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Barnama
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Barnama
Somali PM Reshuffles Cabinet
MOGADISHU, April 28 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre carried out a Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, replacing the ministers of defence, foreign affairs, and the second deputy prime minister, Xinhua reported. According to the state-run Somali National News Agency, Barre appointed Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, the current minister of foreign affairs, to the Ministry of Defence, while naming his second deputy prime minister, Abdisalan Abdi Ali Dhaay, as the new minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation. Jibril Abdirashid Haji Abdi, who had been serving as the Minister of Defence for just three weeks, was appointed as the second deputy prime minister. Prior to this role, Jibril was the minister of commerce and industry.
See - Sada Elbalad
15-03-2025
- Politics
- See - Sada Elbalad
41 Militants Killed in Airstrike in Somalia
Israa Farhan The Somali government announced that 41 militants from the al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabaab were killed in an airstrike in the Lower Shabelle region, southern Somalia. According to the Somali National News Agency (SONNA), the operation was carried out by the Somali National Army in collaboration with allied forces. The airstrike targeted a group of al-Shabaab fighters, resulting in the destruction of a vehicle carrying armed militants. The Somali army confirmed that the operation was part of an ongoing military campaign to eliminate the terrorist group and protect civilians from attacks that have plagued the region for years. Al-Shabaab, which was founded in early 2004, has been responsible for deadly bombings and attacks targeting civilians, security forces, and government officials. The Somali government, backed by international forces, has intensified its operations against the group to restore peace and stability in the country.
Arab News
12-03-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Al Shabab gunmen attack hotel in central Somalia, seven dead
MOGADISHU: Al Shabab gunmen killed at least seven people in an attack on Tuesday at a hotel in a central Somali town where local elders and government officials were meeting to discuss how to act against the Islamist militant group, an elder said. The Al-Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for the attack in Beledweyne and said it had killed over 10 people. The attackers forced their way in by setting off explosives at the entrance, said a witness, shopkeeper Ali Suleiman. Al Shabab frequently launches bombings and gun attacks in the fragile Horn of Africa nation as it tries to topple the government and establish its own rule based on its strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law. 'So far seven people, including clan elders and their guards, all of them my relatives, died in the hotel. Parts of the hotel are ablaze now and it is not clear if the operation is concluded or not,' clan elder Abdullahi Fidow told Reuters. 'Some say the fighters are still fighting in nearby buildings. The death toll may rise because of the blasts and shooting by the fighters,' he said. Hours after the initial attack, government forces were trying to flush out Al Shabab fighters, some of whom had been killed in nearby alleys, said Dahir Amin Jesow, a federal lawmaker from the town, the capital of Hiraan region. In a separate incident, at least 10 people, including eight Al Shabab fighters, were killed in fighting in a village in the Middle Shabelle region in southern Somalia, Ali Farah, a military officer in the village, told Reuters. State-owned Somali National News Agency reported that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was at the airport in Mogadishu to receive the soldiers wounded in the fighting.
