Category: Somalia News & Reports in English
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AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MP KULANE ON THE KEEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CHALLANGES SOMALIA FACES TODAY
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MP ABDULLAHI ADEN KULANE, FORMER NISA CHIEF OF STAFF, ON THE KEEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CHALLANGES SOMALIA FACES TODAY MP Abdullahi Aden Kulane discusses the challenges Somalia faces today, including the hard-hit elite forces of Somalia, where some are totally dismantled, some severely depleted, and where others are totally debilitated. AN…
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A DISFUNCTIONAL PARLIAMENT AND A DISLOYAL PRESIDENT
Earlier today it was MP Abdirahman Abdishakur crying for help, crying for the fate of the country, and pleading with Speaker Aadan Madobe to follow the parliamentary procedures and submit bills, procedures and treaties for debate before asking the MPs to vote on something they have no clue of what they are. Then it was…
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“TERRORISM IS A TOOL USED BY THE WEST TO DESTABILIZE AFRICAN NATIONS,” AHMED HASSAN A YEMENI POLITICAL ANALYST BASED IN SANA’A, YEMEN
In a Daljir interview, political analyst Ahmed Hassan @abn_alhassan based in Sana’a discusses the latest in Yemen, the politics of the Red Sea, why #Yemen is now being targeted by the US and the UK and why in nine years the #UAE and #Saudi Arabi have been trying but failed to take control of Yemen.…
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“THE SPEAKER HAD A PLAN AND HE IMPLEMENTED HIS PLAN,” MP ABDIRAHMAN ABDISHAKUR
In an interview with the BBC Somali Section, MP @AAbdishakur explains what has taken place at the parliament today and emphasized that no procedural changes whatsoever had legally been approved. MP Abdishakur tells the BBC that it was all a sham. “As we waited for the distribution of today’s agenda, and discussion and debate on…
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“LET US MAKE SURE OUR BLUE FLAG ONCE AGAIN FLIES HIGH IN HARGEISA,” SOMALIA DEPUTY PM SALAH JAMA
“Allow me to acknowledge the tireless efforts of President @HESaidADeni and the new administration of SSC-Khatumo, whose leader is here with us today, in their struggle to realize the blue flag is today flying high in Laascaanood. Together let us undertake a similar effort or even tougher approach to make sure that our blue flag…
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“WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND THEN AGREE ON HOW TO DEFEND AND SAVE SOMALIA,” PRESIDENT DENI
President @HESaidADeni of Puntland at his reelection inauguration: “I want to commence a Puntland sponsored dialogue on the situation in Somalia, so we can discuss and then agree on how to defend and save our country. Puntland has its own concerns on the federal government, but I won’t talk about it here, as we are…
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PRESIDENT HASSAN SHEIKH IN GAROOWE:
“The people of Northern Somalia should not be shamed because their leader made a huge mistake. Ethiopian is our neighbor, and we are here together, and forever we will continue to be here together. It is how God intended it. However, the Ethiopian government keeps repeating that their economy can’t develop without access to the…
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MELTDOWN IN HARGEISA AS ELECTION GOES IN LIMBO Former President Farmaajo also warns against President Hassan Sheikh’s divisive politics
Given President Muse Bihi‘s latest play with Somaliland’s electoral law, it is all but given that there will be no elections in Somaliland in the near future. Meanwhile, everyone is asking “where does Somaliland go from here?” Given all the clan agreements President Muse Bihi has reneged, it is all but assured that the Gacanlibaax…
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SOMALI MPs PRESENT TO THE PRESIDENT THEIR PROPOSAL TO GET THE COUNTRY ON WAR FOOTING AND AGAINST ETHIOPIAN AGGRESSION
As President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is blamed for being very real slow and not taking the necessary steps to get the country on a war footing, FGS MPs briefed the media on their proposal to the president. The MPs proposed to the President to strengthen the foreign ministry and to table a credible national foreign…
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People of Sheerbi town displaced as a result of clan hostilities | Fadumo Deggan Dahir talks to the district commissioner
People of Sheerbi town displaced as a result of clan hostilities | Fadumo Deggan Dahir talks to the district commissioner … Deegaanka Sheerbi ee gobolka Karkaar oo looga qaxay colaad beeleed. People of Sheerbi town displaced as a result of clan hostilities | Fadumo Deggan Dahir talks to the district commissioner…Deegaanka Sheerbi ee gobolka Karkaar…
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“SOMALILAND HAS AN EXCELLENT CASE,” SAYS NIGERIA’S OBASANJO THE AU DEPLOYED
And there is African Union’s Obasanjo nicknamed ‘FOR SALE’ that the AU deployed to foster dialogue between Somalia and Ethiopia. For Obasanju, Ethiopia’s MoU with Muse Bihi is an ‘excellent case’ for Somaliland and one he now supports and has always supported, even before he has seen it. So why does the AU deploy a…
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WIDER MIDDLE EAST WAR ON THE HORIZON AS YEMEN PLANS CLOSURE OF HORMUZ
Various sources in the middle, including the Middle East Spectator, are reporting that Yemen’s Ansarullah has plans underway to close all three waterways in the Middle East. Yemen is calling their plan the ‘Al-Aqsa Triangle’, where they will close all three major Middle East waterways, the Bab Al-Mandab, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Suez…