https://www.salo.org.za/countries/somalia/Recent content in Somalia on Southern African Liaison OfficeHugo -- gohugo.ioen-zaFri, 19 Aug 2016 17:55:33 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-19-august-2016/Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:55:33 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-19-august-2016/AU Mission Denies Shelling Residential Areas The Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Wednesday refuted reports that its peacekeeping troops fired rounds of mortars on residential areas near the southern port city of Marka. In a statement, AMISOM said its routine weapon testing exercise had the impact site pre-determined and was carried out far away from residential areas.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-12-august-2016/Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:43:39 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-12-august-2016/Somalia to move to Party Politics in bid to cut Clan Rivalry Members of Somalia’s new parliament to be elected this year must join a political party within two years or step down as part of efforts to shift the Horn of Africa nation away from clan-based politics, a forum of regional and national leaders said.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-5-august-2016/Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:58:46 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-5-august-2016/UK’s Minister for Africa Visits Somalia Tobias Ellwood, British Minister for the Middle East and Africa, visited Somalia and Kenya on 2-3 August. On his first visit following his appointment as Minister for Africa, Mr Ellwood reiterated the UK’s commitment to East Africa, making clear that regional security is a top priority.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-29-july-2016/Sat, 30 Jul 2016 17:26:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-29-july-2016/PM names new Immigration Director Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has appointed Mohamed Adan Kofi as the new Director of Immigration and Naturalization Department on Wednesday, Garowe Online reports. Kofi—former Banadir Intelligence Commander and the head of Presidential Security Unit (PSU)—will be succeeding long serving Abdullahi Gafow Mohamud.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-22-july-2016/Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:47:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-22-july-2016/AU to probe alleged killing of 14 civilians in Somalia The incident occurred late Sunday in the west of Somalia, about 30 kilometres from regional capital Baidoa, and involved Ethiopian troops from the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). “AMISOM has received reports of alleged civilians killed during an offensive between its troops and Al-Shabaab in Wardinle, Bay region,” the mission said in a statement posted on Twitter on Monday evening.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-8-july-2016/Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:19:46 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-8-july-2016/AU to withdraw troops from Somalia in 2020 The African Union said it plans to pull its soldiers out of Somalia where they are fighting jihadists by December 2020, according to a statement issued Wednesday. The “exit strategy” formulated by the AU’s Peace and Security Council calls for the staggered withdrawal of 22 000 troops in the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to begin in October 2018 and be completed by the end of 2020.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-24-june-2016/Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:53:47 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-24-june-2016/Somalia President says electoral process for August ‘critical’ The meeting of National Leadership Forum (NLF) has proceeded into its second day with urgently pressing agendas on the table, Garowe Online reports. Speaking in Southwestern Baidoa town on Thursday, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud touted upcoming August vote as ‘critical’ and “a test” for the country’s nascent and rebuilding institutions.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-17-june-2016/Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:23:20 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-17-june-2016/Number of Child Soldiers in Somalia May Top 5,000, UN Reports A top official with the U.N. Children’s Fund says there could be 5,000 child soldiers in Somalia as al-Shabab continues its recruiting campaigns. In an interview with VOA Somali, Susannah Price, UNICEF chief of communication, said the recruitment and use of young children as soldiers was documented, and at surprisingly high numbers.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-3-june-2016/Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:11:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-3-june-2016/Turkish President Criticises EU Over Cutting Somalia Funding The visiting Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday warned that the decision by the European Union (EU) to cut funding for African Union troops in Somalia was a mistake. Last month, the UPDF said it would review its operations in Somalia after EU which has been paying the soldiers’ allowances announced it would cut the funding by 20 per cent.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-27-may-2016/Fri, 27 May 2016 10:42:09 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-27-may-2016/Somalia president raises concern of over plans to shut Dadaab refugee camp Somalia’s president is not happy about Kenya’s resolve to close down one of the world’s largest refugee camps. The Dadaab camp, home to more than 300,000 Somalis. President Hassan Sheik Mohamed says forced repatriation is not in the best interest of either country.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-20-may-2016/Sat, 21 May 2016 09:36:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-20-may-2016/Security Council concludes visit to Somalia; urges swift approval of electoral model The United Nations Security Council concluded a one-day visit to Somalia today by reaffirming its solidarity with the country’s people and Government and reiterating its calls to the federal parliament to legalize the 2016 electoral model as soon as possible.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-13-may-2016/Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:58 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-13-may-2016/US Air Strike kills 5 Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia A US forces in Somalia called in an air strike on Thursday that killed five fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabaab, the latest in a series of US military operations targeting the organisation, the Pentagon said.