HSPI Issue Brief 22 August 27, 2013 Navan: Group Harakat al-‐Shabaab al-‐Mujahedeen, meaning “Mujahedeen Youth Movement” in Arabic, is an al-‐ Qa’ida affiliated terrorist organiza:on that seeks to establish an Islamist state in Somalia. In its short history, al-‐Shabaab has...
MINNEAPOLIS — A new defendant is appearing in federal court in Minneapolis in the case of men who left Minnesota to fight in Somalia with the terror group al-Shabab. Saynab Hussein is making her first appearance Thursday on one charge of perjury. An entry in the court docket indicates she plans to enter a plea. In a...
By Drazen Jorgic and Edmund Blair The president of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region said the central government was undermining plans to create a federal system and that he would develop potential oil resources in his area even without a revenue-sharing deal with Mogadishu. Abdirahman Mohamud Farole’s remarks in a Reuters interview show the deep national...
Osman Hassan The Minister of the interior of the one-clan secessionist enclave calling itself Somaliland, Mr Ali Mohamed Waran Cade, has issued a stern warning that they had put their criminal occupation forces in Sool on high alert for imminent action in order to defend what he calls “their territory” from alleged Puntland’s aggression. What...
About 450 Ethiopians of Jewish descent have been repatriated to Israel, concluding an Israeli government-backed scheme to relocate the community. Their migration was “historic”, Israel’s Minister of Absorption Sofa Landver is quoted as saying. Many members of the Falash Mura community lived in poor conditions in northern Ethiopia. The Falash Mura’s ancestors converted to Christianity...
Double voting in a federal election is a felony. But the Holder DOJ hasn’t acted, so far. About 50 men and women packed a Rice County courtroom Tuesday afternoon as two Somali women pleaded not guilty to charges of voter fraud stemming from the general election last November. Farhiya Abdi Dool, 38, and Amina A Hassan,...
MSF’s withdrawal from Somalia this month raises important questions about what constitute acceptable conditions to work in Hannah Vaughan-Lee On 14 August, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced that, after 22 years, it was closing all its activities in Somalia as “the situation in the country has created an untenable imbalance between the risks and compromises our staff...
Semi-autonomous state of Jubaland agrees to ally itself with national government, in deal hailed as boosting to efforts to unify Somalia. By Jenny Vaughan – ADDIS ABABA The semi-autonomous Somali state of Jubaland agreed Wednesday to ally itself with the national government, in a deal hailed as boosting to efforts to unify the war-torn nation....
Nin farsamayaqaan ah oo taqasus dheer ulahaa faryaamada iyo dhismaha guryaha, ayaa wuxuu gaadhay xilligii uu geli lahaa hawlgabnimo da’ lasoo deristay awgeed. Qoladii uu u shaqeynaayey ayuu ku wargeliyey in uu shaqada ka fadhiisanayo maadaamo uu cagacageynaayo da’ aad u weyn, isla markaana uu doonaayo in inta ka hadhay cimrigiisa uu ku noolaado deganaansho...
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia today welcomed the agreement signed between the country’s Federal Government and the Interim Jubba Administration establishing the terms of governance in three southern regions. “This is a significant step towards restoring peace in Somalia, building a strong Federal Somalia and contributing to regional and international security” said the Secretary-General’s Special...