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Wanlaweyn district administration in Lower Shabelle region has called for an end to clan conflict in the region which has now claimed dozens of lives and displaced many others from their homes. Yusuf Mohamed, deputy security chief, said they are pursuing efforts to ease the tension and hostility in the outer skirt of the town as he expressed hope that the sides will come together and discuss their differences. He added “We will try our best to settle down this case between brotherly clans in the way that is acceptable to both of them” The raids are over grazing land as the pastoralists communities living in the region have regularly threats over the scarcity of land that fuel inter-clan rivalries, The recent clan clashes in Lower Shabelle region particularly Wanlaweyn district have claimed the lives of many people mostly sides that were fighting.

OZY The sun rises and sets in rural Jowhar, Somalia, the same way it does in Phoenix. In order to make sure both places get the most out of it, Guled Wiliq has to start with the basics. “People don’t believe you can make electricity from the sun,” he says. “It’s just kind of a challenge for them to understand. And I don’t blame them.” Wiliq’s family fled a collapsing Somalia in 1991. Now, the Somali-American is founder and CEO of Power OffGrid, a small energy company in Jowhar aiming to literally empower far-flung people in a country with little infrastructure. With a company backed by his own funds, along with those of friends and family, Wiliq has brought electricity to 1,000 people so far through installing 70 kilowatts of solar panels.   He hopes to chip away at the international development model driven by governments and nongovernmental organizations. “I’m somebody who is not into handouts or aid-dependent, so I wanted to change that,” says Wiliq, 39. Decades of ...

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and NEYRAN ELDEN ISTANBUL (AP) — Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held plenty of grand opening ceremonies in his 15 years at Turkey’s helm. On Monday he will unveil one of his prized jewels — Istanbul New Airport — a megaproject that has been dogged by concerns about labor rights, environmental issues and Turkey’s weakening economy. Erdogan is opening what he claims will eventually become the world’s largest air transport hub on the 95th anniversary of Turkey’s establishment as a republic. It’s a symbolic launch, as only limited flights will begin days later and a full move won’t take place until the end of the year. Tens of thousands of workers have been scrambling to finish the airport to meet Erdogan’s Oct. 29 deadline. Protests in September over poor working conditions and dozens of construction deaths have highlighted the human cost of the project. Istanbul New Airport, on shores of the Black Sea, will serve 90 million passengers annually in its first phase. A...

        Slain Somali journalist Abdullahi Mohamed Hashi. PHOTO | RADIO SHABELLE  Police in Somalia are hunting for the gunmen who shot dead a local journalist, Mr Abdullahi Mohamed Hashi, on the outskirts of Mogadishu late on Saturday. Ads By Google Mr Hashi was working for a local independent broadcaster known as Daaru Sunnah and he was reportedly well known in the Eelasha Biyaha area outside Mogadishu. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing. Mr Hashi's killing reaffirms that media practitioners in Somalia were still vulnerable to violence. Suffered injuries According to Shabelle Radio, an independent media in Mogadishu, Mr Hashi was killed by gunmen riding in a saloon car, who fled the crime scene soon afterwards. Government security agents arrived at the scene after the killers had made their escape. In the past two decades, tens of Somali journalists and media officials have fallen victims to violence. Many h...

Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire chaired a meeting with the agenda of economic development, development, and Vision Financial debt relief process of Somalia. Several ministers, including Finance, planning, agriculture, and other government officials have participated in the conference on the finance sector. Minister of Finance Abdirahman Duale Beyle presented a report on the financial development the debt relief process which is currently in progress and hopefully, the Somali debt will be forgiven. Beyle also gave details of the plans of the Ministry of Finance’s Revenue Development Budget and the 2019 Budget Preparation Plan. The weekly budget meeting also includes regular conferences in the Ministry of Finance for the development of the economy and the achievement of Somalia’s goal of self-sufficiency.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will continue supporting efforts of the people and the government of Somalia to build a strong future for their country, said Hesham Youssef, OIC assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs. He was speaking on behalf of OIC Secretary-General Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen at a ministerial meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Somalia in Mogadishu on Sunday. Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre opened the meeting, which was attended by 16 representatives from OIC member states. The meeting was held to explore ways and means of enhancing national reconciliation and achieving political stability, lasting peace and economic development in Somalia. Khayre pointed out that holding this meeting is evidence of the transformation that took place in Somalia. He said the Somali government is working hard in carrying out reforms in various institutions. Source: Arabnews.com

