Somalia: President to return back to Mogadishu

MOGADSHU (Mareeg)--Somalia’s president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed is expected to return to Mogadishu today after consulting with President Mwai Kibaki's coalition government.



During their visit in Kenya, Somalia signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday on technical assistance and capacity building.



The agreement was signed by Kenya Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula and Somalia Deputy Prime Minister Sharif Hassan Sheik Adan, who is also the country’s finance minister.



The signing of the memorandum comes three years after a similar one was signed on technical and economic agreement in 2005.

The two countries also pledged to cooperate in security, immigration and technical assistance.

Last week, President Sharif toured several African countries as part of his first official foreign trip since coming to office in February 2009.

During his trip, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed met with the presidents of Burundi, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, discussing ways to support the new Somali government.


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Somalia: Explosions wound AU soldiers in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU(Mareeg)--Two blasts were heard in Mogadishu on Wednesday and residents said the explosions targeted African Union peace keepers known as AMISOM and Somali police forces who were checking mines on the road to the airport.




Witnesses said that the AU soldiers collected two injured AMOSOM soldiers from the scene. There is no contact these days from AMISOM spokesperson in Mogadishu.








No group has claimed the responsibility of the attack yet, but the blasts against government soldiers and foreign troops often claim by al-Shabab Islamists who vowed to continue fighting against the AU troops until they withdraw from the country.




Separately, reports from southern Somalia say fighting is ongoing in Rabdhure town where al-Shabab militia controls.




The fighting started after pro government soldiers attacked the Shabab. The two militias have been fighting in the region since the Ethiopian troops fled from Somalia in January.




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Somalia: President meets with Rwandan leader

KIGALI (Mareeg)--Somalia's new President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed has met with Rwandan leader Paul Kagame during his first state visit to the Rwandan capital Kigali, officials said on Monday.



Mohamed Ali Ameriko, the Somali ambassador to Kenya, who is traveling with the president, told reporters that President Sheik Sharif and President Kagame discussed many topics, including the rebuilding of Somalia and training police forces.




"The Somali President asked his Rwandan counterpart for help in rebuilding government institutions in Somalia after 18 years of war," the Ambassador said.
President Sheikh Sharif visited the place where the massacre of 1994 took place.



Kagame(left) Ahmed (right)







The president and his delegation visited countries including Kenya, Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda. He is expected to return back home on Wednesday.






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Somalia: Al-Shabab threatens lawmakers

MOGADISHU (Mareeg) – Al-Shabab hardliners threatened Sunday the Somali parliamentarians saying that they will never forgive them.




Sheik Hassan Abu Eyman, an al-Shabab administrator in Baidoa said that the

The government was behind what he called a massacre in Somalia and the parliament allowed the foreigners to come.




“Join other parliamentarians or not, we will never forgive you for you past deeds,” said Abu Ayman, referring to the former TFG parliamentarians.



al-Shabab spokesman




He called for the Somali clerics to join them and lead the Somali people with the Islamic religion.






He indicated that they have been fighting for the Islamic Law to be implemented and said that four regions under their control are safe.




The call of Abu Eyman comes as Somali clerics called for the Islamist rebels to stop the fighting and have been mediating the government and opposition.




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