Category: Somalia
Somalia: Humanitarian Reporter killed in car explosion in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) June 21, 2014 – The National Union of Somali Journalists is deeply shocked and condemns by the senseless murder of the Somali humanitarian journalist in Mogadishu on Saturday, 21, June, 2014, around in Hamarwein district. “Yusuf Ahmed Abukar joins the long list of journalists killed in the course of their work in Somalia,”…
Somalia: Why Somali diplomats should learn diplomatic tactics?
Kigali (HAN) June 20, 2014 – Somali style diplomacy in Rwanda: Somalia Ambassador to Rwanda has expressed his love of President Paul Kagame saying “I wish he was Somalia’s President.” Abdullahi Sheikh Maxamed, speaks more of Kagame than the country and the President he represents. this statement is Un-diplomatic and against diplomatic protocols. According to…
Somalia: Al-shabaab still poses serious threat to the region
Nairobi (HAN) June 18, 2014 – Al-Shabaab’s attack on Kenya over the past two nights, in which more than 60 were killed, shows the group still poses serious threat to the region’s stability, writes Jamal Osman of channel4, Who should govern Somalia: Somalis or the UN?. Last week the UN Special Representative for Somalia, Nicholas Kay spoke…
Somalia: Canada Recognized Somali Government Official and Will Reopen Embassies
Ottawa (HAN) October 2, 2013. By Michelle Zilio. After more than 20 years of limited diplomatic relations, Canada and Somalia are hoping to trade embassies in the near future. In a joint press conference with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird Tuesday, Somali Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Fawzia Yusuf…
Somalia: Non residential Canadian Ambassador submitted credentials
Mogadishu (HAN) June 16, 2014 – Canada’s first Non resident ambassador in Mogadishu submitted his credential letters today to Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud in Mogadishu Palace. Canada hasn’t had an ambassador accredited to Somalia since 1990 but had signalled it wanted to rekindle relations following presidential elections in Somalia 2013. David Angell, as an Ambassador…
Somaliland and Kurds Eye Independence as Mogadishu and Baghdad slides into chaos
Dubai (HAN) June 15, 2014 – Regional security and Stability update. Kurdistan and Somaliland has been one of the few beneficiaries of the chaos currently gripping large parts of Iraq. Kurdist’s capital, Erbil, where many Kurds are now starting to talk of the possibility of independence, similar in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Kurdistan: The capital city…
Why Only Somali-Americans are fighting in Syria or Somalia?
Minneapolis (HAN) June 13, 2014 – The FBI and other intelligence agencies confirmed that the Somali-American citizen are becoming the latest in a lengthening line of Somalis from Minneapolis who have either joined Al-Shabaab or planned terror attacks in Syria. ‘Am I a terrorist or what?, there are Somali concerns that FBI are coming to…
Somalia: Diplomatic relations with context of immigration crisis
Rome (HAN) June 12, 2014 – The Geeska Afrika Online reported last month that the Fee or price of the crossing Mediterranean Sea has gone down rapidly. They do not need to put too much fuel and food because they know that the journey will be a maximum of 10-12 hours and large sums organizations…
Somalia: Will the Iraq City Mosul attacks inspire copycats?
Mogadishu (HAN) June 11, 2014. HAN security News in Brief; A regional security expert beliefs that Militant Islamist’ Iraqi raid could inspire copycat attacks in Somalia. Questions rise after US trained Iraqi police flee for lives in the Iraqi city of Mosul. The US State Department says the situation in Iraq’s second city of Mosul…
Somalia: Muslim Brotherhood leader condemns President’s visit to Egypt
Mogadishu (HAN) June 10, 2014 – – An association of Muslim scholars led by influential Qatar-based cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi has condemned the inauguration ceremony of President Abdilasis Al-sisi of Masar. Similarly, Al-Islah organization (Muslim Brotherhood of Somalia) has strongly condemned President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud’s visit to Cairo in order to partake the inauguration ceremony of President…
