Category: Somalia
Somalia: Al-Shabaab remote controlled bomb hit a Military vehicle in Kismayo
Kismayo (HAN) January 11, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Al-Shabaab remote controlled bomb hit a military vehicle in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, killing at least three Somali soldiers, eyewitnes told Geeska Afrika Online. Somali militant Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, which hit the convoy as it…
Somalia: Ethiopia Pledge more Security Cooperation in Fight Against Al-Shabaab
Mogadishu (HAN) January 11, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. Ambassador Ahmad AbdiSalam told Geeska Afrika Online reporter in Addis that Ethiopian forces were fighting to root out Al-Shabaab militants and were regaining territory in Southern Somalia. “Their grip is weakening,” Ambassador Ahmad said. Relations have improved since Ambassador Ahmad took…
Djibouti: Somali Security forces tightened security For IGAD summit
Djibouti (HAN) January 10, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. The IGAD summit comes after Somali parliament endorsed Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke as prime minster in December, following severe infighting between the president and the former premier, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. Foreign ministers of Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Djibouti are scheduled to…
Somalia: 2014 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada
Mogadishu (HAN) January 10, 2015 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa Intelligence file news. Somali Canadian Al-Shabaabo terrorist group Link was killed in suicide attack in Mogadishu. A Canadian who traveled to Somalia in 2009 to join the armed Islamist group Al Shabab died in a suicide attack in the capital Mogadishu on…
Somalia "Chinese illegal mineral digging company operating in Somaliland"
Hargeisa (HAN) January 10, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Regional resources news. Somaliland’s Awdal region is rich in minerals and petroleum and has therefore attracted several international mining firms. Some of these companies, are said to be operating on invalid agreements and contracts. Somali Foreign Minister Abdirahman Duale Bayle (A citizen of Awdal Region) has already…
Somalia: Al-Shabaab executed 'CIA and Ethiopian military intelligence agents'
Mogadishu (HAN) January 8, 2015 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa Intelligence file news. Somali militants Al-Shabaab terror group have executed four spies accused of spying for regional CIA office and military intelligence officers working for Ethiopian military intelligence, Al-Shabaab Radio and and eye witnesses in Baardheere said. According to confirmations received from…
Somalia: New Regional Strategic Race Against Time
Washington (HAN) January 7, 2015 – Public diplomacy and the Horn of Africa Intelligence analyst files. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page “Somalia’s New Race Against Time,” By. Abukar Arman is a former diplomat (Somalia’s Special Envoy to the US). Ambassador Abukar is a regular Contributor of Geeska Afrika Online and widely…
Somalia: Britain prepares to send Security Advisors
Mogadishu (HAN) January 6, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Humanitarian news. Britain is preparing to send soldiers back to Mogadishu to support the US-led mission to help and re-enforce AMISOM with the Somali security forces fighting against Al-Shabaab Militants in Southern Somalia to protect neighboring states of Kenya and Ethiopia. A number of officers are…
Djibouti: The Project, Australian Connection helping to fund security contractor
Djibouti (HAN) January 6, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Humanitarian news. United Nations investigators say an Australian citizen is helping to fund and run a “private security army” for the president of Somali semi-autonomous region of Puntland and still working through the new Somali-American president, Abdiwali of Puntland and using Djibouti Financial institutions for transactions. Sources: Puntland…
Somalia: The Project, the world’s most notorious security contracting firm
Mogadishu (HAN) January 6, 2015 – Public diplomacy and Humanitarian news. The South African citizen, Prince of Mercenaries who wreaked havoc in Iraq turns up in Somalia. reports a spokesperson from the Islamist Al-Shabaab group in Somalia claiming that the US mercenary group Blackwater (Xe Services) is in Somali. More and more, today’s video game business is…
