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Somalia:PM to face confidence vote in Parliament

Somali Prime Minister to face confidence vote in Parliament

MOGADISHU(Garsoornews)–Somalia’s prime minister is expected to face a vote of confidence next week, lawmakers said on Friday, and backers of the challenge said they were frustrated with the pace of political reform. Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid heads a fledgling government Western capitals say is the best the strifetorn country has had for decades, [...]

Somalia: Deadly car accident kills One, injures Four in Awdal state

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By Omar Nor HARGEISA (garsoornews)—At least one person has been confirmed dead and four others were injured after road accident occurred in the outskirts of Lughaye district of Awdal region Somalia’s northwestern side on Friday, Garsoornews reports . Lughaye district commissioner Abdillahi Ali Aw-Nur confirmed to Garsoornews by phone from the city. Aw-Nur also said [...]

Somalia: A soldier opens fire to civilians in Kismayo

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By Omar Nor KISMAYO (Garsoornews)—A witness in the southern Somalia’s port city of Kismayo says that a soldier opened fire to civilians in the outskirts of via Afmadow market, killing one person, injuring 4 others, some seriously, Garsoornews reports. The security troops in Kismayo have immediately arrested the soldier who opened the fire, though the [...]

Somalia:IGAD delegation visits Kismayo amid Tensions

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By Omar Nor KISMAYO (Garsoornews)—A high delegation from Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) that departed the Somali capital, Mogadishu has on Saturday reached the port city of Kismayo in the Lower Jubba region in southern Somalia, Garsoornews reports. The IGAD delegation was led by the organization’s general secretary Mahbub Moalim held a meeting which took [...]

Kenya wants the AMISOM troops in Somalia expanded

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NAIROBI(Garsoornews)–Deputy President William Ruto said the instability in Somalia is piling pressure on Kenya’s security situation. According to Kenya’s Standard newspaper, he spoke when he met Congo Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his Gabon counterpart Ali Bongo separately in their respective countries. The leaders talked about the need to expand the African Union forces [...]

Somali interior minister: A militia group can not dominate Kismayo

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By Omar Nor MOGADISHU (Garsoornews)—Somalia’s interior and national security minister Abdikarin Hussein Guled said that the Federal government has ordered the committee sent to Kismayo to be back soon, to take a decision, Garsoornews reports. Speaking at a press conference held on Thursday  in Mogadishu, the interior minister said: “A militia group cannot dominate Kismayo [...]

Somalia:President Hassan receives credentials from a new South Korean Ambassador

Somali president receives credentials from S.Korean ambassador

By Omar Nor MOGADISHU (Garsoornews)–Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on Thursday received the credentials of newly appointed ambassadors from South Korean Kim Chan Woo at the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the latest in a string of diplomats credited to the Horn of Africa country,Garsoornews reports. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud stated that this will restore the bilateral [...]

Somalia:Bare Hirale claims to be the official Jubbaland president

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By Omar Nor KISMAYO(Garsoornews)–Bare Aden Shire (Bare Hirale) who spoke to the media on Wednesday night claimed to be the elected president of Jubbaland administration in the next four years term. Speaking to the VOA Somali Service, Bare Hirale said that they were aware of the other conference in which Ahmed Madobe was declared as the [...]

Somalia: Six arrested in Jowhar security operation

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By Omar Nor JOWHAR (Garsoornews)—An official says at least six suspects were arrested on Thursday during a massive security swoop in the southern city of Jowhar, the provincial capital of Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, Garsoornews reports. Confirming the incident, Daud Hajji, spokesman for middle Shabelle region said Somali security forces on Thursday morning hours carried [...]

Somalia:Jubaland State Elects Ahmed Madobe as President

Ahmed Madobe was elected as the president of Jubaland state on May 15, 2013 [Photo:Garsoornews]

By Omar Nor KISMAYO(Garsoornews)—The election of Jubaland’s “president”–a common title among regional heads in Somalia has been concluded to day in Kismayo. Reliable sources within the Jubaland state formation conference in Kismayo has confirmed to Garsoornews by phone that Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam, better known as Ahmed Madobe was elected as the president of Jubaland [...]

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