Category: Somalia
Special message from Emb. Awad
From the official Embassy of the Federal Republic of Somalia USA, Twitter account Special message from Emb. Awad @StateDept @US2SOMALIA @WhiteHouse @UNSomalia @washingtonpost @keithellison #Somalia pic.twitter.com/plHD9oHT27 — SomaliEmbassyDC (@SomaliEmbDC) November 11, 2015
Somalia's Growth to Accelerate if Peace Prevails: World Bank
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 13, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Somalia’s economic growth could accelerate in the next two years if peace continues to prevail, the World Bank said on Thursday. World Bank Somalia Country Representative Hugh Riddell told a media briefing in Nairobi that the key drivers of the growth will be stronger domestic…
Can Federalism Work in Somalia?
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 13, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. On paper, federalism appears to be central to today’s Somalia. “Federal Republic” is part of its official name. It is run by a “federal national government”. “Federal, sovereign and democratic” are the country’s defining characteristics, according to Article 1 of the 2012 provisional constitution, a document…
Somali Prime Minister Wants Closer Cooperation With Malta On Visas
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 13, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The Prime Minister of Somalia Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has urged closer cooperation with the Maltese government on the issuances of visas to Somali nationals. In a bilateral meeting held this morning with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Sharmarke said people from his country had to go…
Somalia: Signs of Split Among Al-Shabaab Fighters
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 13, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Factions of the Somali extremist organization, Al-Shabaab, were reported to have clashed on Wednesday (November 11) near Saakow, the Middle Juba region of Somalia, over the issue of whether Al-Shabaab should continue to align with al-Qaida or switch allegiance to the Islamic State. According to local…
Report Implicates Kenyan Army in Somalia's Illicit Sugar Trade
NAIROBI (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. A report has implicated the Kenya Defence Forces in the illicit sugar trade in Somalia. The report by Journalists for Justice (JFJ), which conducted the study on the conduct of KDF, named the Kenya military, the Jubaland administration of Ahmed Madobe and Al-Shabaab as beneficiaries of shares…
Korea Seeks to Extend Troops in Somalia
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The Defense Ministry is seeking to extend by one year the stationing of its troops off the coast of Somalia and the United Arab Emirates, officials said Wednesday, citing persistent pirate threats and the need for constant security cooperation with Middle Eastern countries. The agency is also…
Newly Adopted Resolution will help Improve Somalia as a State (VIDEO)
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The United Nations Security Council has adopted a new resolution for the formation of a new UN Mission coined the UN Support Office in Somalia. The new body will succeed the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia. It draws from the recommendations of a joint African Union and UN…
Al-Shabaab now Affiliated to ISIL (VIDEO)
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Worrying reports have emerged saying that ISIL militants are rapidly expanding in Africa. In East Africa, Somalia’s Prime Minister has warned the UN Security Council that al-Shabaab militants are now affiliated to ISIL. Omar Sharmarke was speaking at a special session of the Security Council. He told…
Somalia: Insurgency in Africa (VIDEO)
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 11, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. A rapidly growing presence of ISIL in three of the four regions in Africa. Na’eem Jeena, the director of the Afro-Middle East Centre gives perspective on that. Source: cctvw
