NAIROBI(MMEDIA);aleading Somalia journalist was shot outside him home in Mogadishu on Saturday and died on the way to the hospital, according to other journalists. Hassan Osman Abdi, 29, was the director of Shabelle Media Network, according to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and Reporters Without Borders. He had also previously done some freelance [...]

Somalia (MMedia) A leading Somalia journalist was shot outside him home in Mogadishu on Saturday and died on the way to the hospital, according to other journalists. Hassan Osman Abdi, 29, was the director of Shabelle Media Network, according to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and Reporters Without Borders. He had also previously [...]

Somalia(MMedia) U.S. helicopters swooped into Somalia Wednesday and rescued an American and a Dane after a shootout with pirates holding them hostage, in a rare raid into the Horn of Africa nation to free foreign captives. American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Hagen Thisted were kidnapped from the town of Galkayo in the semi-autonomous Galmudug [...]

Somalia(MMedia) The U.N. special envoy to Somalia moved to Mogadishu on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, signaling international support for a government fight against Islamist rebels and preparations for elections this year. High-level officials from the United Nations have been based in Kenya’s capital Nairobi since 1995 because of security concerns, although [...]

Puntland, one of the poorest regions in Africa, has been a semi-autonomous region in Somalia since 1998 when it was formed in response to the collapse of the government and the ongoing civil war in the south. It has been calm recently compared to the lawless south, but illegal fishing, dumping and piracy along its coast [...]

Gaza (MMedia) Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight Monday, sources from both sides said, in what Israel said was a response to recent rocket fire against the Jewish state. Israeli planes targetted an arms factory in the centre of the Palestinian territory as well. as three tunnels used for smuggling contraband, [...]

Somalia(MMedia) The Kenyan military said on Saturday it is half way through its mission to eliminate Al Shabaab in Southern Somalia, the objective of Operation Linda Nchi, which enters its 15th week on Sunday. Col Cyrus Oguna, who is in charge of information and operations, said the Kenya Defence Forces are now keen on destroying [...]

Somalia (MMedia) Two rival tribes clashed over pasture in Mudug province in central Somalia on Sunday and a local news bulletin cited a report that at least six people were killed. Heavy fighting was reported to have broken-out between Puntland’s Majerteen clan and their southern Habar Gidir rivals of Galmudug State in the villages of [...]

U.S.A(MMedia) “This is not fair. It’s not fair to single out one community. The lifeline for so many innocent people depends on the money we send,” said Abdulaziz Sugule, the former chairman of  SAMSA (Somali American Money Service Association) referring to Franklin Bank’s decision to end remittances to Somalia last December 30. “I hope elected [...]

Somalia(MMedia) Pirates are behind the kidnapping of a foreign hostage in central Somalia, a local official said Sunday, with witnesses reporting he had been whisked off to an inaccessible jungle base. Gunmen snatched the man on Saturday on the airport road in Galkayo, a town near the border between the state of Galmudug and another [...]