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Glocall Telecoms has announced plans of providing high-speed internet in Mogadishu using  Tazca Connects’ LTE infrastructure. Glocall’s CEO, Mobeen Bhamjee, has issued a statement saying that the deployment of the 4G LTE would accelerate internet connectivity in Somalia. Glocall and its subsidiaries… Read more ›

Unknown gunmen stormed a church in Mombasa on Sunday and opened fire on the worshipers, killing about 6 people and injuring over 15 others. Local reports indicate that the 3 terrorists, armed with AK-47 rifles, attacked the Joy Repentance and… Read more ›

Islamic militant group, al Shabab, have killed up to eleven soldiers and injured many more in a failed attack on a top hotel in Buulo Burte, Beledweyne in the Hiran region of southern Somalia – one of the areas won… Read more ›

Police in Mombasa have intercepted a vehicle containing two explosive devices in the coastal city of Mombasa on Monday. According to a report by Capital FM, two suspects (one Kenyan and one Somali) were apprehended with the vehicle as they… Read more ›

Two more towns have been reclaimed from the Islamic militant group, al Shabab, on Sunday, in Middle Shabelle region, southern Somalia. According to a report by Anadolu News Agency, the towns were taken without any confrontation with the terrorists, who… Read more ›

Multi-national manufacturer, Unilever, has announced plans of opening a plant in Ethiopia. The consumer-product giant will open the manufacturing plant next year as part of its growth strategy in Africa, reports indicate. According to a company official, the manufacturer plans… Read more ›

An ambitious plan to build canals to store and transport water to farms in Lower Shabelle has led to an increase in food production and a resurgence in farming. Somalia is prone to cyclical droughts, but the effects of water… Read more ›

A car laden with explosives reportedly drove into a tea shop near Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency headquarters in Mogadishu on Thursday, killing 12 people, including some security officers. Several other officers and civilians are reported to have sustained… Read more ›

Ministers from Ethiopia and Somalia have signed an agreement to promote collaboration between the respective nations on security, business and information. The agreement was signed on Friday, at a meeting attended by the Somali President Hassan Shiekh Abdiweli and Ethiopia’s… Read more ›

A remotely detonated car bomb went off near a checkpoint at the entrance of the Aden Abdulle International Airport, killing at least 6 people and injuring up to 15, reports indicate. United Nations employees are reportedly among the injured, while… Read more ›

Twenty-four Somali men accused of piracy have been levelled with 7 years in jail by a Kenyan court last week. The men were reportedly arrested in 2010 as they attempted to hijack an Iranian vessel, FV Ariya, just off the… Read more ›

Members of the militant Islamist extremist group, al Shabab, have attempted to violently impose their ban on mobile internet and fibre optic connectivity in Somalia this past week. According to reports, on 22nd January, the terrorists forcibly breached the premises… Read more ›

Dubai is set to host Somalia’s Second Investment Summit (SIS) scheduled for April 6th-7th 2014. According to reports, Somalia Economic Forum will host this year’s event, which is expected to highlight the abundant opportunities and exciting possibility of rebuilding Somalia. The… Read more ›

Eritrean naval forces have forcibly boarded and diverted a merchant vessel sailing past its territorial waters on Sunday. The Saudi-owned MV Marzooqah, which displays a Togolese flag, is currently reported to be anchored at the Eritrean port of Massawa. The… Read more ›

The Islamic extremist terrorist group, al Shabab, were behind a blast near the departure terminal of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport last week, according to Kenyan police officials. Earlier Kenya’s Inspector General of Police, David Kimaiyo, had noted that the… Read more ›

Soldiers from Ethiopia’s National Defense Force in Somalia are set to be brought under the command of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The African Union’s Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smal Chergui, reportedly revealed this at a… Read more ›

The trial of four men accused of abetting the deadly attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall in September last year resumed today, Wednesday 15th, at the Milimani High Court, Nairobi. The suspects are reportedly being accused of terrorism under Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism… Read more ›

The Federal Parliament of Somalia on Saturday voted in support of Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed’s request for a 10-day extension to finalize his cabinet selections. According to reports by local media sources, there has been a brewing dispute between… Read more ›

The Somali government has condemned the recent directive of Islamist militant group al Shabab, which bans the use of mobile internet and fibre optic connection in the war-torn country. The Somali Interior and National Security Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled in… Read more ›

In recent years, al-Shabaab, a rebel militant group in Somalia, has reportedly banned smoking, watching movies, and playing soccer because they are seemingly Western. Now, the al-Qaeda-linked group has supposedly targeted another thing people have in common with the rest… Read more ›