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-29-april-2016/Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:29:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-29-april-2016/ISIL is competing with al-Shabaab for recruits in Somalia and appears to be gaining traction The Islamic State may be gaining a foothold in East Africa. The militant group took responsibility for an IED attack on a convoy of African Union peacekeepers traveling outside of Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu on April 25.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-22-april-2016/Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:48:36 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-22-april-2016/Security Council Press Statement on Somalia On 19 April 2016, the members of the Security Council were briefed by the President of Somalia, His Excellency Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on political progress in Somalia. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Michael Keating, and the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, Ambassador Téte António, also briefed on the situation in Somalia.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-15-april-2016/Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:13:14 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-15-april-2016/Leaders agree to hold general elections this year Somali leaders met for a three-day conference in Mogadishu, where they consented to holding a general election later this year, Kenya’s Daily Nation reports. During the conference that ended on Tuesday, regional states and the central government officials reiterated their commitment to a no extension of the terms of the legislative and the Federal Government beyond August 2016.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-8-april-2016/Fri, 08 Apr 2016 15:38:22 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-8-april-2016/IMF: Somalia’s Efforts at Rebuilding its Economy ‘Bearing Fruit’ The International Monetary Fund says Somalia has marked a milestone in its development by taking steps to normalize relations with international financial institutions. The IMF said Wednesday that a mission led by Rogerio Zandamela met with Somali authorities in Nairobi from March 30 to April 5 to discuss a staff-monitored program that will focus on policies to improve governance and fiscal management and foster development in the financial sector.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-1-april-2016/Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:35:11 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-1-april-2016/Suicide bombing in Somalia kills at least nine people, wounds 10 others A suicide bombing in central Somalia killed at least nine people and wounded 10 others, a police official said Thursday. The bomber blew himself up among a group of people at a café near a hotel in the town of Galkayo on Thursday, said Ali Aden.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-18-march-2016/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:24:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-18-march-2016/Puntland Forces Continue Crushing Militants in Northern Somalia Coastal Province Puntland security forces launched crushing attacks on the hideouts of al-Shabaab militants in the Northern coastal province of Nugal on Thursday, killing scores of militants and injuring many more, sources said.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-11-march-2016/Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:50:55 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-11-march-2016/Somalia Raid Aided by U.S. Kills Fighters From Shabab Only days after American aircraft struck a Shabab training camp in Somalia, American Special Operations forces and Somali troops carried out a raid against Shabab fighters, officials said Wednesday, in a sign of heightened pressure against the militant group.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-4-march-2016/Fri, 04 Mar 2016 07:40:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-4-march-2016/Somalia denied from joining East African Community bloc Somalia has been rejected to join the East African Community regional bloc after failing to meet the eligibility criteria, Horseed Media reports. Three years ago, Somalia first applied to join the regional integration but have not been given the green light due to unrevealed reasons.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-12-february-2016/Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:18:17 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-12-february-2016/Al Shabaab Changes Tack, Plans Attacks Disguised As Peacekeepers Somalia militants Al Shabaab are planning to attack liberated areas disguised in uniforms stolen from the African peacekeepers. The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Francisco Madeira warned Thursday of the sinister plot.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-2-feb-2016/Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:56:01 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-2-feb-2016/Child killed in mortar attack on Somalia presidency A child was killed and six others wounded in Mogadishu on Monday after mortar shells targeted Villa Somalia, the main government complex which includes the presidential palace, police said. Witnesses said they heard as many as five explosions.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-10-november-2015/Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:39:46 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-10-november-2015/Settle Yemen crisis to help Somalia PM tells UN Ending the crisis in Yemen is crucial to prevent Islamic State jihadists from shoring up Somalia’s weakened Shabaab, Somalia’s prime minister said on Monday. Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke told a special session of the UN Security Council on Somalia that the Shabaab’s recent pledges of allegiance to IS are “not to be taken lightly.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-27-october-2015/Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:42:39 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-27-october-2015/Somalia: People With Disabilities Abused, Neglected People with mental health conditions in Somaliland are increasingly forced into institutions, where they face serious abuses and poor conditions. The Somaliland authorities should provide oversight for all mental health facilities, prohibit chaining, and establish voluntary community-based services for people with mental health conditions.