Category: Somalia
Somalia: AMISOM & SNA captured the strategic town of Qoryooley
Mogadishu (HAN) March 23 2014- The Somali National Army (SNA) and AMISOM, the African Union Mission in Somalia have captured the strategic town of Qoryooley from Al Shabaab. Qoryooley is 120 kilometers from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, and is one of the most populated towns in Lower Shabelle region. The capture follows extensive preparation…
Somaliland: What is Hargeysa doing right that Mogadishu don't, Dealing with Al-Shabaab?
Mogadishu (HAN) March 21, 2014 – By Hamza Mohamad: It has been few years since any attack by the group occurred in Hargeisa. No week goes by in Mogadishu without Al Shabaab carrying out some sort of an operation in the capital. While their brothers and sisters in Hargeisa enjoy peace and stability scores of…
Somalia: AMISOM Offensive, More than 46,000 IDPs in Southern Somalia
Mogadishu, March 20th, 2014 – The military offensive by the Somali National Army (SNA) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in southern and central Somalia continues as the most of the humanitarian needs have arisen so far, are related to population movements – either people moving out of towns affected by the military…
Somalia: Germany Promotes active Foreign Policy in Somalia Military Mission
BERLIN (HAN) March 19, 2014 -Germany’s cabinet members have given the green light to an European Union-led military training mission in Somalia, that will be part the International community to enhance economic and political cooperation with the current Somali government. The approval from Berlin comes behind an EU approval last year. Therefore, Germany will contribute…
Somalia: Al-Shabaab claimed a suicide bomber was Norwegian national
Djibouti (HAN) March 19, 2014 – Somalia’s Islamist militant group al-Shabaab has claimed that a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a hotel in the east African country was an elderly Norwegian national. By Umberto Bacchi – IB Times. Accoding to Amisom in Bole-burte, Six soldiers, including a top Somali National army commander, were…
Somalia: A Security Council Briefing on Somalia
Mogadishu (HAN) March 19, 2014 – Press Release: US State Department: U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Remarks At a Security Council Briefing On Somalia Thank you, Mr. President, Minister Simmonds, for hosting this session and thank you, Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson, for your briefing. I wish to welcome the presence of the deputy prime minister…
Somalia: Geeska Afrika Online's Daily Security Brief
Djibouti (HAN) March 19, 2014 – The loss of Somali territory appeared to funnel Somali national Army’s energies back to governance and away from failed state. Always a source of tension within the group, al-Shabaab’s national interests began to take a back seat to the priorities of the broader terror network, a series of assassinations…
Somalia: Al-Shabab's Deadly attack Killed military commander of Central Region
Mogadishu (HAN) March 19, 2014 – AMISOM officers and soldiers stand near the bodies of Al-Shabaab fighters who were killed during a military operation in Bulo-Burde and Djibouti Soldiers read a Quran verses for AMISOM soldiers targeted by Al-Shabaab. Eye Witnesses told reporters the car blast at the hotel happened around early morning and the face…
Somalia: Mogadishu roads with photo gallery
Mogadishu (HAN) March 17, 2014 – The Two Somali veteran traffic officers who came out of retirement to help restore order on Mogadishu’s busiest traffic roads. They first joined the traffic service in the 1960s. They say work was easy at that time; their was a oly few cars on the road. the two officers…
Somalia: AMISOM was aware that Al-Shabab were planning to secretly enter Mogadishu
Addis Ababa (HAN) March 15th, 2014 – The new Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Lt. Gen. Silas Ntigurirwa of Burundi arrived on 29th November last year in the Somalia capital Mogadishu for a familiarization tour. He takes over from Uganda’s Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti who has held the office since…
