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Mareeg Media
April 27, 2018
MOGADISHU – Heavily armed forces thought to be US military units have carried out raid on Al Shabaab bases in southern Somalia. US forces swooped into Bar-sanguni area, near the coastal town of Kismayo, where believed to be Al Shabaab group's hideouts, sources said. The armed group's fightersÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 27, 2018
Over the reporting period, a slightly higher number of total of 317 entries were recorded compared to last week, but fitting within the general range seen over the past 10 weeks. No IDPs were recorded exiting any of the camps this past week. This is the first time in 5 weeks that zero exits have been recorded.
ReliefWeb
April 27, 2018
During the reporting period, 85 returnees in 18 households were facilitated to voluntarily return to Kismayu by flight. A total of 75,744 refugees have so far ... 3,032 individuals have been assisted to return in 2018 alone, with a majority returning to Kismayu and Mogadishu. Facilitation of voluntary repatriationÃâà...
Horseed Media
April 25, 2018
[NV] A contingent of 145 police officers from Sierra Leone arrived in Somalia last week as part of a surge capacity that will implement policing programmes in south central Somalia. All the 145 officers from the Formed Police Unit (FPU), travelled to the port city of Kismayo to join an advance team of 15Ãâà...
Garowe Online
April 18, 2018
KISMAYO, Somalia - A contingent of 145 police officers from Sierra Leone arrived in Somalia yesterday as part of a surge capacity that will implement policing programmes in south-central Somalia. All the 145 officers from the Formed Police Unit (FPU), travelled to the port city of Kismayo to join an advanceÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 13, 2018
This week most of the new arrivals came from Kismayo (33%) and Badhaadhe (28%) districts, with the remainder coming Afmadow (10%), Jilib(8%), Buaale (8%), and a few others. Most of these new arrivals were heading to IDP sites in the Dalxiska Section of sites (22%), which is on the east side ofÃâà...
Mareeg Media
April 13, 2018
US military launched airstrikes against Al Shabaab near the coastal town of Kismayo, 528 kilometres (328 miles) southwest of Mogadishu. The strike was conducted in Janay Abdalle area near Kismayo, destroying a vehicle loaded with explosives, according to US-Africom commando. It says the strike wasÃâà...
Long War Journal
April 6, 2018
At times it has controlled the Somali capital of Moadishu and other major cities such as Kismayo. Shabaab was ousted from the major cities during an African Union offensive that began in 2011. However, Shabaab has maintained control of its forces and retreated to rural outposts, where it still wreaks havocÃâà...
Daily Signal
April 3, 2018
AMISOM succeeded in expelling al-Shabab from all its major strongholds, though the group still controls significant territory in southern Somalia. Kenyan forces also liberated the port of Kismayo, one of Somalia's largest ports for exporting charcoal. Some believed the city's capture would be a lethal blow toÃâà...
Xinhua
March 31, 2018
Martin Abili, the AMISOM Police Coordinator in Kismayo said more than 5,000 members of the militia group will be registered in Gedo, Lower Juba and Middle Juba regions. "This is in line with AMISOM and UN program aimed at developing the force into a police force in Jubbaland that will be mandated toÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 21, 2018
Introduction to CCCM Trainings was conducted for Community Leaders in Kismayo. CCCM partners in Kismayo conducted a series of 4 “Introduction to CCCM” training sessions, one for each of the 4 site clusters around Kismayo' town: Galbeet, Fanole, Central, Dalxiska. The purpose of each trainingÃâà...
Xinhua
March 14, 2018
MOGADISHU, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Seven Al-Shabaab fighters were killed Wednesday by Somali forces in the coastal city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. Somali military commander in Kismayo, Mukhtar Abdi, told journalists that the forces launched an ambush against the militants following a tip-off inÃâà...
Garowe Online
March 6, 2018
KISMAYO, Somalia - The lawmakers of Somalia's Southern Member State of Jubbaland have on Tuesday approved a new law that bans them from holding a session outside Kismayo city, Garowe Online reports. During Tuesday's session, 32 out of the 38 MPs present have voted in favor of the restrictive billÃâà...
The New Arab
March 5, 2018
Today, al-Shabaab systematically taxes charcoal between stockpiles and ports at Kismayo and Buur Gaabo further south. "A conservative estimate suggests that al-Shabaab receives at least $10 million each year from the illicit charcoal trade. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, continues to be the primary exportÃâà...