BY: Afp An Indonesian Lion Air passenger plane went missing Monday shortly after taking off from the capital Jakarta, an aviation authority official said, adding that a search and rescue operation is underway. The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control around 6.30 am (2330 GMT), about 13 minutes after it took off, bound for Pangkal Pinang on the island of Bangka off the Coast of Sumatra Island. “It’s true that Lion Air JT 610 has lost contact. We have forwarded the information to search and rescue teams,” AirNav Indonesia spokesman Yohanes Harry Douglas said in a statement. It was not clear how many people were on board the flight. The Flightradar website tracked the plane, showing it looping south on take-off and then heading north before the flight path ended abruptly over the Java Sea, not far from the coast. Indonesia relies heavily on air transport to connect its thousands of islands but has a poor aviation safety record and has suffered several fatal cras...

The direct flights comes close to a decade after Kenya applied for US clearance NAIROBI: Kenya Airways (KQ) took to the sky last night on its maiden flight direct to New York marking a historic feat for the East African country which has for close to a decade been fighting to secure clearance by US aviation authorities. President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying the first 234 passengers destined for the JF Kennedy International Airport. Kenyatta said the direct flights will open up business between the two countries and increase opportunities for both businessmen and leisure travelers. “These flights are set to provide a seamless experience for business and leisure travelers alike. It will allow the world to taste Kenya’s diverse cultures and hospitality,” Kenyatta said. With the new flights, travelers can now dispense with the long detours through Europe and Middle East which took up to 22 hours. Direct flights from Nairobi to New York will...

POLICE in Tanga region are holding three people alleged to have been involved in transportation of 30 illegal immigrants to Dar es Salaam via RATCO Bus Company. Tanga Regional Police Commander (RPC), SACP Edward Bukombe released the information during a press conference in his office yesterday afternoon, saying that the suspects were nabbed by police on the 25th of October from different parts of the city while the illegal immigrants were arrested on 20th October at RATCO bus office in Mkwakwani street ready for the journey to Dar es salaam. RPC Bukombe named the suspects as Yahaya Mohamed (30), a Somali national, Mussa Ramadhani alias 'Ngosha'(35) and Erick Chomba (50), residents of Mkanyageni village in Muheza district. He further said that the police set an ambush after receiving reliable information from good Samaritans who tipped them that illegal immigrants were about to be transported to Dar es Salaam. He named the illegal immigrants from Kenya, Ethiopia and Som...

A consortium of international bankers, Papersoft Africa, and Digital Transformation company iVEDiX have teamed up to launch a transformative blockchain and digital currency initiative with exclusive contracts in place to roll out a secure cashless financial transactional system running on a blockchain backbone attached to an onboarding platform. Within a well-designed global ecosystem, this fintech initiative is intended to support millions of entrepreneurs in  Africa  initially in the  Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) and  Somalia , impacting hundreds of millions of lives on the African continent and beyond. This groundbreaking effort provides a solution to traditional banking and infrastructure bottlenecks by making electronic cash and banking available to anyone with a mobile phone and providing access to revolving funding to millions of entrepreneurs. The initiative puts an emphasis on working with African organizations and designing solutions spec...

AYA BATRAWY DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said Saturday that the global outcry and media focus on the killing of a Saudi journalist earlier this month has become “hysterical” as he urged the public to wait for the results of an investigation before ascribing blame to the kingdom’s top leadership. Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist critical of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed by Saudi agents at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. “This issue has become fairly hysterical,” Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said. “I think people have assigned blame to Saudi Arabia with such certainty before the investigation is complete.” Some of those implicated in Khashoggi’s killing are close to Prince Mohammed, who is the kingdom’s heir apparent. His condemnation of the killing as “heinous” and “painful” has so far failed to ease suspicions that such a high-level operation could have been carried out without his kn...

Salem Solomon Edna Adan Ismail, founder of the Edna Adan Hospital in Somaliland. When she was a young girl, Edna Adan Ismail’s mother and grandmother circumcised her in a traditional ceremony while her father, a doctor, was away. That evening, he returned home, enraged at what had happened. “What have you done?” he asked Ismail’s mother and grandmother. Cutting the young girl, he said, was “haraam” — a sin. She was only seven or eight, but Ismail knew what had happened was wrong. The event, and her father’s reaction, would have a lasting impact. Medical trailblazer Years later, Ismail followed in her father’s footsteps, pursuing a career in medicine. She studied abroad and became a pioneer in health care in Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia. In 1965, the World Health Organization made Ismail the first Somali appointed to a senior civil servant position. She spent decades with the organization working in Somalia, Somaliland and Djibouti, and caring for patients fr...

