Category: Somalia
Kidnapped Kenyan Teacher Rescued in Somalia
Mogadishu (HAN) October 16, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives News. Judy Mutua, a Kenyan teacher who was kidnapped by Al-Shabaab in Garissa county on Monday, October 12, has been rescued in Somalia. One of the abductors was killed in the rescue operation by the Kenya Defence Forces, the Rapid Deployment Unit of the Administration Police…
Somalia: UNSC Efforts Reprioritized “Significantly” Strengthened Strategic Objectives
Mogadishu (HAN) October 15, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives News. – The United Nations Support Office for the African Union Mission in Somalia (UNSOA) will need to be “significantly” strengthened, the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support told the UN Security Council today, with its efforts reprioritized around strategic objectives set…
Somalia: President Hassan Confirms His Candidacy For a Second Term
Mogadishu (HAN) October 15, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. The current Somalia leader, President Hassan Sheikh Confirms second Term Candidacy For Somalia 2016 Elections. Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has for the first time publicly made his Candidacy For A Second Term election. President Hassan will be running for…
Somalia: Inside Look at the Somalian football Team
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 14, 2015 – Public Diplomacy Regional Security New. The Somali anthem blares through the rickety old bus, zig-zagging through the streets of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Inside, Somalian football players sing along. After moving on to more popular songs, they start clapping and laughing and the team captain even starts dancing in…
Soamlia: AMISOM Deputy Force Commander Completes Visit to Bardheere and Diinsor
MOGADISHU (HAN) October 14, 2015 – Public Diplomacy Regional Security News. AMISOM Deputy Force Commander Maj. Gen. Mohammedesha Zeyinu has completed a visit to the newly liberated towns of Baardhere and Diinsor, where he interacted with the troops and challenged them to continue striving for lasting peace in the region and Somalia in general. The…
Iran Signs Contract to Provide Somalia with Supplies
TEHRAN (HAN) October 14, 2015 – Public Diplomacy Regional Security News. Iranian Red Crescent Society has signed a contract with International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to provide Somalia with food supplies, Fars reported on Tuesday. The contract has been signed during a video conference held between the two humanitarian organizations. The…
Somali National Army & Ugandan Soldiers Stand guard-Crash Site
Mogadishu (HAN) October 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy Regional Security News. A cargo plane carrying supplies for African Union troops crash-landed outside Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, government officials told AFP. The officials said the Egyptian-owned transport plane went down in Arbiska, a district situated 18 kilometres (12 miles) outside the capital, after making several…
Update: Airbus A300 Egyptian Crash-landed (Pictures)
Mogadishu (HAN) October 12, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. A cargo plane carrying supplies for African Union troops crash-landed outside Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, government officials told AFP. The officials said the Egyptian-owned transport plane went down in Arbiska, a district situated 18 kilometres (12 miles) outside the capital, after making several unsuccessful…
Developing: Plane Carrying AMISOM Cargo Plane Crash-lands in Afgooye
Mogadishu (HAN) October 12, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. A cargo plane carrying supplies for African Union troops crash-landed outside Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, government officials told AFP. The officials said the Egyptian-owned transport plane went down in Arbiska, a district situated 18 kilometres (12 miles) outside the capital, after making several unsuccessful…
Somalia sends condolences to Turkey
Mogadishu (HAN) October 11, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional News. Somalia Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has sent condolences to the President, Government and the people of Turkey following Saturday’s terrorist attacks in the city of Ankara which claimed the lives of at least 95 people. In a Press statement, Mr Sharmarke said…