Radio Ergo (blog)
March 5, 2018
(ERGO) – Ali Daud, 46, has been evicted three times from rented houses in Kismayo, southern Somalia, when his landlords found out about his HIV status. He told Radio Ergo he once found his belongings dumped in the road outside his house without any warning that he was being evicted. When he cameÃâà...
Radio Ergo (blog)
March 2, 2018
(ERGO) – Kismayo hospital has been inundated with dozens of malnourished children being brought in from remote rural parts of Lower and Middle Juba regions, where the drought has hit families very hard. The head of nutrition at the hospital, Dr Mohamed Osman Geddi, told Radio Ergo there are 35Ãâà...
Yeni Şafak English
February 27, 2018
The president of Somalia's regional state of Jubbaland hailed the visit of Turkey's deputy prime minister in the southern port city of Kismayo on Monday.Turkey's Hakan Cavusoglu and his delegation were welcomed in Kismayo by President Ahmed Islam before holding a meeting at the regional state houseÃâà...
Horseed Media
February 21, 2018
“The market is closed because of the government. They ordered us to pay unaffordable taxes, which the rest of locations around the country do not pay. We met with the finance minister and he told us, in english, 'pay the tax or go to Kismayo.' I do not understand english very well. We are very angry aboutÃâà...
Xinhua
February 20, 2018
The militants through their radio station, Andalus had reported that the American soldier was killed in a gun battle that took place outside Kismayo town on Tuesday morning. The allegations came amid intensified security operation by the African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) backed by SomaliaÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 16, 2018
Mohamud Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji has been elected as a member of the House of the People following an election held in the southern coastal city of Kismayo on Thursday. Mohamud won 50 votes against his rival contender Fardowsa Hassan Mohamed to replace his slain brother Abas Siraj who has beenÃâà...
Nairobi News
February 16, 2018
Somalia's port city of Kismayu has been rethrust in the spotlight of suspected illegal exports after a series of photos emerged showing truckloads of charcoal being loaded on boats. Since Saturday, Somalia's online media have been reporting that the port, which was taken by Kenya Defence Forces in 2012Ãâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 14, 2018
"The 20 boats of charcoal loaded today at the Port of Kismayo to Oman, Iran and UAE... shocking pillage and pilfering of Somalia's natural resources," it said on Saturday. The authenticity of the images could not be immediately determined, but the Kenya Defence Forces has distanced its soldiers from anyÃâà...
CPJ Press Freedom Online
February 9, 2018
Sabir was arrested by regional security forces in the semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on February 8 and has been held without charge in the state capital of Kismayo, according to a report by the Voice of America and Hassan Adde, general director of Somali Cable TV who spoke to CPJ. Hassan toldÃâà...
Garowe Online
February 5, 2018
KISMAYO, Somalia - The President of Jubbaland, a Federal member State in Southern Somalia, Ahmed Madobe has freed a member of parliament on Sunday night from a prison in Kismayo, Garowe Online reports. Jubbaland Security forces arrested the regional MP, Ahmed Abdi Hassan [Ahmed Tajir],Ãâà...
Garowe Online
February 4, 2018
KISMAYO, Somalia - A tense of fighting is running high in Somalia's southern port city of Kismayo following the arrest of an opposition lawmaker who lost his immunity last week, Garowe Online reports. Heavily armed soldiers blocked the main streets of the city on Sunday morning and halted publicÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
The troops of Somalia's southern Federal member state of Jubbaland were reported to have clashed with the Al-Qaeda-linked militants near the port city of Kismayo on Monday. The combat flared up after Al Shabaab fighters began military movements around areas near Bula-Gadud town which are largelyÃâà...
Hivisasa
December 31, 1999
Garissa township member of parliament today thanked President Uhuru Kenyatta and promised him full Garissa county residents support. Duale's gratitude and pledge for support to Uhuru came after the MP inspected and assessed the status of the new link roads being constructed in the county. "Thanks to President UhuruÃâà...
Reliefweb
December 31, 1999
During the reporting period, 905 refugees (569 by road and 336 by flight to Kismayu and Mogadishu) were assisted to voluntarily repatriate to Somalia. A total of 75,175 returnees have so far been supported from Dadaab Refugee operation under the framework of voluntary repatriation since the beginningÃâà...
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