Category: Somalia
Somalia: Daallo Airlines Confirms Passenger Missing
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 4, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. A passenger on the flight forced to land at Somalia’s Mogadishu airport after a large hole appeared in the fuselage has been confirmed missing by the airline. Daallo Airlines had previously said that all the passengers had been accounted for. It is thought that…
Somalia: Militant Group Al Shabaab Leading Suspect in Plane Blast
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 4, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Investigators suspect the Al Shabaab militant group was behind a likely bomb blast that forced an Airbus A321 into an emergency landing this week in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, U.S. government sources said Wednesday. One U.S. government source said investigators believe the…
Somalia: No Evidence of Criminal Act in the Mysterious Plane Blast
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 3, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Officials at Somalia’s civil aviation authority say they have found no evidence so far of a criminal act in an explosion on a plane that took off from Mogadishu’s airport and returned for an emergency landing. Investigators moved the plane from the runway…
Somalia: Britain to Engage Intelligence and Security Cooperation
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 3, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The federal Government of Somalia and the British Government signed in Mogadishu a security and intelligence deal in the Somali capital Wednesday to engage intelligence and security cooperation in a bid to counter threats from the Al-Qaeda linked militant group in Somalia, officials…
Somalia: One Killed in Mystery Plane Blast
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 3, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Authorities in Somalia are investigating a blast on an airplane that ripped a hole in the fuselage through which one passenger was sucked and plunged to his death. The incident occurred a few minutes after Daallo Airlines Flight A321 to Djibouti took…
Somalia: 12 Kilometres to Get a Drink of Water
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 2, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Can you imagine walking 12 kilometres to get a drink of water? That’s the scenario some people are facing in drought stricken Somalia. In some parts of the country it hasn’t rained for three years and the livestock have all but…
Somalia: Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Mogadishu After ‘Explosion’ in Mid-Flight
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 2, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. A passenger jet made an emergency landing in Somalia’s capital when a fire broke out shortly after take off, with two people suffering minor injuries, an official said. The Daallo Airlines plane returned to Mogadishu’s airport on Tuesday after a bang was…
Ethiopia: IGAD Council of Ministers Issued Decisions on Somalia and S.Sudan
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 1, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. According to a press release issued by the Member states of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) confirmed they had reached an consensus that Somalia needs more economic, military and political backing to deepen peace and stability in the war-torn country. The…
U.S. Africa Command Campaign Plan Targets Terror Groups
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 1, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. By: Jim Garamone. In the face of growing threats from the African continent, U.S. Africa Command has spelled out its theater campaign plan, officials said. The plan is built upon the foundation of the strategy promulgated last year by Africom commander Army…
Somalia: Stability Is a Distant Promise
MOGADISHU (HAN) February 1, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Somalia has long been administered by transitional governments, delegated through a well-established clan structure. A long-term plan is underway to transform the Somali political model into a functional Western-style democracy, but actual progress has been meager. The terms of the current parliament and…
