Somalia's President appoints a New Prime Minister

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on Wednesday appointed Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke as the country’s new Prime Minister, becoming the third Premier to serve under the President.

SOMALIA: Meeting in southern Somalia town “Kismaayo” plans to isolate Puntland administration

Preparations are taking place in Kismaayo, Lower Jubba Region, to hold a meeting to be attended by regional administrations and the federal government.

The meeting is organized by President Hasan Shaykh Mahmud and the newly-elected southwestern regional President Sharif Hasan Shaykh Adan and will be attended by Somali and foreign delegates.

IOM, UNHCR Repatriate First Somali Refugees from Kenya

IOM, in collaboration with UNHCR, yesterday (8/12) began the voluntary repatriation of 94 Somali refugees from Kenya, 23 years after conflict and famine drove them from their homeland.

The refugees, from the sprawling Dadaab refugee complex that hosts over 350,000 Somali refugees, travelled in two IOM buses with their possessions to the Dhobley way station in Afmadow District, Lower Juba, on the Somali-Kenya border.

36 people killed in another Mandera attack

36 people have been killed and several others injured in yet another attack by Al Shabaab militants in Mandera this morning.