Marka ( RBC RADIO) Unknown gun men shot dead a local businessman on Thursday in the city centre of Marka town, the regional capital of lower Shabelle region of Somalia, RBC Radio reports. The gunmen sprayed bullets and shot dead the businessman on the spot as they immediately escaped from the scene, local residents told [...]

Mogadishu (RBC) The new Somali parliamentarians have today endorsed the presidential election committee which consists of 16 MPs those will manage the presidential election due to held in Mogadishu in the coming days, RBC Radio reports. The parliament has endorsed the election committee in today’s  meeting which was chaired by the newly elected  speaker Prof. [...]

Nairobi (RBC) the Somali community in Kenya has welcomed the election of the new Somali parliament speaker and his deputies who were voted into office yesterday in Mogadishu. On Tuesday Somalia’s parliament elected Prof. Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari as the new parliament speaker and his two deputies. The Somali community in Kenya especially those living [...]

Mogadishu (RBC) Some ex-warlords who disqualified the screening by the technical committee were today given recognition and parliament cards by Somali supreme court. The individuals who got cards today that raxanreeb media network received their names are included/are as follow: 1. Mohamed Qanyare Afrah. 2. Abdirahman Ibbi. 3. Botan Isse Ma’alim (Haram ku nah) 4. [...]

Mogadishu (RBC) Somalia’s presidential Election will be held on September 5, sources close to the parliament electoral commission told RBC Radio. The sources also mentioned that before the election date it should be finalized the remaining members of the new parliament as well as to close the current disputes over the selection process of the [...]

Kampala [Radio RBC] THE 2012 Cecafa Challenge Cup in Kampala will kick off on November 24 and the final is set for December 8 at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Namboole. Sponsors East African Breweries Limited [EABL], through their flagship brand, Tusker Lager, on Tuesday morning announced the countdown to the championship and a $450,000 [...]

Virginia [Radio RBC] A federal judge in Alexandria awarded $21 million to seven people who sued a former prime minister of Somalia who is now living in Virginia, claiming he tortured and killed his own people more than two decades ago. Seven Somali natives filed the lawsuit in 2004 against the former prime minister, Mohamed [...]

Nairobi [ Radio RBC] The United Nations in Somalia today condemned the killing of a humanitarian worker serving with the UN food relief agency in the country’s south. Yassin Mohamed Hassan, a staff member of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was killed on Monday morning in an attack by an armed group in [...]

KAMPALA, Uganda (Radio RBC) — The U.N. representative to Somalia said he is “deeply concerned by the ongoing delays” in choosing all the 275 members of parliament who will select a new Somali president. Somali elders must select the legislators ahead of the planned election on Aug. 28 of a speaker and a deputy, U.N. [...]

Mogadishu [ Radio RBC] Somalia troops with the assistance of the African Union Mission Troops, have this morning pushed Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists out of Marka, the third-largest port in Southern Somalia. The dawn operation met little resistance as the AMISOM and Somali National Army troops steadily advanced to Shalamboot and established a defensive position there. [...]

MOMBASA [ Radio RBC] – Radical Kenyan Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo Mohammed, who was on US and UN sanction lists for allegedly supporting Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants, was shot dead Monday, his wife said. “A car behind us aimed at my husband, they shot him on the right side,” said his widow Haniya Said, screaming [...]

Addis Ababa [Radio RBC] : The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Dr Jean Ping, welcomesthe recent encouraging developments in Somalia. In particular, the Chairperson lauded the grassroots approach toparticipatory democracy leading to the ongoing selection of members of Parliament through the exemplary and coordinated efforts of the Traditional Elders, the Technical Selection [...]

Mogadishu [ Radio RBC] The United Nations envoy for Somalia today voiced deep concern at the ongoing delays in finalizing the list of new parliamentarians, warning that it might threaten the electoral calendar. After decades of warfare, Somalia has been undergoing a peace and national reconciliation process, with the country’s transitional federal institutions implementing a [...]

Addis Ababa [Radio RBC] In a statement issued in Nairobi, the Inter-Government Authority on Development (IGAD) said the successful completion of these tasks will usher the Horn of Africa nation into a new phase of peace and development. “While these tasks are huge, IGAD believes they are achievable, ” said the regional bloc which mediated [...]

Mogadishu (RBC) The transitional federal government security forces of former prime minister’s office Dr. Abdiwali Mohamed Ali Gaas have intentionally and deliberately halted and stopped a press conference that is wanted to hold by the parliament speaker hopeful candidate Professor Mohamed Osman Jawari. The facility where the conference is wanted to take place was a [...]

