Category: Somalia
Somalia Exports 5,000 Livestock to UAE
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 19, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Somalia has exported 5,000 herd of cattle to the United Arab Emirates. A cargo ship with the consignment left the Mogadishu port Wednesday, courtesy of the East Africa Livestock Company. The company is a regular exporter of livestock from Somalia to the Gulf countries. The Somali minister for…
UN 'Deeply' Troubled by Somalia's Summary Executions
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 18, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The United Nations is “deeply concerned” about summary executions against suspected militants in Somalia, a UN official said, echoing previous caoncerns by a New-York based rights group which accused Somalia’s military court of carrying out rapid executions. Speaking to the reporters in the Somali capital on…
Somalia: Regional Consultations on the 2016 Electoral Process Start
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 18, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The Somali authorities launched regional consultations to discuss the 2016 electoral process across the country on Monday (November 16). President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said forums were being held in Mogadishu, Baidoa, Kismayo, Garowe and Adado, and will each be attended by up to 150 people from…
Senior UN official Wants to Improve the Human Rights Situation in Somalia
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 18, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, who ended a five day visit to Mogadishu on Tuesday (November 18) told reporters in Mogadishu that there had been significant improvement in several sectors but warned that the country’s progress was “at risk” without increased support…
President Mohamud says Al-Qaida and the Islamic State Group are the same "Evil Force"
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 18, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in an interview he made in the wake of the attacks on Paris at the African Global Business Forum in Dubai on Tuesday (November 17, 2015) said that al-Qaida and the Islamic State group constitute the same “evil force” and must…
The Somali Government has Submitted its INDC to the UN this Week
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 18, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The Somali Government has submitted its Intended National Determined Contributions (INDC) to the UN this week. INDCs outline the climate actions that individual countries intend to undertake in the post-2020 period under the new climate agreement to be decided on at the COP21 Conference in Paris,…
Regional Forums Across Somalia Convene to Discuss the 2016 Electoral Process
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. By: Thomas C. Mountain. Regional consultations to discuss the 2016 electoral process began today across Somalia. The forums are being held in Mogadishu, Baidoa, Kismayo, Garowe and Adado, and will each be attended by up to 150 people from the region. “Today is a very exciting day…
Somali Women seek Larger role in Somalia’s 2016 Electoral Process
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The Administrations of the Southwest and Galmudug States in Somalia have launched symposiums to discuss the process of electoral transition; and Puntland and Jubaland States also embarked on regional level consultations focusing on the proposed electoral process for next year’s election on Monday (November 16). As the…
Security Forces kill Seven Somalis During Food aid Handout
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 16, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. At least seven people were killed and 12 others wounded Monday when a gunfight broke out in Somalia between rival security forces as they waited for cards for food aid, police said. “There was exchange of gunfire between policemen who were guarding a distribution site and members…
Nigeria, US, Others Task Somalia On Inclusive, Legitimate, Peaceful Elections
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 14, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Noting that the conduct of the 2016 elections in Somalia would consolidate the federalist approach, the governments of Nigeria, United States, France, United Kingdom, Russia and others yesterday urged the country to commit to an inclusive legitimate and peaceful process. Making this plea during a briefing…
