man speaks out against his portrayal in the press as #alShabaab’s leader Ahmed Godane

For years now, whenever a Somali news article’s subject was sheikh Mukhtar abu zubeyr AKA Ahmed Abdi Godane , a picture of thin middle aged Somali man, wearing a pair photo-chromic glasses with sparse facial hair looking into the distance is attached, the purported picture, as that of the leader of one of Al Qaeda’s…

AMISOM apologies about civilian deaths

Mogadishu, Somalia (AHN) – The African Union Peacekeeping Mission In Somalia apologized for causing civilian deaths one day after a convoy of African Union peacekeepers opened fire in a populated area of Mogadishu. Gen. Nathan Mugisha, the commander of AU Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia on Tuesday apologized for AMISOM’s shooting spree that killed two innocent…