THE PARLIAMENT WILL ALSO ELECT THE FIRST AND SECOND DEPUTY SPEAKERS OF THE NEWLY-INAUGURATED LEGISLATURE
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) -- The election by Somali lawmakers of new parliament speaker was welcomed by top Somali leaders and general public as a positive step toward ending the transition.
Outgoing Somali president sheikh Sharif sheikh Ahmed said the election of law expert Mohamed Osman Jawari as the new speaker of the country’s...
Friday, August 31, 2012
AMISOM troops kill 42 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia
Troops of the African Union Misson in Somalia (AMISOM) who are battling in Somalia on Wednesday killed 42 Al-Shabaab militants while scores escaped with multiple injuries as military operation to flush out insurgents intensifies in the Horn of Africa nation.
Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir said the battle which took place in Aglibah area near Beles Qooqani in southern Somalia early on Wednesday saw...
Somali Parliament Elects Speaker for New Gov’t
Somalia's parliament has elected a new speaker, taking a major step in a U.N.-backed plan to create a stronger and more permanent government.
Mohamed Osman Jawari won the speaker's post in a vote by legislators in Mogadishu Tuesday. Jawari held a significant lead after the first round of voting, and was named speaker after his opponent in a planned run-off dropped out.
The 66-year-old Jawari served as transportation minister and...
Kenyan airstrikes kill 36 in Somalia
Kenyan war planes have attacked a base, run by Somalia’s al-Shabab fighters near the town of Afmadow, killing at least 25 militants and 11 civilians, Press TV reports.
According to a statement released by Somali military officer, Hussein Haj Dable, three Kenyan fighter jets have attacked camps of al-Shabab militants in Tortora village, located five kilometers southeast of Afmadow, on Thursday afternoon, killing 25 militants.
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Kismayo capture imminent, military spokesmen say
Military officials say the Somali military, supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), will take Kismayo from al-Shabaab soon, Kenya's Daily Nation reported Thursday (August 30th).
Somali military spokesman for the Juba region Aden Ahmed Hirsi said that troops have nearly surrounded Kismayo. "We are committed to remove [al-Shabaab's] black banner and raise Somalia's blue-colour flag all over Jubaland," he...
Somalia sets presidential election for Sept 10
Somalia’s parliament will hold a presidential election on September 10, the final stage of a UN-backed process to set up a new administration for the war-torn country, an election official said on Friday.
“September 10, 2012, is the day that the presidential elections of the Somali Federal Republic will take place,” Osman Libah Ibrahim, spokesman for the presidential elections committee, told reporters. The new parliament, whose...
Mogadishu University welcomes more than 1,500 new students
More than 1,500 recently graduated high-school students were welcomed into Mogadishu University on Thursday (August 30th) after passing the university's entrance exams, Somalia's Radio Risaala reported.
University Chancellor Ali Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar, who spoke at the welcoming ceremony, said that Mogadishu was in need of higher standards for learning, which the university will provide by offering quality education.
According...
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