Category: Somalia

  • Somalia: President headed Germany for a private medical treatment

    Somalia: President headed Germany for a private medical treatment

    Berlin (HAN) February 12, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security news. Contrary to official claims that President Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud traveled to Germany on a private visit, security sources authoritatively gathered yesterday that the president actually took ill and left for Germany to seek a minor medical care. Efforts to get a confirmation from the…

  • Somalia: Where does the Western Diplomats currently stand?

    Somalia: Where does the Western Diplomats currently stand?

    Mogadishu (HAN) February 12, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional political news. An International  joint statement released by the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union, IGAD, the UK and the US welcomed Parliament’s approval, and reiterated their call for Somalia’s leaders and institutions to work together to accelerate delivery of the milestones of the…

  • somalia: Remittances would Decrease Greater security Risks

    somalia: Remittances would Decrease Greater security Risks

    Washington (HAN) February 11, 2015- Public Diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure investment news. According to Geeska Afrika Online, security reporter in Washington, the US congressional lawmakers sent letters to Secretary of State John Kerry. “Maintaining Remittance Lifelines Between the United States and Somalia.” The congressmen and Senators have shown mercy and care for their fellow constituency…

  • Somalia: Global Financial lifeline is Under Threat

    Somalia: Global Financial lifeline is Under Threat

    London (HAN) February 11, 2015- Expert Analysis with interview , Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Mary Harper. I started this blog post in 2013, following a decision by Barclays Bank in the UK to close the accounts of Somali and other remittance companies. The problem has spread to other countries, most…

  • Somalia: Killers Assassinated Member of Parliament in Mogadishu

    Somalia: Killers Assassinated Member of Parliament in Mogadishu

    Mogadishu (HAN) February 9, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional security news. Somalia Al-Shabaab militant again shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu, just hours before a scheduled vote of confidence in the new council of ministers. Al-Shabaab militant gunmen in a car opened fire on Abdullahi Qayad Barre after he left his house in the…

  • Somalia: 191 Parliamenterian Approved the Cabinet

    Somalia: 191 Parliamenterian Approved the Cabinet

    Mogadishu (HAN) February 9, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional political news. Somalia has a new cabinet after the parliament approved it with a 191 parliamentarians approved the new cabinet and 22 parliamentarians voted no. This will be the end of  months of Socio-political crisis in Somalia. Somali parliament has endorsed the new cabinet after prime minister  was forced to…

  • Somalia: Largest dollar funds in the leaked Swiss Banks

    Somalia: Largest dollar funds in the leaked Swiss Banks

    Geneva (HAN) February 9, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Financial security news. According to Swiss International Consortium of Investigative Journalists a dozen Somali nationals are holding more than $15 million in secret bank accounts in the global banking giant HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland, according to documents leaked to the media. The accounts, opened…

  • Somali American diaspora forced to send money home

    Somali American diaspora forced to send money home

    New York (HAN) February 5, 2015 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Sheiknor Abucar Qassim. In Somalia money transfer crisis, there are currently 7 mobile Somali Hawala operators, offering better and more varied financial services than almost any other country in the World. “We of the Somali American diaspora are…

  • Somalia: UN Somali Envoy Kay ‘Excited and Worried’

    Somalia: UN Somali Envoy Kay ‘Excited and Worried’

    Mogadishu (HAN) February 5, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional security brief update. Underlining the importance of the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations in Somalia, which UN envoy called “unique, strong and essential for success,” The top UN envoy briefed the Security Council today on the challenges lying ahead for the…

  • Somalia: leaders of Provincial administrations strategy to strength federal system

    Somalia: leaders of Provincial administrations strategy to strength federal system

    Mogadishu (HAN) February 5, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Administration regions News. The Somali Federal government and leaders of Provincial administrations are working to strength federal system. to hold a comperhensive meeting with the Federal president, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, the president of Puntland region and his Jubbaland administration counterpart Ahmed Madobe…

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