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-20-october-2015/Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:03:05 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-20-october-2015/Somalia Clan Clashes Kill 14 At least 14 people were killed and 20 others injured on Monday in deadly clashes in central Somalia, witnesses and officials said. Rival clan militias engaged in street battles in the town of Beledweyne following a dispute over tax collection, witnesses said.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-13-october-2015/Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:30:09 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-13-october-2015/Senior al-Shabaab commander captured in Somalia A top al-Shabaab commander and two other senior members of the Islamist group have been captured by Somali and African Union troops in the Horn of Africa country, intelligence sources said on Monday. The three were captured near the central town of Elbur late on Sunday, senior Somali intelligence officer Mohamed Hasan said.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-30-september-2015/Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:01:05 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-30-september-2015/Communique At High-Level Meeting for Somalia A high-level meeting on Somalia held in New York on Monday 28th September 2015 and addressed by the UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon has welcomed recent political developments in the country aimed at developing an electoral process for 2016.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-16-september-2015/Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:24:37 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-16-september-2015/Kenya to Clear Al-Shabab Fighters From Forest Near Somalia Kenyan security forces have launched an operation to oust al-Shabab militants from the Boni Forest, along the Kenya-Somalia border. Officials say the group has established camps in the forest to attack targets in Kenya.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-1-september-2015/Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:37:54 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-1-september-2015/Al Shabab ‘storms AU base’ in Somalia Militants from Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabab group rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union army base and stormed inside. There were no immediate reports on casualties, and the rebels said in a statement that the African Union Mission for Somalia (Amisom) troops had fled the base, situated in Janale district, 80 kilometres southwest of Mogadishu in the lower Shabele region in Somalia.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-25-august-2015/Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:43:05 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-25-august-2015/UN Envoy: Somalia Can’t Afford More Political Bickering The United Nations envoy to Somalia, Nicholas Kay, is criticizing an effort by some Somali lawmakers to impeach the president. He said with an election coming up and al-Shabab militants still active, Somalia cannot lose time to the political bickering that has brought down governments in the past.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-19-august-2015/Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:59:13 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-19-august-2015/Uganda Deploys More Police Officers to Somalia A new contingent of Ugandan Individual Police Officers (IPOs) has been deployed in Somalia to serve on the peacekeeping mission. The contingent comprising of 14 police officers has been fully inducted after undergoing a one week’s training course upon arrival and is ready to serve under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-29-july-2015/Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:47:54 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-29-july-2015/US President Barack Obama rules out sending troops to Somalia US President Barack Obama said that his government would not consider sending troops to Somalia, as he sees regional allies Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda as being highly qualified to lead an anti-terrorism operation on the ground.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-16-july-2015/Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:03:10 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-16-july-2015/Somalia takes Kenya to ICJ over sea border The Somali government has submitted its dispute with Kenya over their sea border to the International Court of Justice. The disputed ocean territory stretches for more than 100,000 sq km. Tests have shown potential reserves of gas in the area.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-2-july-2015/Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:45:43 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-2-july-2015/Somalia Celebrates 55 Years of Independence As Somalis celebrate 55 years of independence, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has urged them to dedicate themselves to defending the country’s freedom and sovereignty. On this day Somalia commemorates the beginning of new nation after achieving freedom from the colonial powers and merging to form one nation.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-25-june-2015/Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:17:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-25-june-2015/Al Shabaab claims responsibility for Somalia suicide attack, official says A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into the entrance of a Somali intelligence training center Sunday, a government official said. And armed attackers traded heavy gunfire with security guards as they tried to enter the building, said Mohamed Yusuf, spokesman for the Somali Security Ministry.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-18-june-2015/Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:04:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-18-june-2015/Kenyan president says troops will stay in Somalia Kenya’s president vowed Wednesday to keep troops in Somalia to fight Islamist Shebab rebels, apparently dismissing suggestions the country may be drawing up an exit strategy in order to focus on attacks on its own soil.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-11-june-2015/Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:28:41 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-11-june-2015/Kenya seeks UAE cash to fight Shabaab in Somalia Kenya is working with rich Arab nations to stabilise Somalia as it seeks to stop attacks by Al-Shabaab militants trained in the lawless country. Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed said the country has embarked on winning the hearts and minds of the Somali people to speed up the military exit, stabilise the country and stop radicalising youths.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-3-june-2015/Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:13:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-3-june-2015/Clashes in Somalia leave 35 dead At least 35 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in a week of clashes in villages near Somalia’s border with Ethiopia, officials and traditional elders said on Sunday. The sources said the clashes involved Somali clan militia and members of the Liyu police, an Ethiopian paramilitary unit operating in Ethiopia’s ethnic Somali region.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-26-may-2015/Tue, 26 May 2015 12:14:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-26-may-2015/Dozens killed in al Shabaab fighting in Somalia, attacks in capital Fighting in south Somalia between al Shabaab militants and government forces killed at least 24 people, while a rebel attack in the capital killed three Transport Ministry workers and a lawmaker, officials and the group said on Saturday.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-1-april-2015/Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:24:15 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-1-april-2015/Somalia hotel siege ends; U.N. diplomat, 19 others killed “A siege that started with gunmen detonating a bomb and spraying bullets in a hotel in Somalia ended Saturday with at least 20 people dead, authorities said.” CNN Rise in Illegal Fishing Threatens to Revive Somalia Piracy “A rise in illegal fishing off Somalia could spark a resurgence in piracy, United Nations and Somali fishing officials have warned, nearly three years after the pirates’ last successful hijacking in the Indian Ocean.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-6-march-2015/Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:41:30 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-6-march-2015/One of FBI’s most wanted terrorists captured in Somalia A Somali-American on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list has been captured, Somali intelligence officials said Tuesday. Liban Haji Mohamed was arrested as he traveled from an area controlled by terror group Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia.https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-12015-climate-change-exposes-the-limitations-of-the-state-centred-approach-to-peace-building-in-somalia-by-tamara-naidoo/Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:15:36 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-12015-climate-change-exposes-the-limitations-of-the-state-centred-approach-to-peace-building-in-somalia-by-tamara-naidoo/Somalia, due to perennial instability, has had a long history of international peacebuilding experiments that in turn, almost set the tone for global peace-building discourse and practise. Despite the successive and concentrated interventions, sustainable peace remains elusive in Somalia. This paper identifies state-centrism and the failure to translate the growing understanding of the link between climate change and conflict into peace-building practice as one of the challenges to establishing sustainable peace in Somalia.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-28-jan-2015/Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:20:08 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-28-jan-2015/Turkish president in Somalia to launch development projects amid heavy security Under tight security Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sunday launched development projects sponsored by his government including an airport terminal in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Hundreds of soldiers were deployed across Mogadishu where Somali Islamist extremists have carried out terror attacks targeting Turkish interests.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-16-jan-2015/Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:07:31 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-16-jan-2015/Al-Shabaab Commander Surrenders in Luq Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Osman Sheikh Mohamed on Wednesday (January 14th) surrendered to Somali security forces in Luq, Gedo region, Somalia’s Halgan reported. Luq police chief Siyad Abdikadir Mohamed said the man in question was the commander of al-Shabaab fighters in Bay region’s Dinsor district and had surrendered with his AK-47.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-10-jan-2015/Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:23:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-10-jan-2015/One of al-Shabaab’s most-wanted leaders surrenders to Somali police A leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab who had a $3m bounty on his head has surrendered in Somalia, a Somali intelligence official said on Saturday. Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi surrendered to Somali police in the Gedo region, said the intelligence officer, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-5-december-2014/Fri, 05 Dec 2014 08:37:55 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-5-december-2014/Al-Shabaab strikes again, killing 4 in attack on U.N. convoy in Somalia One day after executing dozens of non-Muslims at a quarry in Kenya, the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab waged an attack in its home base of Somalia – killing at least four people, according to police, in an attack on a United Nations convoy.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-29-november-2014/Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:53:56 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-29-november-2014/‘Al-Shabab Doesn’t Want a Truce With Infidel Powers’ The violent campaign between Kenya’s government and Somali militants is escalating. On Sunday, a day after members of the al-Shabab group executed 28 passengers on a Kenyan bus, Kenya’s Vice President William Ruto announced that the country’s military had crossed into Somalia and attacked al-Shabab camps where the bus attack was planned.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-18-november-2014/Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:58:08 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-18-november-2014/Somali Parliament Disrupted Second Time Over ‘No Confidence’ Vote A Somali parliament session descended into chaos Saturday (November 15th) as lawmakers attempted to debate a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed for the second time. Lawmakers supporting Ahmed attempted to derail the motion by destroying the legislature’s attendance register, waving placards announcing their support for Ahmed and singing the national anthem as other lawmakers attempted to discuss the motion.