Tag: Mogadishu
Several killed as heavy rains devastate Mogadishu
At least three people have been killed after heavy rains caused severe flooding in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, local media reported on Saturday. ...Somali authorities seize property linked to assassination attempt on President Mohamud
Authorities in Somalia’s Banadir region have officially seized a house in Mogadishu’s Hamar Jajab district, citing its alleged use in a plot ...Outrage as Mogadishu district commissioner calls for violence against government critics
Remarks by the district commissioner of Mogadishu’s Karaan district, Yusuf Adani, have drawn widespread condemnation after he urged residents to attack individuals ...Somali court jails members of alleged human trafficking network
A court in Somalia on Tuesday delivered a verdict in a case involving a group accused of human trafficking and migrant smuggling. ...Multiple mortars target Mogadishu’s Halane compound
Multiple mortar rounds targeted the highly secured Halane compound in Mogadishu on Monday morning, local media reported. Sirens were heard in several ...Somali president meets EU representatives amid political tensions
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday held talks with European Union representatives in Mogadishu’s Halane compound to discuss ongoing cooperation and ...FGS bars Jubaland leader from national talks over disputed election
The Federal Government of Somalia has excluded Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam, known as Madobe, from the upcoming National Consultative Forum, unless ...Somalia rolls out civil service pay structure under public sector reform
Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Thursday announced the start of a new salary and grading policy for civil servants, a ...Somali President meets presidential hopeful Shirdoon amid growing security concerns
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with former Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdoon in Mogadishu on Sunday. The meeting came shortly after ...At least two killed, five injured in mortar attack on Mogadishu residential areas
At least two civilians were killed and five others wounded on Saturday after mortar shells struck residential neighbourhoods in Mogadishu, local media ...
