Category: Somalia
Kenyan & Somali Leaders Hold Bilateral Talks
Nairobi (HAN) November 9, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Somalia Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke held bilateral talks in Nairobi on Saturday to enhance ties between the two countries. A statement issued after the meeting said the two leaders agreed on the need to fully operationalize the Joint Commission for…
Somalia: Somali MP shot Dead in 'well planned assassination' attack in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) November 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security and stability Initiatives News. A member of parliament has been shot and dead in Mogadishu. The assailants shot at close range. Mr Gurxan, and other bodyguards and his driver were also attacked. The motive for the MP attack, condemned by the Somali president and…
Somalia: Kenyans Charged for Being In The Country Illegally
Mogadishu (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. A Somali court has ordered the deportation of 27 Kenyans found to be in the country illegally. This is the first time in 25 years that Somalia is to expel foreigners for overstaying their visas. The men have also been fined $10 (£6.50) for each day they…
Somalia: Canada's First Somali-born MP Being Sworn in
Ottawa (HAN) November 5, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. New members of Canada’s parliament are to be sworn in, and one of them is the first Somali-born lawmaker to be elected. Ahmed Hussen, who immigrated to Canada at the age of 17, is a member of the Liberal Party, which won the country’s recent election, ending…
Official: Islamic extremists in southern Somalia ambush, kill 15 government soldiers
NAIROBI (HAN) November 3, 2015. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. A Somali military official says at least 15 soldiers have been killed in an ambush by fighters from the Islamic extremist rebel group al-Shabab. Col. Ahmed Muse said late Monday that the ambush took place near Walaweyn, a town in Lower Shabelle region, about…
Somalia: Odowaa Technical Committee Selection "Excellent Model to Follow"
Mogadishu (HAN) November 2nd, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security and stability Initiatives News. Diplomatic Opinion agenda, By.Hon. Eng. Nadifa M. Osman, Somali Member of the Federal Parliament 2012-2016: The technical committee responsible for the state formation of the Hiiran and Middle Shabeelle regions has finally been selected, and was announced to the public…
Shafana: The journalist who believed in Somalia
Mogadishu (HAN) November 1, 2015. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By: Hamza Mohamed. He was sharp and always smiling. A notebook, a pen, a camera and a phone the things he carried. Harmless tools for what is a deadly trade in Mogadishu. Mustaf Abdi Noor was a rising star in a profession that continues to claim the lives…
Somali Security Forces "Retake" Control of Hotel Sahafi
MOGADISHU (HAN) November 1,2015.Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Somali Militants with AMISOM uniform lay siege toHotel Sahafi with bombs and guns in Somalia. Somali special security forces “retake” control of Hotel Sahafi after five and half hour siege; officials. Al-Shabaab militants stormed Hotel Sahafi in Mogadishu on Sunday morning about 5:45AM, after a majorcar bom blasts. At…
Somali Thinker to Deliver Media & Politics Lecture 2015
Nairobi (HAN) October 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) announces the second annual lecture under the theme “Media and Politics in Africa”. The overarching purpose of the lecture series is to explore the relationship between media and politics in Africa amidst ever-changing circumstances — technological and…
Somalia: Neighbourhood Watch in Somalia to Fight Terrorists
MOGADISHU (HAN) October 29, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. Mogadishu City has offered to reward people who turn in Al Shabaab members making the neighbourhood watch programme more effective. Officials believe that it is only through the public that the security forces can win the fight against terrorism. Abdulhakim Sh Mohamed…
