Twin suicide bombings at a Mogadishu hotel popular with ministers and officials were carried out by Dutch nationals, Somali intelligence sources said Saturday, the day after 25 people were killed.
Somali intelligence believe both suicide bombers — a man and...
STATEMENT
20/02/2015
The attack carried out today by Al-Shabaab on the Central Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, which also targeted Government ministers and Members of Parliament, is an act of terrorism by those who want to undermine progress towards a stable and...
Office of Sixth Ward City Council Member Abdi Warsame
Press Release
(MINNEAPOLIS) Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame returned from a White House summit where he stressed the importance of jobs in improving Somali American communities and countering violent extremism.
Council...
“Whoever says that all music is prohibited let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.” - Imam Abu Hamid Al Ghazali.
By Bashir Goth
While Daesh was burning the Jordanian pilot alive, Boko Haram creating killing fields in...
By Liban Ahmad
According to Martin Plaut, the former BBC Africa editor, anti-Al-Shabaab operations by 15,000 African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) troops cost $50m each month. Multiply this amount by 12 months, and the annual bill for peace-keeping operations...
09/02/2015
Heads of Mission of the European Union in Somalia welcome the endorsement by the Federal Parliament of the Cabinet of H.E. Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.
The new Cabinet now has little time left to deliver against the priorities...
Prime Minister Sharmarke: “The situation is massively important and I am determined to finding permanent solutions to maintain money transfer.”
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8 February 2015 - Mogadishu - As Somalia Prime Minister and former Somali Ambassador to the US, H.E....
Office of Sixth Ward City Council Member Abdi Warsame
News Release
Feb. 6, 2015 (MINNEAPOLIS) Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame is calling on federal agencies to quickly find solutions to a critical, developing issue that affects the local Somali community’s ability to...
06 FEBRUARY 2014
SIHA has been informed recently of the case of Nuurto Yousuf Omar, a 29-year old mother of six who was subjected to rape on a daily basis during a 30 day imprisonment in Bal’ad, a district located...
06/02/2015
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Vĕra Jourová, and Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, issued the following statement on the International Day...