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Mareeg Media
April 2, 2018
At the opening session, the Mayor/Governor of Mogadishu, Eng. Abdirahman Omar Osman expresses his gratitude and feeling towards the process of the procurement which shows transparency, competence, accountability and encouraging private sector through public private partnership. He emphasisedÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 2, 2018
Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire went to several districts in Mogadishu on Saturday night in a "surprise tour" to inspect security conditions in the city. The PM accompanied by the mayor of Mogadishu, Abdirahman Yarisow, security chiefs, minister of sports and other municipal officials securityÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 31, 2018
A heavy gunfight was reported broke out between Somali government forces and suspected Al Shabaab suspects in northern Mogadishu on Wednesday night. The skirmish erupted at a military base near the former candy factory in Heliwa district following an ambush by the assailants thought to beÃâà...
Citizen
March 26, 2018
A car bomb exploded near Somalia's parliament headquarters in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least four people, along with the driver, with several others injured, AP reported. Sunday's car bomb, which Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for, was detonated at a checkpoint close to the interior ministryÃâà...
New York Times
March 25, 2018
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Three explosions over four days in or near the Somalian capital have left a trail of carnage, killing nearly 20 people and injuring dozens of others, as Islamist militants unleashed a wave of attacks on the country. On Sunday, a car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint near theÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 22, 2018
At least 14 people have been killed in a car bomb blast outside a popular hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, according to a government official. The explosion on Thursday happened near Weheliye hotel on the busy Maka Al-Mukarrama Road. A spokesman for the Somali interior ministry confirmed theÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 20, 2018
Mogadishu, 19 March 2018 - The third intelligence and information sharing conference, aimed at forging closer working ties between various intelligence actors in Somalia, opened in the capital Mogadishu today. The Deputy Force Commander of the AU Mission in Somalia, Maj-Gen Charles Tai Gituai isÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 12, 2018
Suspected Al Shabaab assailants have shot and killed at least three people in Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Sunday. A soldier was among the three killed in the shooting which took place at Mahad Alle area in Mogadishu's Yaqshid district, the latest in series of assassinations in the seaside capital.
AllAfrica.com
March 10, 2018
The speaker of Somali Federal Parliament Mohamed Sheikh Osman (Jawari) has signed an agreement to rebuild a parlaiment house in Mogadishu with the Turkish government. The 100 million deal was signed by Lower Speaker Mohamed Jawari and Turkish ambassador to Somalia Olgan Bekar onÃâà...
eNCA
March 1, 2018
MOGADISHU – Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab set off a suicide car bomb at a security checkpoint about 15 km outside the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, the group's spokesperson and a police official told Reuters. The blast has caused casualties, police officer Major Abdullahi Nur said withoutÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 1, 2018
Al-Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in Mogadishu and elsewhere across Somalia as part of their war to defeat the western-backed federal government. They are also keen to drive out the African Union (AU)-backed AMISOM peacekeeping forces defending the central government. Abdiasis AbuÃâà...
The Peninsula Qatar
February 24, 2018
Doha: The Qatar Charity Office in Somalia delivered three ambulances to hospitals in the capital Mogadishu to support health services in a ceremony attended by local ministers and officials, members of the Qatari and other embassies. The ambulances have been provided at a time when many hospitals inÃâà...
The Observer
February 24, 2018
“We heard two big explosions and gunfire is still echoing in two different directions of the city,” Mogadishu resident Nur Abdulle told VOA. “After [the] blasts, we could see a huge cloud of smoke [go up] into the air.” Al-Shabab has attacked dozens of government buildings, hotels, restaurants, and otherÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 23, 2018
Twin car bombings and subsequent gunfire has left at least 38 people dead and 20 others wounded in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, medical workers said. A loud explosion reportedly took place on Friday, followed by a second blast and sustained gunfire which broke out near the president's residence.
Aljazeera.com
February 20, 2018
Mogadishu's Bakara market on strike over new government tax. Businesses in Somalia's largest open-air market have boycotted trade ... Somalia's busiest and largest open-air market in Mogadishu has been closed for the past two days. Business owners in Bakara market are protesting over a five percentÃâà...
Horseed Media
December 31, 1999
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday that it is deeply troubled by death of its staff who succumbed to injuries after a bomb attached to their vehicle exploded in Mogadishu on Wednesday. The charity said Abdulhafid Yusuf Ibrahim who passed away Wednesday night afterÃâà...
Garowe Online
December 31, 1999
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is devastated by the loss of one of its staff, Abdulhafid Yusuf Ibrahim, in Mogadishu. He passed away Wednesday night after succumbing to injuries from an improvised explosive device, which detonated while Mr. Ibrahim was inÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
The Ministry of Internal security for Somalia's Federal Government has called on local residents in Mogadishu to collaborate with the security agencies in the peace restoration. Abdulaziz Ali Ibrahim, the spokesman of the Ministry told reporters in Mogadishu that the security is vital to all citizens in the capital,Ãâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
A Somali regional lawmaker was fatally shot Tuesday in Mogadishu, police said. Ruqiya Abshir Noor was shot in her home in the city's Shibis district, according to police. Abdiwakil Abdullahi, police commander in the neighboring Bondhere district, who received the report of the killing, told VOA MogadishuÃâà...
