Kenyan soldiers at a base near the town of Bur Garbo, Somalia. Kenyan troops have attacked Kismayo by sea and air. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP Residents shelter from the fighting as Kenyan army and Somali forces push deep into al-Shabaab stronghold BY: Clar Ni Chonghaile in Nairobi for the guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 September 2012 09.30 BST […]
Kenyan Amisom peacekeeper held after ‘shooting dead six Somali civilians’
African Union offensive against al-Shabaab may be undermined by what Somali army spokesman calls ‘deliberate killing’
Kenyan troops close in on al-Shabaab’s Somali stronghold
African Union forces set to take rebel-held port of Kismayo, according to military, as rights groups fear civilian death toll
Somali president escapes injury in Mogadishu hotel bombing
Al-Shabaab militants claim responsibility for suicide attacks on hotel where Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was at press conference BY: Clar Ni Chonghaile in Nairobi for the guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 September 2012 16.09 BST Somalia‘s newly elected president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has escaped injury after suicide bombers attacked a hotel in Mogadishu where he was holding a […]
Somalia chooses new leader in presidential elections
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud defeats the incumbent president by 190 to 79 in a runoff following first round of voting by MPs BY: David Smith, Africacorrespondent fot the guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 September 2012 23.26 BST Celebratory gunfire erupted in Mogadishu on Monday night after Hassan Sheikh Mohamud defeated incumbent Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to become Somalia‘s new […]
Death of Meles Zenawi: Why IGAD Should Call a Crisis Meeting
Tony Moturi After seven weeks of denial by the Ethiopian Government on the whereabouts of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who many thought was admitted in a Belgian Hospital; the curtain has eventually fallen on one of Africa’s strongman. Unconfirmed reports reaching Kenya-Today quoting the International Crisis Group (ICG) indicate that Meles Zenawi passed away […]
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is dead
By Kenya Today and agencies Ethiopia state run TV has reported (today Tuesday) the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Â The PM died abroad while undergoing treatment for undisclosed ailment ending weeks of speculation about his health. The message read in part “Prime Minister Zenawi suddenly passed away last night. Meles was recovering in a […]
Somalis planning on a better future
David Smith talks to some of the extraordinary characters who believe 2012 will be remembered as the year that Somalia, finally, turned the corner