Category: Somalia
Somalia: Security 'foiled' attack plots by Al-Shabaab militants
Mogadishu (HAN) January 3, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security news. A highly organized and planned suicide car bomber blew up near a moving military convoy of Somalia’s U.S.-trained elite forces in Mogadishu, killing about fout trained elite according to Al-shabaab’s Radio Andulus and eyewitness said, Al-Shabab urban warfare group militants in Mogadishu claimed…
Somalia: The U.S. Welcomes Confirmation of New Prime Minister
Mogadishu (HAN) January 2, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Press Release news. The mission of American public diplomacy is to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, advance national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign public and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people and Government…
Somalia: A senior Intelligence Cheif of Al-Shabaab Captured in Gedo Region
Mogadishu (HAN) December 28, 2014 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa Intelligence files News. Somali Al-Shabaab’s chief of intelligence Zakariye Ismail Ahmed Hersi, for whose capture the U.S. has offered $3 million, has been captured in Southern Somalia town of El-Wak, in Gedo Region. Aliases: Zakariye Ismail Ahmed Hirsi, Zaki Madobe, Ahmed Diriye (Geeska…
Somalia: The UN Chief Emphasizes Support for the new Prime Minister
Mogadishu (HAN) December 26, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Safety and security News. The UN chief emphasized to encourage the new Prime Minister. UN Secretary-General welcomes Parliamentary endorsement of new Prime Minister of Somalia. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the Parliamentary endorsement of Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke as the new Somali Prime Minister…
Somalia: U.N. staff are safe from Al-Shabaab attack in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) December 25, 2014 – Public diplomacy, Safety and security News. Aleem Siddique, spokesman for the United Nations in Somalia, told reporters in Mogadioshu that, the U.N. staff are safe from Al-Shabaab attack African Union peacekeeping base in the capital Mogadishu. Somali militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack and said they were…
Somalia: Parliament endorsed with full confidence to Omar Abdirashid
Mogadishu (HAN) December 24, 2014 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of African Capital Investment News. Somalia: In Parliament for the endorsement of confidence to Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke. There are 224 members present. Present and sitting together are also the President, H.E Sharmarke and the Chief Justice. It is almost a festive mood…
Somalia: Mogadishu, the fastest Growing Capital in Africa 2014
Mogadishu (HAN) December 24, 2014 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of African Capital Investment News. Mogadishu is now Africa’s fastest growing capital city on the eastern Africa according to the latest release from the Geeska Afrika Online Bureau of Infrastructure and Capital Investment Statistics. Mogadishu’s population is growing at around 20 per cent higher than…
Somalia Attorney General visits Minnesota
Minnesota (HAN) December 23, 2014 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa related Security issues. In most common law jurisdictions, such as Somalia, the attorney general or attorney-general is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement, public prosecutions or even ministerial responsibility…
Somalia: UNSC Diplomacy in Action 2015
Mogadishu (HAN) December 23, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Humanitarian related Security issues. Diplomacy in Action interview with Nicholas Kay. Ambassador Nicholas Kay provides Reporter with exclusive analysis of the recent political developments in the Somali Regions, the role the UNSOM has played in Somalia for peace, security and reconstruction efforts for new Somalia in 2016 .…
Somalia: A very chilling security presentation by NISA
Mogadishu (HAN) December 21, 2014 – Public safety and Regional intelligence security news. In Somali Parliament: A very chilling security presentation by head of the National Intelligence and Security Agency Col. Tuuryare detailing the capture of a number of terror networks that were responsible for the assassinations of MPS including Saad Ali. On a video…
