Somalia gets $1.3b for economy, security
World leaders have pledged to support Somalia’s new government and its security and economic reforms. However, the government has been tasked with using its support from citizens to deliver on its promises.
The three-day Somalia International Conference in London saw President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo’s government...
Executions Increase in Somalia
By:Mohamed Olad Hassan
Tuesday May 16, 2017
In Somalia, a country long troubled by deadly violence, there's a disturbing new trend: an increase in summary executions.
Somali military courts and the militant group al-Shabab have each executed about a dozen people so far in 2017, all of...
King Salman invites Somali President to AIU Summit
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a message to President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo of the Federal Republic of Somalia, inviting him to attend Arab-Islamic-US summit to be hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The...
After conference, there is ray of hope for Somalia
Last week an international conference on Somalia was organised and hosted by the British government and co-chaired by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. This is the third major international conference of its kind since 2012.
One thing is clear; the international community has finally...
THE GUNS OF OCTOBER: How The Invasion Of Somalia Changed Kenya
by Patrick Gathara
When Kenyan troops crossed the proverbial Rubicon and entered Somalia nearly six years ago, it caught almost everyone by surprise. It was Kenya’s first sustained and significant foray into its troubled neighbors territory and ran counter to the country’s historic pacifism -at...
Drinking Fanta With Islamist Militants
By JEFFREY GETTLEMANMAY 13, 2017
Nairobi — During my first trip to Mogadishu, Somalia, on my last night in town, as I was packing up my things, someone unexpectedly knocked on my door.
It was the hotel manager, and at first I thought he had come...
Mattis ‘Heartened’ After Attending Somalia Meeting in London
By Jim GaramoneDoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2017 — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis came away from yesterday’s British-sponsored conference on Somalia in London with renewed hope for the peace process in the African nation.
Mattis told reporters flying with him back to Washington,...
Why Somalia wants a 25 -years arms embargo lifted
The conference on Somalia held in London Thursday was replete with handshakes and backslapping as the U.K. and others praised the new Somali government and pledged to do all they could to help defeat terrorism in the Horn of Africa country.
Yet amid the genial...
The Pentagon would consider sending more US troops to Somalia
By: Andrew deGrandpre,
The Trump administration would consider deploying additional U.S. troops to Somalia should the troubled African nation request greater military aid to combat al-Qaida loyalists there, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis indicated Thursday.
"That's a decision we'll take if it's broached to us, and we'll...
World Bank Group Supports Public Private Dialogue to Spur Economic Recovery in Somalia
LONDON, May 11, 2017- On the sidelines of the UK-hosted Conference on Somalia, the Somali government and high level business actors endorsed a Public-Private Cooperation Agreement to Accelerate Somalia’s Economic Recovery. The event was supported by the World Bank Group and the British Department...
