Category: Somalia
Somalia: The Italian military Aid, will strengthen capacity in fighting Al-Shabaab matrix
Mogadishu (HAN) April 2nd, 2014 – According to the Office of the Ambassador and Special Delegate of the Italian Government to the Somali Republic , a significant military aid package of Italy, consisting of 28 vehicles to be donated to the Somali police as well as in uniforms and equipment for the Somali Federal Forces…
Ethiopian Foreign Minister receives U.N. envoy to Somalia
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 28, 2014 – The U.N. Envoy to Somalia, Nicholas Kay welcomed the continuing efforts of Ethiopia to bring peace and stability in Somalia and in the Horn of Africa. He noted particularly the contributions of the Ethiopian troops who recently joined AMISOM and their contributions to the recent successive military victories…
Somalia: Why Somalia isn’t the real piracy threat
Djibouti (HAN) March 28, 2014 – Despite dangers portrayed in Captain Phillips, pirate attacks in Somali waters have declined drastically. It’s a different story in Strait of Malacca. The thriller Captain Phillips, focused on Somali pirates, but pirate strikes in Somali waters have plummeted. There were only seven incidents in 2013, all unsuccessful. Opinion By:…
Somalia: President Appeals for help to Fight Al-Shabaab's Strategic Plans
Mogadishu (HAN) March 27, 2014 – Somalia’s government is appealing for more help in its fight against weakening Al-Shabaab Militants who have recently intensified their attacks around the Somali capital.President Hassan Sheik said Monday it was unrealistic to expect the forces of an ill-equipped government to battle the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabab. Ahmed compared al-Shabab’s attack…
Somalia: Offshore surveys is attracting Royal Dutch Shell explorers
London (HAN) March 26, 2014 – By:Eduard Gismatullin – Somalia is conducting offshore surveys in hopes of attracting explorers including Royal Dutch Shell Plc two decades after the outbreak of a bloody civil war drove foreign investors away. The East African country plans to hold a licensing tender next year after Soma Oil and Gas,…
Somalia: The citizens of Baydhabo have a right to Self-expression
Specific ways in which Somalis can fix itself; It’s the Somali lawmakers’ duty to put Somalia back in to working, secure, and law and order, and they have the power to do it, writes Editorial Note of Geeska Afriak Online. By Sheiknor A Qassim; My condolences to the victims of Baidoa: Latest Opinion. What happened…
Somalia and Foreign Aid
London (HAN), March 23, 2014 – Foreign aid is one of the most popular ways the western world recommends as a way of combating poverty in Africa. The fundamental assumptions that aid money is effective in contributing to economic growth development is somehow flawed. Most of the literature on foreign aid is saying that International…
Somalia: The Verdict of New Draft Media Law
London (HAN), March 23, 2014 – It is not everyday that UK Somali journalists meet in London to discuss a law in Somalia – a country known for its lawlessness and for being the epitome of a failed state. But this is not any law, but a law which could potentially be a pillar for…
The Prime Minister thank the influential ‘Geneva’s Friends of Somalia’
Mogadishu, March 23, 2014 – The Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, today arrived back in Mogadishu concluding a three day mission to Switzerland aimed at encouraging job creation and decent work in Somalia. Over three days the Prime Minister addressed the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Governing Body, on the important role decent job creation…
Somalia: The Time of Al-Shabaab Terrorist Is Over
Mogadishu(HAN) March 24, 2014 – African Union troops and the Somali National Army liberate a town from Al-Shabaab militants in a two-pronged attack that caught the insurgents by surprise. Gavino Garay reports the time of Al Shabaab is over,” Somali General in Qoroyaly Town says. Video: The time of Al Shabaab is over,” Somali…
