April 2015
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Kenya backpedals on closure of Somali refugee camp
Apr 30, 2015Kenya appears to have softened its stance on the imminent closure of a camp hosting more than a third of a million Somali refugees, weeks after the deputy president announced it would happen within three... -
Somali security ministry warns of possible Al-Shabaab attacks in Mogadishu
Apr 30, 2015Somali security agencies on Wednesday warned of possible terror attacks on various major public places in the capital Mogadishu by the militant group Al- Shabaab. Security Ministry spokesman Mohamed Yusuf told Xinhua the police had... -
Senior female ISIS agent unmasked and traced to Seattle
Apr 29, 2015She’s one of the final people that would-be jihadis might speak to before crossing the border to join the Islamic State group in Syria. The woman that the world’s media claim is a Dutch or a British... -
Somali Hotel Chain Owner Strives to Make a Difference
Apr 29, 2015MOGADISHU—Many in the Somali diaspora are returning home to make a new life despite the continuing risks. Since 2011 when a military campaign against Al-Shabab militants began making progress, members of the diaspora community have... -
Somalia registers record export of livestock in 2014 due to trade boost with Gulf States
Apr 29, 201529 April 2015 – Somalia in 2014 exported a record five million livestock to markets in the Gulf of Arabia thanks to heavy investments in animal disease prevention backed by the European Union and the... -
Italian court convicts 20 Somalis of migrant-trafficking
Apr 28, 2015A court in Sicily on Monday convicted 20 Somalis who had received political asylum in Italy of a role in a vast criminal organization focused on migrant-smuggling. Prosecutors in Catania said that the defendants were... -
EU Naval Force Trains Somaliland Coast Guard Officers
Apr 28, 2015Crewmembers from EU Naval Force flagship, HNLMS Johan de Witt, have trained young officers from the Somaliland Coast Guard off the coast of Berbera. On 23 and 24 April the young officers were invited on... -
Rebuilding Somalia’s maritime sector
Apr 28, 2015A three-day Stakeholders Forum (27-29 April) to review draft guidelines for the establishment of a Somalia Maritime Administration, coordinated and funded by IMO, is being hosted by the Kenya Maritime Authority at the Sarova Whitesands... -
Uganda president gives rare insight into Shabaab attacks in Kenya, Somalia, Kampala – and America’s fail
Apr 27, 2015ON April 24, 2015 Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni released an article on the fortunes and misfortunes of the Somalia extremist group Al-Shabaab: THE most atrocious, criminal, cowardly and monstrous attacks by Al-Shabaab against soft and innocent targets... -
Maritime Security at a Crossroads
Apr 27, 2015by Thomas Bennett, L.L.B. Somalia remains a failed state. Poverty, the absence of enforced law, and psychopathy masquerading as a just cause foment an environment where money for gain, or money to finance terror, means...
