaha Bariga Afrika iyo Muqdisho ee ku yaala magaalada Boosaaso “sawirro” Madaxweynaha Maamul goboleedka Puntland  Cabdiraxman Maxamed Faroole ayaa maanta booqasho ku tagay Jaamacadaha Bariga Afrika iyo Muqdisho. Booqashadan uu ku tagay madaxweynaha Puntland qaar ka mid ah jaamacadaha ayaa kulan la qaatay Maamulka iyo Ardeyda wax ka barta labadaas Jaamacadood iyagoo warbixin ka siiyey maamulka  xaalada waxbarasho kuliyada iyo tirada ardeyda dhigata iyo weliba kuwii baxay. Khudbad ayuu ka jeediyey madaxweynuhu Jaamacadahaas isaooga sheegay in [...]

Next year, the Somalis must get it right IN SUMMARY What will 2013 hold in store for the world’s most infamous country? Will it be another successful year where the Somali military and Amisom regain more territory from al-Shabaab or will the militant group have another chance of taking over control of strategic locations such as Aden Adde Airport and Kismayu? Needless to say, the greatest wild card in predictions will be al-Shabaab. Will the violent al Qaeda-linked group regain [...]

Xeebaha Bari ee Soomaaliya oo laga dareemay Roobab Dabeylo wata Wararka naga soo gaaraya deegaanada bariga ee xeebaha Badweynta Hindiya ayaa sheegaya in xalay roobab dabeylo wata ay ka curteen,  xili Horey ay u soo bexeen digniinaha  Duufaano ku soo fool leh xeebaha Gobolada Bari, Nugaal iyo Mudag. Sidoo kale guddoomiyaha degmada Bandar Beyla Saciid Maxamed ‘’Anteeno’’ ayaa sheegay in  gelinkii dambe ee shalay uu hal ruux ku Dhaawacmay xeebaha,  kadib markii dooni ku jirtay Badda ay dabeylo ku Burburiyeen. [...]