It’s end of an era for powerful unit   04 Sep 2010

Provincial Commissioners are to lose their powerful positions as the new Constitution takes effect.

Internal Security permanent secretary Francis Kimemia and Government spokesman Alfred Mutua on Thursday said the Provincial Administration would be restructured in line with the new law.

“We have already started restructuring the unit to make it fit into the devolved system. The provinces have been abolished by the new Constitution,” Mr Kimemia said.

10 civilians die in Mogadishu's third day of heavy fighting   03 Sep 2010

10 civilians die in Mogadishu's third day of hSomalia's Islamist Shabaab fighters hold a position on August 23, 2010 at a camp in northern Mogadishu’s Suqaholaha neighborhood minutes before they engaged in an offensive against the Somali government. AFP | NATION eavy fighting

Dowladda Uganda oo ciidamo hor leh usoo dirtay Muqdisho   02 Sep 2010

Dowladda wadanka Uganda ayaa maanta shaaca ka qaaday in ay magaalada muqdisho usoo direen ciidamo gaaraya ilaa iyo 750-askari kuwaa oo qeyb ka noqon doonaa ciidamada midow africa ee haatan ku sugan magaalada Muqdisho ee Caasimadda Dalka Soomaaliya.

How North Eastern figures went wrong   01 Sep 2010

William Oeri | NATION Planning and National Development minister Wycliffe Oparanya during the launch of 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census results at KICC in Nairobi on Tuesday. On Wednesday the minister said officials detected anomalies when enumerators from North Eastern asked for more forms.

Obama: US combat in Iraq over, 'time to turn page'   01 Sep 2010

WASHINGTON – Fiercely opposed to the war from the start, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It is time to turn the page." Claiming no victory, he said the nation's most urgent priority now must be fixing its own sickly economy.

Several dead in Somali violence   01 Sep 2010

Roadside bomb blast and mortar attack in capital Mogadishu, kills at least 14 people and injures several more.There has been heavy fighting in Mogadishu in recent days between al-Shabab and government troops

Kenya growing at a million people a year   31 Aug 2010

The average Kenyan woman is having 4.6 babies, pushing up the country’s population by a million peoAs a result, the population now stands at 38.6 million nationally, up from 28 million in 1999, raising alarm among experts and government officials who say more resources will now be required to take care of the bulging population.ple every year.

Sheekh Xasan Daahir oo Shir jaraa’id ku qabtay Mudisho & Ciidamo laga dilay AMISOM.   31 Aug 2010

Sheekh Xasan Daahir Aweys gudoomiyaha Xisbul Islaam oo maanta shir jaraa’id ku qabtay Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa ka hadlay qodoba ay kamid ahaayeen gargaarkii ay DKMG ahi shalay dalbatay, Ciidamada Shisheeye ee Dalka ku sugan iyo arimo kale.

Sheekh Xasan Yacquub Cali waaliga degmada Kismaayo, ayaa sheegay in ay maanta gubeen raashiin iyo dawooyin waqtigoodi dhacay kuwaa oo uu sheegay in ay kasoo qabteen suuqyada kala duwan ee degmada Kismaayo.   31 Aug 2010

Kulankan oo ku saabsanaa sidii ay ganacsatada kismaayo dhaqaale ugu biirin lahayd Xarakada AlShabaab ayaa waxa uu maanta ka dhacay xarunta degmada ee magaalada Kismaayo.

Xarakada Alshabaab ee Jubooyinka oo Gubtay Raashiin Dhacay   31 Aug 2010

Xarada Alshabaab ee Jubooyinka ayaa maanta gubay raashiin waqtigiisii dhacay oo laga soo ururiyay goobaha lagu iibiyo raashiinka ee magaalada Kismaayo.

UN protests over Al-Bashir's Kenya visit   30 Aug 2010

The United Nations Security Council will determine the punishment to impose on Kenya for hosting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir laOn Monday, the UN said member-states were required to comply with resolutions passed on the Darfur crisis and the subsequent requests from the International Criminal Court (ICC).st Friday.

UN protests over Al-Bashir's Kenya visit   30 Aug 2010

The United Nations Security Council will determine the punishment to impose on Kenya for hosting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir laOn Monday, the UN said member-states were required to comply with resolutions passed on the Darfur crisis and the subsequent requests from the International Criminal Court (ICC).st Friday.

Ethiopia troops in Somalia to battle radicals   29 Aug 2010

Mogadishu, Somalia A large number of Ethiopian troops in military vehicles on Sunday reached Somali villages after crossing its borders with Hiran region in Central Somalia.

Fashil kuyimid heshiis laguwaday in uu dhexmaro xizbul islam iyo al shabaab   28 Aug 2010

Sarkaal ka tirsan ururka Xisbul Islaam oo lagu magacaabo Axmed Cali Gees ayaa markii ugu horeysay shaaciyay inuu fashil ku yimid qorshe lagu mideynayay xarakada Al-Shabaab iyo Xisbul Islaam, kaddib markii ay isku mari waayeen qodob asaasi u ah mideyntooda kulamo dhowr ah oo ay yeesheenna lagu kala dareeray iyadoo aan wax go'aan ah ka soo bixin.

Obama lauds new Kenya, criticises Bashir visit   28 Aug 2010

US President Barack Obama. FILE PHOTO | President Barack Obama has combined criticism with congratulations in his response to Friday's ceremony marking the adoption of the new Constitution.