Somali Islamists vow to boost attacks as Ethiopia join AU force

    Somalia’s Shebab insurgents called Saturday for renewed attacks against foreign forces, after arch-enemy Ethiopia joined the African Union force battling the extremists. Top commanders of the Al-Qaeda-linked group, including insurgent supremo Ahmed Abdi Godane, met this week after Ethiopia formally joined the UN-backed mission known as AMISOM, Shebab spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage told AFP. “They…

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      Phone data cut after Somali militant threat

      MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Residents in parts of Somalia under militant control say at least one cellular telephone company has shut down data services in response to a threat from al-Qaida-linked extremists. Al-Shabab gave phone companies until Friday to close down data services over fears the U.S. can tap into data and target militants. Liban…

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        Somaliland: Vice-President Zaylici Meets with Visiting American Doctors

        Hargeisa, 26 Jan 2014 (SDN) –Somaliland’s Vice-President Abdirahman Abdulahi Ismail Zayli’I has on Saturday received a visiting Harvard University medical team at the presidential palace. The visiting American doctors led by Dr. David C. Henderson, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) arrived in…

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          ‘Somali People Must Intensify Their War’

          Mogadishu, 25 Jan 2014 (SDN) –Somalia’s Shebab insurgents called on Saturday for renewed attacks against foreign forces, after arch-enemy Ethiopia joined the African Union force battling the extremists. Top commanders of the al-Qaeda-linked group, including insurgent supremo Ahmed Abdi Godane, met this week after Ethiopia formally joined the UN-backed mission known as AMISOM, Shebab spokesman…

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            Barnet-based Somali organisation BritSom gets grant

            An organisation which helps Somali immigrants find jobs has been handed a cash grant. BritSom, in Eversfield Gardens, Mill Hill, was given £1,450 by the Co-operative Membership Community Fund. BritSom was formed in 2008 to help Somali students, graduates and professionals support others from the same background. Abubakar Ali, of Britsom, said: “Funding is becoming…

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              Growing Somali efforts strengthen regional anti-terror war

              Security – The arrest of Abdirahman Isse Hassan, a Somali murder suspect who quietly slipped into hiding in South Sudan, through the efforts of the Somali National Police Force (SNPF) has accentuated Somalia’s growing relevance and cooperation in the regional anti-terror battle. SNPF, which has also grown in capability, closely monitored the movement of Hassan…

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                President Silanyo’s Successful Visit to France

                Paris, 25 Jan 2014 (SDN) –Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud “Silanyo” in his first official visit to France, since he came to power 3 years ago has opened a new chapter in the diplomatic relations between the Somaliland and France. Foreign Minister Mohamed Yonis Bihi told the media that the president and his delegation had…

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                  Somaliland: Civil Registration to Start Next Month

                  Hargeisa, 25 Jan 2014 (SDN) –Somaliland’s Minister of Interior has announced the implementation of national civic registration in the country within 6 months without getting financial help from international donors. Ali Mohamed Waran-Ade, Interior Minister while speaking to the media has given the detail of issues pertaining to Citizenship cards, voter registration cards, and the…

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                    Canada: Somalia Man Wanted In Fatal Gas-And-Dash Set To Surrender

                    By: Louie Rosella Mississauga, 24 Jan 2014 (SDN) –Peel Region’s most-wanted fugitive is negotiating his surrender to police after evading authorities for nearly two years over allegations he struck and killed a Mississauga gas station attendant during a gas-and-dash robbery. Abdullahi Mohamoud, 24, of Mississauga, the subject of a Canada-wide warrant, has been in touch…

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