Isiolo, Kenya| A shocking act of violence has shattered the calm of Isiolo town, as Mzee Idle Hassan, the long-serving Secretary General of the Somali Council of Elders, was brutally shot multiple times by unknown assailants near the iconic Jamia Mosque in the heart of Isiolo’s Central Business District (CBD). The attack, which occurred around […]
Isiolo, Kenya| In a powerful and impassioned address, the Isiolo Somali Council of Elders, under the leadership of Abdullahi Shariff and Idle Hassan, has issued a scathing rebuke against what they describe as the unwarranted and divisive targeting of prominent national Somali figures in the county’s escalating political disputes. The elders’ statement, delivered during a […]
In a dramatic escalation of tensions within Isiolo County’s Somali community, the Somali Council of Elders, led by Chairperson Abdullahi Shariff and Secretary-General Idle Hassan, has vehemently rejected a recent announcement by a faction of sub-clan leaders calling for the council’s dissolution. The serving council, a cornerstone of community leadership and unity, has dismissed the […]
