Category: Somalia
Somalia: Somali physician nominated for Nobel Prize
Mogadishu (HAN) May 30, 2014 – Medical news update. According to sources received by Geeska Afrika Online in Oslo, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded 104 times to 204 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2013. Dr. Dufle said, ”“Medical Service” is for all” is the slogan of the Somali physicians.” The…
Somalia: Al-Shabaab's media production Sources halted
Mogadishu (HAN) May 30, 2014. Somalia’s National Intelligence Agency (NSS) presented the media with pictures of an Al-Shabaab-linked journalist arrested by security forces in one of local Mogadishu district. The Al-Shabaab Assassins Mohamed Qassim Ahmed, who was arrested last week admitted to working for Al-Shabaab’s Radio Andalus in Kismayo between 2009 and 2010, and…
Somali General Dahir Adan Elmi Survives Assassination attempt
Mogadishu (HAN) May 29, 2014 – Both, Turkish Press and Geeska Afrika Online reported that Somali army chief, General Dahir Adan Elmi (Indhaqarsho) has survived assassination attempt, an apparent roadside bomb attack in Mogadishu.Somali Security officials say the roadside bomb exploded Wednesday as an armored convoy carrying General Dahir Adan Elmi was passing by.The army commander told…
Somalia: Grave diggers were grieving the improved security in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) May 29, 2014 – Interviewing the grave diggers of Mogadishu, Hamza said ‘the most interesting people I have ever met.’ The grave diggers were grieving the improved security in the Somalia capital, Mogadishu. In Mogadishu: With the guns falling silent in the Somali capital, their trade was hurting. One of the business man…
Djibouti: Horn of Africa weekly security update briefing 114
Djibouti (HAN) May 28, 2014. Geeska Afrika Online Security Briefing Contents: Comprehensive security awareness program for government, NGO, UN Agencies, Piracy, NATO , defense and security isues. This briefing will update the current security issues of: Mogadishu: At least two dozen civilians died and scores wounded after government forces and Al-shabab clashed in Garas zone 25…
Somalia: The U.S. Army’s Delta New Secretive Special Forces
Mogadishu: (HAN) May 27, 2014. By: Michelle Shephard National Security Reporter. For the first time, members of Danab and the CIA-trained Somali intelligence unit known as “Alpha Group,” who agreed to be interviewed on the condition they were not identified, gave detailed accounts of the extent to which the Americans are now involved in training forces in…
Somalia: Amisom mandate failed to protect Critical Institutions
Mogadishu: (HAN) May 27, 2014 – A member of federal parliament of Somalia stated that AMISOM forces failed to fulfill their obligations to safeguard the security of the government institutions including the federal parliament in Mogadishu. AMISOM forces were not providing any specific guard at the federal parliament building during the attack claiming that most of…
Somali: Please treat me like British citizen
London: (HAN) May 26, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine. The Opinion note by: Jamal Osman, The Guardian , ‘Please treat me like British citizen or tell me if I am second-class citizen.’ In 2012 Jamal received The awards, presented by Channel 4 News Presenter Jon Snow on Tuesday…
Somalia: National Security Minister Abdul Karim Guled resigns
Mogadishu (HAN) May 25, 2014. In Mogadishu terror attacks, Frightened Somali members of parliament blamed the national security agents for failing to prevent the attack, but other politicians praised the army for limiting the attack’s damages. (Source AP photo) The U.N. representative to Somalia, Nicholas Kay, said the parliament represents the people of Somalia and…
Somali: Shifting level of security threat in the Horn of Africa
Nairobi (HAN) May 23, 2014. The latest HAN updated security warnings, there is increased level of security threat in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Burundi. Fighter jets, believed to be from Kenya, have struck Shabaab strongholds this week, as part of the latest push by the AU force against the insurgents. “When their soldiers and war planes…
