Category: Somalia
Somalia: The third Parliamenterian assassinated this year
Mogadishu (HAN) Jul 3, 2014 – A Somali Federal member of Parliament assassinated today in Mogadishu. Mohammad Mohamoud Hayd was one of the longest serving members of Parliament having been a member from 2000, according to Geeska Afrika Online note received from Somali Parliamentarian HE Hosh. Somali lawmaker Mohamed Mohamud Heyd is the third…
Somalia: AFRICOM are working more directly with Somali forces
Mogadishu (HAN) July 3rd, 2014- As AFRICOM refocuses on its East African borders after South Sudan Crisis, the United States is quietly deploying more troops to train special forces in former Soviet bloc states of Somalia, Yemen, Ethiopia and Sudan. A US army Major exercises began last month in Poland, Slovakia and the Baltic states…
Somalia: China believes Somalia has a significant oil reserves
Mogadishu (HAN) June 30, 2014 . Diplomacy news Update. According to China ministry of foreign Affairs, both China and Italy are reopening their embassies in Somali capital Mogadishu, Somalia, a signal that the Horn of African country is making progress for peace to stabilize after years of violence. Somali capital Mogadishu, a car bomb rips…
Somalia: Inside Al-Shabaab’s Legions and their Endless War Against Somalis
Mogadishu (HAN) June 29, 2014 – The review of Thanassis Cambanis opinion and the Dr. Abdullahi Mohamad Aboubakar, is an Ideas columnist and blogs at Geeska Afrika Online facebook: The stunning sweep made by the Isis insurgents through eastern Syria and northern Iraq; as well as Al-Shabaab in North-Easern Kenyan borders, has rattled the region…
Somalia: Complex and Negative Web of the Aid Industry Machinery
Djibouti (HAN) June 29, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by: HE Abdi Hosh. Somalia like some other South countries is gripped under a complex and negative web of the Aid Industry machinery: the White-Saviour Aid Industrial Complex (WSAIC). After a quarter century of managing the lives of the Somali…
Somalia: AbdiAfey call Godah Barre will be considered Al-shabab Sympathizer
Mogadishu (HAN) June 26, 2014 – IGAD Security issues. The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia His Excellency Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed chaired an extraordinary session of the Somali Cabinet tonight that led to a unanimous approval of yesterday’s agreement reached by the opposing sides in South West Somalia. But, the Somali Interior Minister,…
Somalia: Reconstructing Debate, the View from Mogadishu
London (HAN) June 25, 2014 – Event Sponsored by Chatham House, Africa Programme, Horn of Africa Project. As Somalia seeks to consolidate its democratic transition, critical issues remain around service delivery, security and improving capacity. During his tenure as mayor of Mogadishu, Mohamoud Nur witnessed significant changes in the Somali capital. At this event, he…
Somali: Khat Drug possession in Europe facing up to two years in prison
Bristol (HAN) June 24, 2014. Somali khat traders in London were today urged to switch to running cafes and driving taxis in a bid by Met officers to avoid arrests when a new ban on the drug comes into effect tomorrow. According to Abukar Awale, khat use leads to more incidents of domestic abuse and…
Turkey: Why we need Somali Diaspora command and investment
Istanbul (HAN) June 22, 2014 – Updated news and Views About Global Somali Diaspora Conference in Istanbul. The Somali state is fragile and still not able to walk alone without international support and Diaspora involvement in all its forms. comments made by Kenya and Uganda and to think of all the Somali Diaspora returnees working in…
Somalia: Why Puntland in peace and Mogadishu in crises?
Bosaso (HAN) June 22, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by: Dr.Ali Sheikh. The Somalis, as part of their tradition, are more often than not, attached to historical events so as to make ruling or find a solution to any standing problems. In that regard, the history of war and…
