Etiket: Somalia
Who is Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud, the new president of Somalia?
The elected president previously governed the country between 2012 and 2017. Article written by France Televisions Writing Africa Posted on 05/17/2022 14:39 Update on 05/17/2022 14:39 Reading time : 2…
Who is Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud, the new president of Somalia?
The elected president previously governed the country between 2012 and 2017. Article written by France Televisions Writing Africa Posted on 05/17/2022 14:39 Update on 05/17/2022 14:39 Reading time : 2…
Somalia | Joe Biden approves the restoration of a US military presence
(Washington) President Joe Biden has decided to re-establish a military presence in Somalia to fight Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab jihadists there, approving a request from the Pentagon which deemed the rotation system…
Five things to know about Somalia, which elects its president on Sunday
Somali parliamentarians vote this Sunday to choose their head of state. This election under close surveillance takes place in a hangar at Mogadishu airport, the most secure place in the…
Somalia | Ten dead in suspected suicide attack
(Mogadishu) At least ten people were killed, including local politicians, in a suicide attack claimed by Al-Shabaab jihadists on Saturday at a restaurant in Beledweyne, central Somalia, police and witnesses…
Somalia | Bomb attack kills six in Mogadishu
(Mogadishu) At least six people were killed and 12 injured on Thursday in a suspected suicide bombing near a checkpoint leading to the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu,…
Somalia | Several dead in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu
(Mogadishu) Several people were killed on Wednesday in a suicide car bomb attack south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials said. Posted at 7:16 a.m. A spokesman for the federal…
Somalia | Parliamentary elections will be held by February 25
(Mogadishu) Somali leaders announced on Sunday that they had reached an agreement to complete parliamentary elections by February 25, after repeated delays in the process that threatened the stability of…
AMISOM | UN extends peacekeeping force in Somalia, but just for three months
(United Nations) The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution extending for only three months, until March 31, the AMISOM peace force of the African Union in Somalia,…