Category: Somalia
Somalia 2016 Election: Optimism, Misgivings, and Leadership Analysis
Ottawa (HAN) August 16, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Farhia Ali Abdi, MAIS Somali Women’s Circle Network: Farhia is one of diligent Somali women advocate who strive for gender representation, women rights and equitable participation of women in Somali socio-economic and political development. Farhia is a co-founder of…
Somalia: Disarm operations are part of the wider effort to improve security in Mogadishu
Djibouti (HAN) August 16, 2014 – National security and stability issues in Somalia. Explosions and gunfire were heard as troops battled militiamen loyal to the former Somali warlords in Southern Somalia. Militia fighting broke out in Mogadishu as Somali government and African Union troops battled a powerful militia warlords in a bid to disarm them,…
Somalia: The Somali financial system at a crossroads
Santa Clara (HAN) August 14, 2014 This is a guest post by Sarah Madden, volunteer intern for the Council on Foreign Relations, Department of Studies. Sarah is currently a student at Santa Clara University studying business economics and entrepreneurship. Her interests are in Africa, economic development, and emerging markets. In December 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice…
Somali: Diaspora Conference Engagement in Toronto
Toronto (HAN) August 13, 2014 – Community and Public diplomacy news. Diaspora Conference Engagement in Toronto, Canada August 12 and 13 2014. Representing on behalf of Toronto Somali Diaspora – Horusocod My presentation was about seeing nation building in Somalia as an opportunity of lifetime given to us by Allah to discharge our obligation to…
Somalia: The highest ranking US official visits Mogadishu in two decades
Mogadishu (HAN) August 14, 2014 – Diplomacy and security issues news. Something very strange is happening in Somali capital Mogadishu, this week. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud, in Mogadishu, who hailed UNSC visit said: “many ppl can’t believe you’re here. It’s a new opening for Somalia” Ambassador Samantha Power is the U.S. Permanent Representative to…
Somalia: The next phase of military operations against Al-Shabaab
Mogadishu (HAN) August 13, 2014 – Safety & Security news: The Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud met with high level international diplomats including, the Under Secretary General of the United Nations Safety & Security, Peter Drennan, at Villa Somalia. The Somali President and the Under Secretary General discussed the various challenges facing Somalia and the…
Somalia: Looming Security and Strategic Concerns
Washington (HAN) August 13, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page Editorial by Judy Woodruff, PBS will take a look at the East African nation of Somalia. The country has been plagued by war, corruption, and terrorism, but its leader says he wants to change its course. In September 2012, Hassan…
Somalia: President on challenges balancing transparency and national security
Washington (HAN) August 13, 2014. Public diplomacy News. Front line Diplomacy and security, PBS News Hour Interview, Judy Woodruff With Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud in Washington. The election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud in 2012 was a turning point for Somalia after decades of chaos, violence and poverty. Within months, the U.S. announced it would…
Somalia: American parents to prevent brainwashed their children by Al-Shabaab
Minneapolis (HAN) August 12, 2014 Community and Public diplomacy news By Mukhtar Ibrahim, MPR in Minneapolis. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged Somali-Americans gathered Saturday night at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium not to raise money for al-Shabaab, and he called on parents to prevent their children from being brainwashed by the militant group. He said…
Somali: Rapidly rising malnutrition and food shortages
New York (HAN) August 10, 2014- Humanitarian news and famine. War-ravaged Somalia is hurtling towards a second famine in three years that could be prevented if donors increased funding, Philippe Lazzarini, United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator for Somalia said on Sunday. Lazzarini said rapidly rising malnutrition and food shortages across the country resemble the warning signs…
