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Muqdisho Jan 18 2013 (SDN) African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif is shocked and saddened by the continuing trend of assassinations and harassment of journalists in Somalia. Ambassador Annadif has condemned the killing of Shabelle Media Network journalist, Mr. Abdihared Osman Adan who was shot as he was leaving his house…
Washington Jan 18 2013 (SDN)— US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, announced on Thursday (January 17th) that the US has officially recognized Somalia’s government in Mogadishu after more than 20 years. After a meeting in Washington with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Clinton said the event “is not the end of the journey, but it…
(CNN) — U.S. troops lent “limited technical support” in France’s bloody and unsuccessful bid in Somalia to rescue an intelligence agent who’d been held hostage for years, President Barack Obama said Sunday. Obama detailed the U.S. military involvement in the Friday night mission in a letter sent to the leaders of the nation’s two legislative…
Police have a critical challenge in keeping perceived terrorists at bay: the expansive porous borders. Twice in just a few months, at least 10 suspected terrorists have sneaked across the border intoUganda. Yesterday, Police announced they had upped the security alert, saying the force was hunting for five top international terror suspects, believed to have…
Washington Jan 10 2013 (SDN)— The US Department of State has offered $5 million in rewards for information on two Sudanese terrorist suspects it believes are in Somalia “but could be anywhere else” in the world. In a teleconference with journalists, the US Assistant Director for Threat Investigations and Analysis Directorate Robert Hartung said Wednesday…
NairobiJan 10 2013 (SDN)—Franceon Wednesday pledged to give one million euros ($1.3 million) to help the poorest of the hundreds of thousands of people in southernSomaliaforced from their homes by war and famine. The aid will enable the International Organization for Migration to put in place a year-long support programme for the displaced and those…
Mogadishu‐January 7th, 2013; The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Annadif has congratulated President Hassan Sheikh Mahamoud, his government and the people of Somalia on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) and the re‐opening of its headquarters. Ambassador…
Mogadishu, Somalia – After a protracted conflict that has lasted more than two decades, there’s now a sense of relative calm and security in Somalia. The unidentifiable gunmen that patrolled the streets have been replaced by men in smart uniforms. Road blocks that once divided the city between government and al-Shabab controlled areas have been…
Nairobi Jan 04 2013 (SDN)- The Somalia Government is working on a plan to recover assets running into millions of dollars frozen by foreign governments and organisations since the collapse of the central government in 1991. Somalia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Aadan began her tour of several countries this week to document Somalia’s…
PRETORIA, Jan 4 (SDN) — African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has hit the ground running in 2013, outlining the commission’s major points of focus as the new year begins. “The commission is aware of the challenges that lie ahead of us, as well as of the need to consolidate the gains…
Nairobi Jan 04 2013 (SDN)— An international aid organization says the health thousands of Somali refugees will be threatened if they are moved from the urban areas into a camp near the Kenyan-Somali border. Earlier this month the Kenyan government decided that all refugees and asylum seekers must return to refugee camps. The decision is…
Kampala Jan 04 2013 (SDN)- The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have a wide network spreading across the East African region, a UN report has revealed. The ADF rebels, according to the report, are closely working with Somalia’s al-Shabaab militia linked to the al-Qaeda terror network. Al-Shabaab is a radical Islamist militant group that has…
London Jan 01 2013 (SDN)- Police last night launched a nationwide manhunt after an Al Qaeda-linked terror suspect went on the run. Somali-born Ibrahim Magag, 28, was being held under security measures because of the threat he poses to the public. He has not been seen since Boxing Day. Counter-terrorism detectives made the unusual decision…
Mogadishu Dec 29 2012 (SDN)- With Somali Football Federation (SFF) weighting on the African Union peace keepers to vacate the country’s national facility ‘Stadium Mogadishu’ the SFF secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab, executive committee member Ali Abdi Mohamed and construction expert Lex Vander visited the facility where the Dutch expert inspected all parts of…
December 29, 2012 – It is with great sadness that Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) remembers that one year has passed since our two colleagues, Philippe Havet and Andrias Karel Keiluhu (“Kace”), were brutally murdered in Mogadishu. Philippe, a 53-year-old emergency coordinator from Belgium, and Kace, a 44-year-old medical doctor from Indonesia, were…
LONDON (Reuters) – Conditions in a camp for Somali refugees in Kenya are deplorable and a government plan to send in thousands more would pose a major risk to health, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Friday. Kenya has more than half a million refugees from Somalia, which has lacked an effective central…
Addis Ababa Dec 28 2012 (SDN)— The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the African Union, AU, for the contribution of one Formed Police Unit, FPU, of 140 police officers and other resources to the organization’s peace Mission in Somalia, AMISOM. Disclosing this information, director of Peacekeeping of the…
Brussels Dec 28 2012 (SDN)— Three suspected pirates have been arrested off the coast of Somalia by the Belgian navy frigate Louise-Marie, participating in the European operation Atalanta against piracy in Somalia. The boarding team of the Louise-Marie was deployed to arrest the suspected pirates. The skiff, which was taken on board the frigate, carried…
Muqdisho Dec 27 2012 (SDN)- AMISOM forces from the Uganda Contingent have killed several Al shabaab insurgents and seized military equipments along Marka-Afgooye road. Nine of the insurgents were shot dead on spot when AMISOM convoy overrun an al Shabaab road ambush sending the terrorists into dismay and seizing 5 submachine guns, two high frequency…
The family of a young Somali-British man who disappeared from Mogadishu believes he is being secretly held by US agencies, his father has told the Bureau. Mahdi Hashi, 23, was informed in June that he was to lose his British citizenship because he ‘present[ed] a risk to national security’. Weeks later he disappeared from the…