Category: Somalia
Somalia: Somali Swedish militant threatens Kenya to attack suicide bombers
Mogadishu (HAN) May 22, 2014 – By. Abdi Sheikh and Faysal Omar, Mogadishu (Reuters). A militant extremist Islamist fundamentalist group in Somalia Al-shabaab senior commander, Fuad Mohamed Khalaf said his group had moved its holy war to Kenya’s capital, threatening to launch attacks by teenage suicide bombers on a city already reeling from bomb blasts and…
Somali: Another Diplomatic, Famine and political tension in Somalia
Djibouti (HAN) May 22, 2014. Abdillahi Mohammad reports in Djibouti (The Africom command has military and civilian personnel assigned at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti). Camp Lemonnier provides, operates and sustains superior service in support of combat readiness and security of ships, aircraft, detachments and personnel for regional and combatant command requirements; and enables operations in the Horn…
As Hope Looms, Self-interest in Somalia’s Policy Always Hurts
Washington (HAN) May 21, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine. The Opinion Academic Paper by: Mohamed Hassan Fidow. Over the past two years, Somalia achieved significant recovering from decades of conflict, humanitarian disasters and lack of permanent governance. In 1990, following the fall of the Siad Barre military regime, the country failed…
Somali: challenges include repeated political disputes, based on what?
Washington (HAN) May 21, 2014 – The preview of Academic Paper by: Mohamed Hassan Fidow. The challenges include repeated political disputes based on clan or individual interests, security, judicial reform, public financial management, an interest based involvement of the neighbors and the AMISOM troop contributing countries. Terrorism, piracy, lack of properly functioning government institutions and…
Somalia: Reasons lawmakers failed Petition Against the President
Mogadishu (HAN) May 20, 2014. In Mogadishu political theater, Last week over 100 Members of the Somali Parliament submitted a petition requesting President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to resign. The MPs were also beleif that they will be able to secure the votes necessary to table a motion to initiate procedures to impeach Hassan. One…
Somali Diplomacy to Empower Ethiopian forces in Somalia
Mogadishu (HAN) May 20, 2014. The federal government of Somalia has praised the role of the Ethiopian forces in the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The government has called upon Ethiopian troops to help safe guard the International aid agencies and foreign diplomatic missions in the country. The federal state minister for foreign affairs…
Somalia: Al-Shabab Blockage, Bakool will Face Severe Food Shortages
Mogadsihu (HAN) May 18, 2014. Humanitarian News. The Somali civilians of Bakool region of Southern Somalia are likely to face severe food shortages in the coming days and weeks if markets remain blocked by border and road closures, and humanitarian access remains limited, warn food security agencies. The Al-Shabaab Militants have been denying humanitarian agencies…
Somalia: UNSC Unified Forces Deployed to Protect Safety of UN Personnel
Mogadishu (HAN) May 18, 2014. United nations (UN) Unified special Forces Deployed to protect Safety of UN Personnel. A special United Nations defensive military force recommended by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to protect UN staff and facilities in Mogadishu, was deployed to shore up the International personnel body’s operations in long troubled Southern Somalia. According to…
Somalia: Ambassador Nicholas Hails AMISOM Efforts, Warns of Al-Shabaab Infiltration
Mogadishu (HAN) May 18, 2014. United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia News Update. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Somalia, Ambassador Nicholas Kay made a historic visit to the town of Jowhar in Somalia’s middle Shabelle region. The tour visit was based to introduce regional governors the mandate of United Nations Assistance…
Somali: As UN and West Acts to stop democratic processes in Somalia
Mogadishu (HAN) May 18, 2014. Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine Opinion Paper by Hassan Farah. The question that ordinary Somalis is asking is that why the UN and the West are showing hypocrisy and double standard in Somalia? Picture: The United Nations Special Representative to Somalia ambassador Nicholas Kay with Saeed Nabadon has toured…
