Category: Daily Security Briefing
Somalia: Horn of Africa weekly security update briefing 115
Mogadishu: (HAN) June 16, 2014. HAN & Geeska Afrika Online weekly security update briefing. The British Foreign Office has warned that, “there are credible reports that Al-Shabaab plan, and have the capability, to attack targets in Djibouti, including western interests,” the Foreign Office said, noting that “there is a high threat from terrorism” in the port city…
Why Only Somali-Americans are fighting in Syria or Somalia?
Minneapolis (HAN) June 13, 2014 – The FBI and other intelligence agencies confirmed that the Somali-American citizen are becoming the latest in a lengthening line of Somalis from Minneapolis who have either joined Al-Shabaab or planned terror attacks in Syria. ‘Am I a terrorist or what?, there are Somali concerns that FBI are coming to…
Somalia: Will the Iraq City Mosul attacks inspire copycats?
Mogadishu (HAN) June 11, 2014. HAN security News in Brief; A regional security expert beliefs that Militant Islamist’ Iraqi raid could inspire copycat attacks in Somalia. Questions rise after US trained Iraqi police flee for lives in the Iraqi city of Mosul. The US State Department says the situation in Iraq’s second city of Mosul…
Somalia: Muslim Brotherhood leader condemns President’s visit to Egypt
Mogadishu (HAN) June 10, 2014 – – An association of Muslim scholars led by influential Qatar-based cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi has condemned the inauguration ceremony of President Abdilasis Al-sisi of Masar. Similarly, Al-Islah organization (Muslim Brotherhood of Somalia) has strongly condemned President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud’s visit to Cairo in order to partake the inauguration ceremony of President…
Sudan: The Iranian Red Sea missile drama
Cairo (HAN) June 5, 2014 – Fearing reprisals from Saudi Arabia and Israel, Khartoum turns down Tehran’s offer to build missile launch pads near Port Sudan. Therefore Just how close are relations between the Islamist regimes in Khartoum and Tehran? The headline from Iran’s Fars News Agency on 4 June – ‘Iran, Sudan Discuss Expansion…
Syrian Rebels are Recruiting Somali Youth in the West
Minneapolis (HAN) June 5, 2014 – Somalis from Minneapolis may fight in Syria, although “the FBI and law enforcement is doing a wonderful job,” community leaders re worried that the Somali community has been given few resources to tackle the kind of problems that lead to the radicalization of vulnerable Somali youth where unemployment is…
Djibouti: Horn of Africa weekly security update briefing 114
Djibouti (HAN) May 28, 2014. Geeska Afrika Online Security Briefing Contents: Comprehensive security awareness program for government, NGO, UN Agencies, Piracy, NATO , defense and security isues. This briefing will update the current security issues of: Mogadishu: At least two dozen civilians died and scores wounded after government forces and Al-shabab clashed in Garas zone 25…
Djibouti: Suicide bombers are Man and a veiled Woman of Somali origin
Mogadsihu (HAN) May 26, 2014 . Despite Amisom forces in Somalia, Regional security forces and the Somali government’s insistence that it has improved Southern Somalia security, the Al-Shabaab continue to carry out bombings — including targeting the seat of Somali parliament, aid workers, journalist and international diplomats, in their militant strategy to overthrow Somalia’s internationally…
Somalia: UNSC Unified Forces Deployed to Protect Safety of UN Personnel
Mogadishu (HAN) May 18, 2014. United nations (UN) Unified special Forces Deployed to protect Safety of UN Personnel. A special United Nations defensive military force recommended by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to protect UN staff and facilities in Mogadishu, was deployed to shore up the International personnel body’s operations in long troubled Southern Somalia. According to…
Ethiopia: The 7th AUPC and EU Annual Joint Peace and Security Meeting in Brussels
Addis baba (HAN) May 17, 2014. IGAD2020 Regional Security Watch – Press Release – By. Biruk FELEKE, EU Delegation to the African Union, Press & Information Officer. The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) and the European Union Political and Security Committee (EU PSC) held their 7th Annual Joint Consultative Meeting in Brussels,…
