Category: Somalia
Somalia: Al-shabaab fighters are planning revenge against U.S. Assets in the region
Mogadishu (HAN) September 7, 2014 – Defense and national security news. Somali Chief of National Security Intelligence sacked for ineffectiveness, according to Geeska Afrika Online security correspondance in Mogadishu. The U.S. has carried out several airstrikes in Somalia recent years. Somali National Security Agency (NSS) has got a credible intelligence that Al-Shabaab Islamic militants are…
Somalia: Reasons Cabinet Fired Chief of National Security Intelligence
Mogadishu (HAN) September 7, 2014 – Defense and national security news. Somali Chief of National Security Intelligence sacked for ineffectiveness, according to Geeska Afrika Online security correspondance in Mogadishu. Government spokesman told Geeska Afrika Online by Phone that, Somalia’s chief of intelligence Abdullahi Mohamed Ali, has been fired over what the office of prime minister…
Somalia: Intelligence Agencies confirmed Al-Shabaab's New leader
Mogadishu (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Public diplomacy and regional security news. U.S. Intelligence Agencies and Somali national Intelligence sources confirmed Al-Shabab’s New leader. The militant group appoints Ahmed Omar as successor to Ahmed Abdi Godane who was killed in US strikes last Tuesday Al-Shabab, the Somali armed group, has named Sheikh Ahmad Omar, also known…
Somalia: Al-Shabaab has no Leader and no strategy to survive
Mogadishu (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Defense and National security news. The AFROCOM Airforce assasination of Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujahideen leader of Somalia Ahmed Abdi Godane (Abu-zubair) by the United States on September 1st is unlikely to leave a vacancy for long. The Pentagon announced on 2 September that US Special Forces, ‘acting on actionable intelligence’,…
Somalia: Pentagon announced the death of Godane “a major symbolic and operational loss” to Al-Shabaab
Mogadishu (HAN) September, 2014 – Regional security alert news update. By Helen Cooper, nytimes. Ahmed Godane – Abu Zubair, the militant leader of Al-Shabaab, was killed in a U.S. military operation, the Pentagon said Friday. “The U.S. military undertook operations against Godane on Sept. 1, which led to his death. Removing Godane from the battlefield is…
Somalia: Regional Security alerts update on critical news events
Mogadishu (HAN) September 4, 2014 – Defense and Security note by Geeska Afrika Regional Security Editor. Somalia’s federal government has vowed to step up the military offensive dubbed Operation Indian Ocean which is aimed at defeating al Shabaab militant group. The statement was made on Tuesday after Somali cabinet held an extraordinary session in the…
Somalia: U.S. missiles are triggering power struggle
Nairobi (HAN) September 4, 2014. Defense and Security note selected by Geeska Afrika Regional Security Editor. Written by. BY EDMUND BLAIR AND DRAZEN JORGIC -Reuters. A hail of U.S. missiles aimed at the leader of Somalia’s al Shabaab militants may have left a gaping hole in the group’s leadership, potentially the biggest challenge to its unity…
Somalia: Turkish Assessing Jubbaland rebuilding efforts in Kismayo
Kismayo (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Regional reconstruction and development news. Turkish delegation led by the VP of Jubbaland State of Somalia Abdulkadir Lugadheere are Assessing Kismayo’s seaport planning & inland infrastructure to satisfy the needs of shipping services and free zone requirements as well, with TIKA & Kizilay’s Coordinators & Jubbaland State Authorities. According…
Somalia: The EU Approves the comprehensive peace agreement in Kismayo
Mogadishu (HAN) September 2nd, 2014 – National security and regional threat level news. Peace keeping and monitoring work of the IGAD Monitoring Team (IMT) and of the members of its Civilian Protection Component. According to Geeska Afrika Online security reporter in Kismayo, regional security parties have been kept fully informed of this monitoring work done…
Somalia: U.S. Navy launches first series of drone and ground Operations
Mogadishu (HAN) September 2nd, 2014 – National security and regional threat level news. Africom: U.S. military forces carried out military operation against Al-Shabaab militants in Southern Somalia, a U.S. Department of Defense spokesman said. “We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate,” Pentagon spokesman Rear…