Police are racing to thwart an al Shabaab plan to carry out a series of terror attacks in Nairobi. A security brief sent to Flying Squad and divisional DCI bosses on Thursday required them to put their teams on high alert. “Six al Shabaab (AS) operatives led by Ahmed Harith Mahmoud are planning to attack Times Tower and Treasury buildings within the Central Business District (CBD) between Sunday 28th October 2018 and Sunday4th November2018,” the memo reads in part. The memo said Harith is an associate and logistician of Ahmed Iman Ali alias Engineer, a Kenyanborn in Majengo, Nairobi, but currently based in Somalia. The terrorists include a woman, and have been conducting reconnaissance of the targeted buildings for a month. They are staying in Umoja and Kariobangi. Although Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet dismissed the memo as a fake, its leakage caused a storm in the police command, and there was a meeting over the same at the Nairobi area police headquarters ...

Kuwait on Saturday called on the international community to provide political and material support to Somalia to overcome the “delicate” conditions it is going through. This came in a speech delivered by the head of the Kuwaiti delegation participating in the ministerial meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Somalia held in Mogadishu, Assistant Foreign Minister of Kuwait for International Organizations Affairs Nasser Al-Heen “The brotherly Republic of Somalia is witnessing a delicate political, economic and humanitarian stage that has hindered its ability to achieve the required development rates, a matter that necessitates that the international community provide political and material support to create a supportive environment for the elected Somali government,” he said. “Kuwait will spare no effort to coordinate and intensify efforts with its brothers and friends to safeguard security and safety of Somalia in various fields in line with Resolution No. 1/45 issued by the 45th ...

POLICE in Tanga region are holding three people alleged to have been involved in transportation of 30 illegal immigrants to Dar es Salaam via RATCO Bus Company Tanga Regional Police Commander (RPC), SACP Edward Bukombe released the information during a press conference in his office yesterday afternoon, saying that the suspects were nabbed by police on the 25th of October from different parts of the city while the illegal immigrants were arrested on 20th October at RATCO bus office in Mkwakwani street ready for the journey to Dar es salaam. RPC Bukombe named the suspects as Yahaya Mohamed (30), a Somali national, Mussa Ramadhani alias ‘Ngosha'(35) and Erick Chomba (50), residents of Mkanyageni village in Muheza district. He further said that the police set an ambush after receiving reliable information from good Samaritans who tipped them that illegal immigrants were about to be transported to Dar es Salaam. He named the illegal immigrants from Kenya, Ethiopia and Soma...

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi. At the outset of the meeting, the Minister conveyed greetings of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the President and his wishes of further progress and prosperity to the people of Somalia. For his part, the President entrusted the Minister to convey his greetings to H H the Amir and his wishes of health and happiness to him as well as his wishes of more progress and prosperity to the people of Qatar. During the meeting, the President thanked the State of Qatar for its efforts to support the government and people of Somalia. The two sides discussed bilateral relations and means of boosting them in various fields.

The security forces of Somalia’s southern Federal member state of Jubbaland have carried out a massive security operation in the coastal city of Kismayo following a heavy gunfight. Sa’id Hassan Dahir, the spokesman of Jubbland security agencies, told Radio Shabelle that the sweep saw the arrest of at least 11 soldiers said to be behind Saturday’s clashes. He promised that the detained renegade soldiers will be arraigned in court to face the justice after killed a prominent traditional elder during the firefight with state troops. The situation of the city has returned to normal on Sunday, according to the spokesman who added that the operation will keep on until the overall security is assured.

Sources say Ankara was dismayed by Mogadishu's move to side with Saudi Arabia amid international pressure. Turkey cancelled its attendance to the OIC ministerial meeting in Mogadishu which took place Saturday following the decision by Somalia to side with Saudi Arabia following the gruesome murder of Washing Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Goobjoog News can authoritatively reveal. Impeccable sources have intimated to Goobjoog News the Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu cancelled his participation at the one day event despite earlier confirmation of attendance. Goobjoog News has obtained a note verbal from the Turkish Permanent Mission to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) confirming Çavuşoğlu’s participation at the event. “The Permanent Mission informs that H.E Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, intends to participate in the said meeting. H.E Minister Çavuşoğlu and the accompanying delegation would arrive in Mogadishu with a dire...