CAPE TOWN (Keydmedia)- Reports reaching us from South Africa say that a Somalia youth was today set ablaze by a gang of black South Africans, Keydmedia reports.

MOGADISHU (Keydmedia) - The Palestinian Authority has appointed a new ambassador to Somalia, the first middle east country to re-establish diplomatic relations in the war-torn horn of Africa country for 21 years, Keydmedia reports.

KISMAYU, Somalia (Keydmedia) – Reliable sources confirmed to Keydmedia Somali that Alabama-born Omar Hammami, the leader of an Al Qaeda aligned terrorist group, has been seen on Saturday in southern Somali Al shabab held-port town of Kismayu.

KISMAYU, Somalia (Keydmedia) – Militia Forces loyal to the Somali renegade Warlord Gaandi at Qoqani town said they have on Saturday captured a man in a car laden with explosives that aimed to target their positions, Keydmedia reports.

KISMAYU, Somalia (Keydmedia) – Heavy battle between Somali government soldiers backing by Kenyan military and Al shabab insurgents broke out early on Saturday in the country’s southwestern region of Gedo, Keydmedia reports.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Keydmedia) - In a statement released from the office of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG), Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed Ahmed, has today confirmed the dismissal of Mr. Mohamed Muhidin Sheikh Mursal from the ministry of Labor, Youth and sports.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Keydmedia) - Heavy Fighting between Al shabab rebels and Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a (ASWJ) backed by Ethiopian forces took place overnight in parts of Somalia’s central region of Galgadud, Keydmedia reports.

WAJID, Somalia ( Keydmedia) - Al shabab rebels have gunned down on Friday a former well-known police chief in the town of Wajid in Bakol region, north west Somalia, Keydmedia reports.

Washington (Keydmedia) - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Inland Fisheries (DNR) is hoping so and is offering $200 gift cards through Bass Pro Shops to residents who capture and kill a snakehead, an invasive species from Africa that is upsetting the natural order of the local ecosystem.

Nairobi (Keydmedia) - The LA Sparks made history Tuesday afternoon by drafting Farhiya Abdi from Sweden. The 6'2 forward was selected with the first pick of the second round (13th overall) and is the first Somali to be drafted in the WNBA.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Keydmedia) — A bomb detonated in Mogadishu near the main entrance of Madina hospital, leaving at least three civilians injured, witnesses and medical sources said on Wednesday.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Keydmedia) — Ethiopian troops fighting al-Qaida-linked militants in neighboring Somalia will soon return home, Ethiopia's prime minister said Tuesday.