Christians in Nigeria are living under a perpetual threat with the strength of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram reportedly growing. This anti-Christian organization, whose main hide-outs are in the northern part of Nigeria, have posed an almost palpable threat in… Read more ›

Lawmakers in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland have elected Abdiweli Mohamed Ali as president following a tightly contested election against the incumbent President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole today, Wednesday, January 8th, 2014. The elections, which was broadcast live on local television… Read more ›

An attack outside a renowned hotel in Mogadishu on Wednesday evening has killed at least 10 people and injured close to 20, according to reports. Officials say two car bombs went off in front of the Jazeera Palace Hotel, only… Read more ›

Somali troops and AMISOM forces have performed a massive operation in Baladweyne city in the wake of increasing security threats in the area. The security operation occurred at Howl-wadaag and Koshin neighborhoods in Baladweyne, south-central Somalia. Ali Dhuux, head of… Read more ›

Protests erupted on the streets of Hargeisa town, Somaliland, on Saturday 28th, December over a severe shortage of water in the city. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets following a three-day strike by private water distributors recently. The water distributors… Read more ›

Somalia’s hopes of accessing affordable high speed broadband internet connection in the first quarter of 2014 has been dashed after a disagreement between the two major companies involved in the project, according to a report by Mogadishu’s Dalsan Radio. Dalcom… Read more ›

Somalia’s Aden Abdulle International Airport has seen a tremendous increase of over 50% in its revenues since Turkish firm Favori LLC took over operations three months ago. Ahmet Cetin, President of Favori recently confirmed that the company had recorded a… Read more ›

Unknown gunmen on Wednesday shot and killed six medical professionals in the outskirts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Three of the victims are reported to be Syrian aid workers and the other three are Somali nationals. Two other medical professionals; one… Read more ›

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia has appointed a new prime minister to assist him in governing the embattled nation. At a press conference in the presidential palace yesterday, President Mohamud revealed that he had selected Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed as… Read more ›

American internet multinational corporation Google have revealed the company’s famous map navigation service is being extended to about 25 countries in Asia, South America and Africa—including Somalia, Burundi and Djibouti. Beginning today, all persons with Android phones in Burundi, Djibouti… Read more ›

The New York Police Department (NYPD) have released a report on the September 21st attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi’s Westlands neighborhood, which led to the death of 67 people, several injuries and the destruction of items worth millions… Read more ›

On Monday, a Somali court sentenced an unidentified woman to jail for alleging she was raped on the radio. The journalists who interviewed and aired her story were also sentenced. They group were reportedly found guilty of defamation and insulting… Read more ›

At least 8 people have been confirmed dead and 37 others injured in Somalia’s northern port of Bassasso, Puntland on Thursday, when a suicide bomber attacked a military convoy. The bomber targeted the convoy carrying Puntland Marine Forces and local… Read more ›

Rwanda has retained its position as the least corrupt country in East Africa for the second year running, according to the latest Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index. The annual report by the Germany based organization ranks 177 countries worldwide… Read more ›

Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has been asked to leave office after losing a vote of confidence in parliament on Monday. Somali MPs voted overwhelmingly for the Prime Minter and his 10 member cabinet to be impeached, citing incompetence… Read more ›

Somali based Islamist militant group Al Shabab have banned residents in areas under their control from possessing or using smartphones. According to reports, residents in lower Shabelle, Barawe, Elbur and Burla Burte have been warned not to use, sell or… Read more ›

Somalians are set to access high-speed networks in the near future, following the signing of a deal that will connect the country to satellites and fiber optic cables. O3b Networks Ltd, a satellite provider that incorporates investors such as Google… Read more ›

The number of people killed by a tropical cyclone and heavy flooding in Somalia’s Puntland region over the weekend may be over 300, according to officials. The death toll had been put at about 100 earlier, but Puntland’s Interior Minister… Read more ›

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted yesterday to deploy about 4,400 more soldiers to support the African Union’s Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)–bringing the total number of AMISOM soldiers to over 22,000. The council also agreed to send supplies to… Read more ›

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry has reiterated the warning put out last week of imminent Al Shabab attacks. The Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and the Federal Police cautioned the people of Ethiopia to be on high alert for… Read more ›

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the governments of Kenya and Somalia have signed an agreement to facilitate the repatriation of approximately 500,000 Somali refugees. The three party agreement signed on Sunday categorically states that the refugees… Read more ›

Ethiopian paramilitary forces are reported to have killed three civilians in Godey – a renowned town in the disputed Somali Ogaden region, southeast of the country. According to a report by the Ogadentoday Press which quotes an unidentified non-governmental organization… Read more ›