Category: Somalia
Somalia: Special interest Group fired Rockets Attacks at Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) April 12, 2014 – The Somali Government and the UN Special Representative for the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has condemned the Embassy attack and stressed that the Turkish Staff and diplomats “remain determined to support the people and the Government of Somalia in their efforts to strengthen peace, security, and the rule of…
Somalia: What Puntland means for US Foreign Policy in the Horn of Africa
Mogadishu (HAN) April 16, 2014 – The prisons in Somaliland and Puntland are part of a security solution to a problem that is, at its heart, economic and political — a worrying mismatch, according to Jillian Keenan report (Jillian is a writer, journalist, and Shakespeare geek in New York City). the United Nations with the support…
The White house strongly condemns the killing of UNODC in Somalia's Puntland
Mogadishu (HAN) April 9, 2014 – The United States has strongly condemned the killing of two employees of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Somalia’s Puntland region on Monday, and urged authorities there to bring those responsible to justice as soon as possible. A British man shot dead while working for…
Somalia: The pair shot dead were Members with the UN Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Nairobi (HAN) April 8, 2014 – Two European consultants have been shot dead on arrival at an airport in Galkayo of Puntland, central Somalia, officials said. A UN source confirmed the pair were international staff members with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). “The two were a Frenchman and a Briton and they were…
Somalia: Mogadishu improved security with AMISOM is busting at the seams
Djibouti (HAN) April 6, 2014 – Times have changed in Mogadishu! The once deserted streets of Mogadishu are now bustling with both human and vehicle traffic, thanks to the security provided by the Somali Security Forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops. The city is busting at the seams. There is a…
Somalia: The value of Somali currency has appreciated, still holding gains
Nairobi (HAN) April 6, 2014 – Somalia Financial Market: Improving security over the past year has encouraged native Somalis to return to the country, bringing foreign currency with them, said Ben Payton, senior Africa analyst at London-based risk analysis company Maplecroft. The Somali shilling, Somalia’s official currency, has overcome such disadvantages to appreciate against the…
Somalia: Traditional folk dancing breathes new life into Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HAN) April 6, 2014 – For many years life in the Somali capital Mogadishu was one of restrictions. Music and dancing were banned under strict Sharia law imposed by the militant Islamist group al-Shabab. They controlled the Somali capital from 2009 until they were driven out 3 years ago. Now, people in Mogadishu are…
Somali: A British Teacher’s Heroism Versus Al-Shabab’s Barbarism
Djibouti (HAN) April 4, 2014: Opinion by Bashir Goth -Recently the British Dailymail carried the amazing story of a British teacher, Ray Coe, 53, who donated a kidney to his young student, a Muslim girl, Alya Ahmed Ali, 13. The story was emailed to me by a friend who also said in his email: “What…
Somalia: The German Navy has released new video
Mogadishu (HAN) April 3, 2014: The German Navy has released new video showing the 5 April 2010 hijacking of the German containership MV Taipan by pirates some 500 miles off the Somali coast. In the video, which was filmed by a hovering naval helicopter from the Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp, you can see a pirate…
Somalia: International community Debit to help rebuilding critical infrastructure
Mogadishu (HAN) April 2nd, 2014 – They termed the absence of central government, lack of education and economic problems as the root causes of civil war and lawlessness in the east African state. The discussion titled “Rebuilding Somalia” was organised by the Islamabad-based think-tank, The Muslim Institute here on Tuesday, said a press release. Hundreds…
