Category: Somalia
Switzerland to Help Somalia Form Federal Government
Mogadishu (HAN) October 11, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional News. Switzerland has pledged to help Somalia establish a federal system of government. A Swiss delegation made the promise during a meeting with the Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Omar Arte in Mogadishu on Wednesday. The Swiss team was led by the ambassador to Somalia, Mr…
Somalia Affirms its Maritime Case Against Kenya "Lacks Legal Merit"
Mogadishu (HAN) October 11, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional News. Somalia has dismissed claims by Kenya that the maritime case it filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) lacks legal merit, arguing that it will pursue it to its logical conclusion. In a response to Kenya’s challenge of the case submitted this week…
Support for the Somali Team is Quickly Gaining Steam Besides the loss to Niger
Nairobi (HAN) October 10, 2015 – Geeska Sports. Swaziland shed a goal-shy FIFA World Cup™ record by trouncing Djibouti 6-0 in a first round, first leg Russia 2018 qualifier. The southern Africa team had scored just twice in seven previous away preliminary games, averaging a goal every 315 minutes. Not only did Swaziland struggle to score,…
Somalia: UN proposed moratorium on energy deals
Nairobi (HAN) October 10, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Maritime Security News. The oil agency of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region rejected a United Nations-proposed moratorium on energy deals, saying the global body could help draft its industry legislation instead. The Puntland Petroleum and Mineral Agency “will not accept the legitimacy of…
Somalia: National Team Beating The Odds on Qualifing for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Geeska Sports. Somalia’s national team will be featuring in qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World cup in Russia. The team finalized their training, ahead of their match against Niger on Friday. It will be played in Ethiopia, due to security concerns in the country. …
DEVELOPING: Al-Shabaab Ambushed Ethiopian troops
Mogadishu (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Al-Shabaab Says It Burnt Two Battle Wagons After Attack On Ethiopian Convoy. The Somali militants of Al-Shabaab has claimed the burning of two battle-wagons belonging to Ethiopian troops after an ambush attack near Bardere city in Gedo region, south-west of Somalia…
Somalia: Southern Somali Cities are Safer than Ever
Mogadishu (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Somalia looks Safer For Yemeni refugees fleeing Yemen due to a breakdown in authority. More than a quarter of Yemeni refugees in Somalia and Djibouti do not feel safe, and almost the same number reported that a member of…
Uganda: An Urgent Time to Review the AMISOM Mandate
Mogadishu (HAN) October 8, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security and Safety Opinions for global security Initiatives. By Asha-Kin F. Duale and Jibril Ali Aw Mohamed. The international and geopolitical dimensions of the ongoing Somali crisis are all too often given short shrift by policymakers and outside observers alike. In the global public consciousness,…
Somalia: Assassins Brigade shot and killed the Nephew of President
Mogadishu (HAN) October 7, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. A Somali Lawyer and Nephew of Somali President Killed In Mogadishu Drive-By-Shooting. Al-Shabaab sources said its assassins brigade shot and killed Abdulkadir Geelow who was a lawyer by profession and Dr. Liban Jirow, the nephew of President Hassan Sheikh in…
Somalia: Message to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Minnesota (HAN) October 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Golden letters from America. HPR Re-elects Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn and Speaker Abadula Gemeda of Federal Ethiopia. Congratulations to his Excellency the Prime Minister of Ethiopia who was reelected to lead Ethiopia for five years. We hope that Ethiopia will maintain the current stellar economic…
