Somali-US citizen elected president of Somalia in historic vote

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-U.S. citizenship was elected Somalia's president on Wednesday, declaring a new "era of unity" as he took on the daunting task of bringing the long-chaotic country its first functioning central government in a quarter-century.

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The United States Congratulates Somalia on the Conclusion of its Electoral Process

Press Statement Mark C. Toner Acting Spokesperson Washington, DC February 8, 2017

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Kenya donated corruption money to Somali presidential candidate .

Well Informed sources told Waagacusub media that the government of Kenya has given 2 million US dollars to the outgoing Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke on Saturday to support his bid to vie for the presidency of his war torn nation of East African.

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Ethiopian military officer in Somalia accused of selling arms, massive corruption

An investigative report by a Somali website accused a high ranking Ethiopian officer in Somalia of arm sales to rival factions and collecting bribes from Somali politicians who want come to power.

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Kenya"s desire to loot Somalia waters rejected by a court

BREAKING: The International Court of Justice rejects Kenya's application that ICJ does not have jurisdiction over the maritime dispute case

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Ethiopia officials corrupting Somali MPs in favor of puppet leader

There are Ethiopian officials in Mogadishu now working on the election campaign of HSM and that is pretty damning and they have been here for almost a week. Present in Mogadishu tonight are:

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"General Gabre" the most corrupt Ethiopian officer in Somalia

Ethiopian military and political backing for sale by a corrupt officer called "Gabre" (Part 1)

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Ethiopian military and political backing for sale by a corrupt officer called Gabre Part 1

The most Ethiopian corrupt military officer who is called Haile Gabre known by Somalis as General Gabre becoming extremely wealthy from the huge sums of money that he is getting from opportunistic Somali politicians who want to buy the sympathy of Addis Ababa, one of his juniors told Waagacusub anonymously.

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A re-election of corrupt leader is a recipe for renewed violence In Somalia.

Waagacusub.net - The former leader of Somali Federal Government, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is grabbing the strategic national assets such as farms, schools, hospitals, stadiums, department buildings, government owned lands kept for road reserves and medical facilities to get enough cash in order to fund…

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Galmudug president using intimidation after rejected by regional parliament

Abdikarim Hussein Guled who is ousted by the vast majority of the regional parliament in Galmudug is using faulty methods to satay illegally in the leadership by using corruption, harassment the influence of his friend, the former president of Somali federal government Hasan sheikh Mohamud.

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Bilateral Meeting of Somali and Italian Journalist Unions

The Leaders of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and Federazione Nazionale Stampa Italiana (FNSI) held a bilateral meeting on 17 January 2017 in Rome, Italy, at the headquarters of FNSI. The two unions exchanged analyses on the press freedom situation in Somalia and Italy, the working…

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Last email he send the president Obama at the White House

My fellow Americans, It's a long-standing tradition for the sitting president of the United States to leave a parting letter in the Oval Office for the American elected to take his or her place. It's a letter meant to share what we know, what we've learned, and what small wisdom may help…

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ASOJ is concerned over Galmudug's decision to ban Media to cover political meetings

For Immediate Press Release

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Appeal of Somali journalist in Dutch Court successful

Dutch Court of Appeal does not clear Dahabshiil of Terror and Criminal Allegations

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Somalia: Underage minority girl raped and knifed as video showed

Waagacusub.net - A group of boys raped a young underage girl from minority subclan by cutting her with knife and threatening her to kill.

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Dutch Court of Appeal does not clear Dahabshiil of Terror and Criminal Allegations

PRESS RELEASE The Netherlands, 6 January 2017

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Somalia ends 2016 with gloomy record of repression against journalists, says NUSOJ

Deadly attacks on reporters and their news outlets as well as a government campaign of repression under a new media law marked 2016 in Somalia, reinforcing a dangerous climate of impunity toward the news media, says the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).

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Somalia: EU missions EUCAP and EUTM prolonged

The Council prolonged the mandate of its two CSDP missions in Somalia, the civilian mission of capacity building EUCAP and the military training mission EUTM, both until 31 December 2018. The Council renamed the capacity building mission EUCAP Nestor "EUCAP Somalia".

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Somali Security Minister cease and desist your unlawful defamation of Journalist Alasow

Accordingly, we demand that you (1) rectify the false accusations that you have made towards Mr. Alasow (2) immediately cease and desist your unlawful defamation of Mr. Alasow and (3) provide us with prompt written assurance within 30 days that you will cease and desist from any further defamation of…

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Somali migrant smuggling network in Europe dismantled

On 6 and 7 December 2016, judicial and law enforcement authorities from France and the Netherlands, supported on-the-spot by Europol's European Migrant Smuggling Centre, took action against an organised crime network suspected of having smuggled some 500 migrants from Somalia to different destination…

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