Mogadishu (RBC) the Somalia Electoral commission delays forthe parliamentary speaker election date and added two more days of a deadlinetime. The Electoral committee announces that the election of the parliament speaker and his two deputies will take place on 28th ofthis month which is the deadline time. It is expected to be held tomorrow, the [...]

Minneapolis (RBC) The Somali community in the cityof Minneapolis mark and celebrate the 6th anniversaryof Gal-Mudug State of Somalia. A well-organized and mobilized ceremony held in Minneapolis by the communities and many people who came from different parts participated. The reason and the agenda of the ceremony are: 1- Supporting and backing the sixth anniversary of [...]

Nairobi RBC: The well-known Somali singer/actress Nimo Mohamud hassan (Nimo Daren) has been hurt in Nairobi last night by unknown people. Journalists contacted by RBC confirmed the injury of thes inger and they mentioned that the actress hurt came after her innovation showin Nairobi especially Somalis populated areas. The journalists also confirmed that a hand [...]

Pakistan (RBC)  Groups linked to Al Qaeda in Somalia are using the international terror network to recruit Somali students in Pakistan and train them to carry out terrorist attacks in Europe, security analysts fear. “Al Qaeda plans to move from their conventional base in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region to more vulnerable African countries” Al [...]

ADDIS ABABA (RBC) – The funeral of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who passed away last Monday night at the age of 57, will be held on Sept 2, the national committee set up to organize the funeral proceedings said. Committee Chairperson and Speaker of the House of Federation, Kassa Tekleberhan said here Thursday that different [...]

Would Melez’s death effect Ethiopian activities in Somalia? Abdikadir Dooy Dooy11@gmail.com August 23 2012 Males Zenawi, former PM of Ethiopia was one of the rare brilliant leaders ever ruled part of the East Africa region. During his period he obtained support from World forces including the US, substituting to minimize the terrorist risks from the Horn of [...]

Nairobi (RBC) ? The Kenyan government should promptly investigate civilian casualties during fighting between a Kenyan naval ship and al-Shabaab forces in the Somali port town of Kismayo on August 11, 2012. Three civilians ? boys aged 11 and 15, and a pregnant woman ? are known to have died and two others were wounded, [...]

For Immediate Release Somalia: Protect Civilians in Kismayo Three Dead, Two Wounded in Kenyan Naval Shelling (Nairobi, August 23, 2012) ? The Kenyan government should promptly investigate civilian casualties during fighting between a Kenyan naval ship and al-Shabaab forces in the Somali port town of Kismayo on August 11, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today. [...]

Mogadishu, Somalia, 19 August 2012 Joint Statement by the International Community Partners On the eve of Transition in Somalia, the AU, IGAD and UN together with other members of the international community, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, EU, Italy, Norway, Turkey, UK, US and representatives of the International Observers of the Technical Selection Committee (TSC), are in [...]

Possible Scenarios of the election outcome By Said Faadi said.faadi@gmail.com August 19 2012 For the first time in history, the August elections will be issue-based and detribalised. It will be a contest between opposing political theories. As Somalia gears up to end the transition and establish permanent national institution, several opposing political ideologues and groupings [...]

Kampala [Radio RBC] Uganda is willing to send another set of combat helicopters to fight the al-Shabaab militants in Somalia despite the setback it suffered when three aircraft crashed in Kenya last Sunday. Gen. Jeje Odongo, the state minister for defence, said discussions were ongoing between the Government, UN and AU on whether Uganda can [...]

Somalia: Puntland Urges Independence and Neutrality of Technical Selection Committee PRESS RELEASE 18 August 2012 Puntland Government is proud to have played an active role in the Roadmap for End of Transition process in Somalia and welcomes the progress achieved by the Technical Selection Committee (TSC). However, Puntland is concerned about the reported interference, intimidation [...]

NAIROBI [Radio RBC] :World leaders from Africa to the U.S. and Europe said they are growing increasingly concerned that intimidation and corruption are marring the selection of a new Somali parliament, a task still unfinished less than a week before the government’s U.N. mandate expires. The U.S. Embassy said in a statement Tuesday that it [...]

Nairobi [RBC Radio] The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Ambassador Boubacar Diarra, has said that the AU Mission in Somalia will continue its operations against the Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists in Somalia despite the unfortunate loss of three Ugandan helicopters en route to reinforce the mission. The three helicopters [...]

Mogadishu [Radio RBC] 14th, 2012; The Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Honorable Wafula Wamunyinyi has noted with great concern the behavior of some disgruntled individuals who are desperately trying to intimidate members of the Technical Selection Committee (TSC) by sending death threats through anonymous text messages [...]