The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia condemns any diversion of food aid. The TFG insists that there is no evidence to support the allegation concerning the scale of the alleged diversion,which AP reported it today.
August 15, 2011 | by Hanad Askar
Regarding Human Rights Watch report, entitled “You Don’t Know Who To Blame” issued today which makes accusations that the TFG has largely failed to provide basic security and human rights protections and have committed serious rights violations.
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Ms Valerie Amos, has just completed a three-day…
Somali Police and African Union troops uncovered a large store of artillery shells in a disused house yesterday in Bakara…
Press Release In response to the current humanitarian crisis affecting the Horn of Africa, France decided to strengthen its assistance…
Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Development announced the decision to step up Europe’s long-term commitment to Somalia with an extra…
Early this morning, an incident occurred in the area of Taleh District of Puntland State of Somalia, between Puntland Defense Forces and an armed convoy led by Somaliland MP Saleban Yusuf Ali Kore, who was accompanied by an armed soldiers and some civilians.
Al Qaida-linked extremist insurgents still pose a threat to the Somali capital and to areas of the city where humanitarian efforts are underway to ease the famine-struck country, despite their declared withdrawal, AMISOM has said.
Humanitarian agents have welcomed the 6 July move by Somalia’s militant Al-Shabab group to pull out of the capital, Mogadishu,…
As aid agencies attempt to scale up assistance to thousands of people in south-central Somalia, controlled by Al-Shabab militia, IRIN…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr.Augustine Mahiga, has welcomed the news that Al-Shabaab insurgent elements have
begun to leave Mogadishu and have already vacated key strategic points throughout thecity, including Baakara Market.
The Somali National Army, with the support of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), has today succeeded in liberating…