Category: Somalia News & Reports in English
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SECURITY AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE MOGADISHU
Federal Member States (FMS) representatives, and international partners met in Mogadishu on 1st December 2020 for a Security and Justice Committee (SJC) (“the Committee”) meeting. The meeting was Chaired by H.E. Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) Prime Minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, who expressed his gratitude to all representatives for their efforts to advance security and…
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Beijing Believes Trump Is Accelerating American Decline
n August, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence claimed publicly that China “prefers that President Trump – whom Beijing sees as unpredictable – does not win reelection.” But these assessments tell only half the story, and Chinese open sources suggest the need for a more nuanced view. While Chinese leaders may wish…
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He sidestepped Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and got slapped down. Now he’s the new Pentagon chief.
A little-known counterterrorism official named Christopher C. Miller flew to the Middle East last month to pursue a diplomatic idea: asking Qatar to help devise plans to buy off or otherwise marginalize some senior leaders of al-Shabab, al-Qaida’s affiliate in Somalia, who are more committed to attacking the West. Miller had obtained a blessing from…
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Warsame Ali Khalif Gallaydh: In Memoriam and a Call to Action
Earlier this week, Dr. Ali Khalif Galaydh passed away in Jijiga, Ethiopia. For many Somalis, he was a methodical statesman, a brilliant orator, and a champion of Somali nationalism. He was Aabo for me, Milgo, Waleed, and Aisha. Growing up in Upstate New York, I knew very little about Aabo’s work as a troublesome five-year-old.…
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Ambassador Yamamoto and Minister of Finance Beileh Sign Bilateral Agreement on Paris Club Debt
Today U.S. Ambassador Yamamoto and Somali Minister of Finance Beileh met in Mogadishu and signed a bilateral agreement to reduce and restructure debt owed by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to three U.S. government agencies. Signing this agreement was possible because Somalia has implemented significant economic reforms in recent years and in March 2020…
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Following the Money: The Use of Hawala Remittance System in Yemen-Somalia Arms Trade
Kirechu began gathering data in August 2018, initially focusing on four Yemen-based arms suppliers or financial proxies identified by the United Nations Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (UNSEMG): Mohamed Hussein Salad, Bashir Naaji Abdullahi Shujac, Mohammed Ali Mohamed Hadi and Sayf Abdulrab Salem Al-Hayashi (also known as Sayf Al-Baydani). The relevant remittance records were collected…
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The end of the Saudi era
As we approach the second anniversary of the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia continues its retreat, losing direction and influence in the Gulf and Middle East regions. More than 50 years after the Saudi kingdom began its rise to regional and international prominence as the leading member of OPEC and the Organisation…
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House of the People leadership attempts to cover up misogynistic speech made in Parliament
The National Union for Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the efforts of the House of the People leadership to censor journalists and strangle free media in Somalia. NUSOJ is shocked and dismayed that the House of the People leadership demanded that journalists delete video material captured during a recent parliamentary sitting…
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Two broadcast journalists arrested for covering rape and murder case
6 September 2020 The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly protests the arrest of two Radio Daljir journalists in Garowe, Puntland, for carrying out their journalistic duties. Journalists Khadar Awl Ismail – Director of Radio Daljir and NUSOJ Secretary of Information and Human Rights – and Abdiqani Ahmed Mohamed (Fantastic) – reporter and producer…
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Abukar Arman: How Somalia Was Made ‘Great Again’
In recent weeks the confluence of many issues and events of different shades and dangers made Somalia’s political situation more complicated. This being the last year of the current administration, challenges of that nature are not entirely new, but the intensity and volatility of these developments are. However, this piece is not an attempt to…
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China: America’s hidden target in Trump’s ‘historic’ Israel-UAE deal?
The alliance has been positioned as America buttressing its two allies against the ambitions of Iran and Turkey, but sceptics spy a quid pro quo US wants Arab-Israeli support in countering Beijing’s influence over supply routes seen as a ‘life and death’ matter for China’s economy, analysts say The United States is actively seeking to…
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THE MEANINGLESS CHANGE OF DR. ABIY, THE LOOMING DANGERS & WHAT SOMALI LEADERS SHOULD HEED
As far back as June 2018, I gave an interview to the BBC Somali Section and critically appraised Abiy and his change. While most people and commentators were enamored by Dr. Abiy’s oratory, sermon-like speeches, and pan-Ethiopian patriotism, I saw then a dark side of Dr. Abiy. How did you see that, you may ask?…