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-31-oct-2014/Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:25:53 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-31-oct-2014/Somali Govt Co-Ordinates Aid Distribution in Former Al-Shabaab-Held Areas Amid warnings of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Somalia and the dire need for assistance in areas liberated from al-Shabaab, the Somali government and international aid agencies are reaching out to residents in southern and central Somalia.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-26-september-2014/Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:48:32 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-26-september-2014/Somalia will be united by 2016, President tells UN General Assembly Somalia is at a critical juncture in its efforts to achieve security and stability, the country’s President told the United Nations General Assembly calling for continued support to strengthen Somalia as a security and ideological “firewall.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-14-august-2014/Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:35:25 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-14-august-2014/Al-Shabab attack AU base in Somalia Fighting between al-Shabab and government and African Union (AU) troops in the central Hiran region has left 18 people dead on both sides, the Somalian armed group has said. Al-Shabab spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab told the AFP news agency on Saturday that the deaths occurred after the group’s fighters attacked a base of the AU force in Buloburde town, about 200km north of the capital Mogadishu.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-31-july-2014/Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:19:27 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-31-july-2014/Somaila:Puntland Strongly Opposes the Mogadishu Agreement Purporting to Create a Federal State for Central Regions In reference to the July 30th 2014 Agreement announced in Mogadishu, the Puntland Council of Ministers convened in an extraordinary meeting chaired by the President HE Dr.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-18-july-2014/Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:13:48 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-18-july-2014/U.S. discloses secret Somalia military presence, up to 120 troops U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant GROUP al Shabaab, U.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-11-july-2014/Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:32:57 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-11-july-2014/Attack on Somalia’s presidential palace Heavily armed militants carried out a major bomb attack and armed assault against Somalia’s heavily-fortified presidential palace today. The attack bore all the hallmarks of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab rebels, who have carried out a string of strikes against the country’s internationally-backed but fragile government.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-4-july-2014/Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:20:22 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-4-july-2014/China to reopen embassy in Somalia after 23 years Newly appointed Chinese diplomat on Wednesday presented his credentials to Somali Foreign Minister, Abdirahman Mohamed Beileh, as a first step in reopening China’s embassy in the horn of Africa nation for more than two decades.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-30-june-2014/Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:34:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-30-june-2014/China to Re-Open Embassy in Somalia Closed in 1991 China said Monday it will re-open its embassy in Somalia 23 years after evacuating its diplomats as the East African nation plunged into civil war. The decision came after Somalia established its first government and parliament in 21 years, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-13-june-2014/Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:37:17 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-13-june-2014/Somalia: UN agencies call for immediate action to curb measles outbreaks Voicing deep concern that outbreaks of measles have left thousands of children in Somalia at risk of disability or death, United Nations agencies today called for urgent vaccination to tackle the highly contagious disease.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-6-june-2014/Fri, 06 Jun 2014 10:20:16 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-6-june-2014/Somalia: UN aid chief calls for $60 million emergency funding through summer months The United Nations humanitarian chief today called for $60 million for the next three months to prevent Somalia “from slipping back into a major humanitarian crisis” as it did during the 2011 famine.https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-30-may-2014/Fri, 30 May 2014 11:34:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/somalia-30-may-2014/Female Soldiers Join the Army Ranks in Somalia With an AK47 automatic rifle slung over her shoulder, Naeemo Abdi frisks people coming into a Mogadishu police station. When she holds back a man who tried to enter unchecked, he scowls at her and barks: “Woman and soldier?https://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-workshop-african-women-and-peace-building-with-a-focus-on-zimbabwe-drc-and-somalia-20-august-2013/Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:41:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/building-regional-and-international-consensus-workshop-african-women-and-peace-building-with-a-focus-on-zimbabwe-drc-and-somalia-20-august-2013/First Session Panel from left to right - Fatima Swartz,Chairperson, ACTION Support Centre, Steering Committee Abshiro Said Haji Mohamed, South African Somali Women’s Network Zeenat Adam, DIRCO, Director, Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean Islands Isabella Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean feminist activist & SALO Ref.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-somalia/Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:27:08 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-somalia/SALO’s Building International, Regional and National Consensus policy dialogue sessions bring together national, regional and international stakeholders, including civil society, policymakers and diplomats, to encourage greater North/ South policy dialogue and to discuss ways they can engage moving forward on issues of importance in Southern Africa in particular.