Category: Somalia
Child malnutrition soars in northern Somalia due to severe drought
NAIROBI (HAN) April 20, 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. BY KATY MIGIRO. Child malnutrition rates are soaring in northern Somalia, where the harshest drought in decades has ravaged crops and livestock, and aid workers fear hunger will worsen with further poor rains predicted. Parts of the region are reeling from three years of failed rains which have…
Somalia: UN envoy welcomes progress in preparations for elections in 2016
NEW YORK (HAN) April 19, 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The Security Council heard today from the top United Nations official in Somalia that political progress is being made in the country, but that much remains to be done in a short period, including completing the electoral process for 2016 and boosting support to the African…
Women in Somalia playing an important role in state building.
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) April 19, 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The world is marking International Women’s Day, and so are we, here at CCTV Africa. . In Somalia, tough economic and living conditions have affected many. CCTV’s Abdulaziz Billow brings us the story of a woman with a thriving business in Mogadishu.
Somalia: Michael Keating (UNSOM) on Somalia
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) April 19, 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Remarks by Mr. Michael Keating, Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) at the 7674th meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Somalia.
Somalia Seeks Russia’s Help In Fighting Al-Shabab Terrorists, Strengthening Economy
MOGADISHU (HAN) April 19, 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Somalia is asking Russia to help equip its armed forces to fight terrorism in the Horn of Africa nation, where Islamic militant group al-Shabab is waging a deadly insurgency against the Western-backed government, according to Sputnik news agency, which is owned and operated by the Russian government. Mogadishu…
Three Somali civilians killed in shooting by Shabab militants
MOGADISHU (HAN) April 19, 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Three Somali civilians have lost their lives in a shooting incident by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants in the country’s capital,Mogadishu, police and witnesses say. According to a Somali police official, two civilians were killed on Monday during a drive-by shooting by the Takfiri group in central Mogadishu.…
Somali leaders give condolences on report of many drowned
MOGADISHU (HAN) April 19, 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. .The leaders of Somalia issued a joint condolence message to the nation Monday over an unconfirmed report that some migrants may have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea on a trip from Libya to Italy. Reports of the drownings circulated among families and on social media…
AMISOM Regrets the loss of civilian lives in Bula Marer
MOGADISHU (HAN) April 17. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has learned, with great concern, that an incident in which civilian lives were lost has taken place in Bula Marer, Lower Shabelle Region, where AMISOM troops are involved in the fight against Al-Shabaab militants. Preliminary reports indicate that earlier…
Can Somalia Hold Elections in 2016?
NARIBOI (HAN) April 16. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By Conor Gaffey. Somalia has got a plan to hold elections in 2016. The troubled Horn of Africa state is still emerging from decades of civil war and continues to be ravaged by an Islamist insurgency led by the Al-Qaeda affiliated militant group Al-Shabab. But despite such challenges, the country’s…
Al Shabaab raid Kenya police post, three injured
MOGADISHU (HAN) April 11. 2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Scores of AL Shebab fighters stormed a Kenyan police post near the Somali border early Sunday, injuring three officers and torching nearby shops as they fled, Kenyan police said.About 100 “terrorists” attacked the station in Diff, a district of Wajir county in northeastern Kenya in a pre-dawn raid,…
