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Somalia: Financial charity watchdog warns of Islamist threat
Djibouti (HAN) April 21, 2014 – The Middle East Islamic extremism and the Horn of Africa of Al-Shabaab are the “most deadly” problem faced by British charities, British Intelligence communities and Western Allies, the head of the British sector’s watchdog said through private briefings. William Shawcross, the chairman of the Charity Commission, said the regulatory…
Kenya: Security Raids targeted Kenyan Somali Ethnic Race
Nairobi (HAN) April 20, 2014 – By Gregory Warner is NPR’s East Africa Correspondent. Mohammed Ali Isaac’s hands shook as he showed his Kenyan ID to the police officers. They let him pass, but his cousins weren’t so lucky. The two women had forgotten their IDs at home, and the police were threatening to load them…
Edna Recipient for Global Award, an Advocate for Women and Girls in Somaliland
Nairobi (HAN) April 19, 2014 – Edna Adan Ismail is the inaugural recipient of the Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health. This award and $100,000 prize will be presented biennially to a leader or leaders in the field of global women’s health. It was established at the University of Pennsylvania School of…
Kenyan Somali’s are not second-class citizens: Ministry of Interior
Nairobi (HAN) April 18, 2014 – In this section of Opinion By MWENDA NJOKA – Security agencies in IGAD countries are on alert for possible terror attacks from Somali Militats Al-Shabaab who have vowed to avenge the presence of African Union troops in Somalia. Kenyan Security has been increased following that alert, said Kenya’s Internal Security…
SOMALI AMERICAN PETITION: THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO STOP THE MISTREATMENT OF SOMALIS IN KENYA
Washington (HAN) April 19, 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR expressed concern for Somali refugees and called on Kenyan law enforcement to treat them humanely. The agency reports nearly 551,000 refugees and asylum seekers reside in the country and 50,800 of them are Somalis living in Nairobi. SOMALIS IN KENYA ARE…
Somalia: Saudi Arabia shared fight against the misguided Al-Shabaab Group
Mogadishu (HAN) April 19, 2014 -The Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today welcomed the new Ambassador from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Somalia and said, “Saudi Arabia has been a constant friend to Somalia throughout the years of trouble.” His Excellency Garam Bin Said Bin Garam Almulhan presented his credentials to the President in Villa…
Somali Ethiopian Expatriates Vowed Support Nile Dam Construction Financially
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 19, 2014 – The Extra Ordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary of the federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to Sweden, Her Excellence Woinshet Tadesse and other Nordic countries with Consul Hussein Ahmed Omer at the meeting. Ethiopians abroad can help reduce poverty in Ethiopia by investing back home…
Somalia: The Strategic View of Ethiopian Baidoa conferences status
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 18, 2014 – This week the view Security section & Opinion By the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia – Somali Federal Government Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, arrived in Kismayo, the capital of the Jubba Interim Administration, on Saturday, April 11 for a three day visit. He was heading a…
Somaliland: Delegation in Djibouti to discuss Regional Security
Djibouti (HAN) April 17, 2014 – The Djibouti -Somaliland Ministerial discussions endearing the enhancement of relations between the two neighbouring countries have concluded successfully, according to the IGAD2020 Regional Security Watch. The Somaliland high level team led by His excellency minister Hirsi Haji Ali, Public works and Social services colleague Abdirizaq Khalif which departed from…
Kenyan Security forces targeting Ethnic Somali Refugees for Deportation
Djibouti (HAN) April 17, 2014 – The majority of ninety one illegal aliens deported to Somalia were Somali, after Kenyan security forces found to be in Kenya illegally in the ongoing security operation to minimize Somali elements that ties Al-Shabaab militant groups, according to the IGAD2020 Regional Security Watch. Kenyan security forces in Nairobi since…
