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Dutch Court of Appeal does not clear Dahabshiil of Terror and Criminal Allegations
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Journalist Dahir Alasow wins important case for press freedom in Somalia against Dahabshill in Dutch Court of Appeal
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Somaliland revokes Flydubai, Air Arabia licenses for 'obeying' flight commands from Mogadishu

Somaliland has revoked the licenses of two UAE airlines for allegedly heeding orders from Somalia to turn back mid air en route to Hargeisa last month. Sunatimes.com has learnt that the two budget airlines-Flydubai and Air Arabia have had their license cancelled by Somaliland government denying them access to the break-away region....

Somalia:NISA accuses veteran journalist being a threat to national security

Somalia's intelligence agency on Thursday made some damning allegations against a respected journalist who co-authored one of the key books on Al-Shabaab and Islamic militancy in Somalia....

Facebook Invests Additional $100 Million to Support News Industry During the Coronavirus Crisis

The news industry is working under extraordinary conditions to keep people informed during the COVID-19 pandemic. At a time when journalism is needed more than ever, ad revenues are declining due to the economic impact of the virus. Local journalists are being hit especially hard, even as people turn to them for critical information to keep their friends, families and communities safe....

SOMALIA: US GOV Reports on Human Rights Practices

Executive Summary Somalia is a federal parliamentary republic. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmaajo," following his election by a joint vote of the two houses of parliament in February 2017, led the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), formed in 2012. Members of the two houses of parliament were selected through indirect elections conducted from October 2016 through January 2017, with House of the People membership chosen on clan affiliation and a power-sharing formula, and Upper House membership chosen by state assemblies. The electoral process for both houses was widely viewed as flawed and marred with corruption, but the two houses of parliament elected President Farmaajo in a process viewed as fair and transparent. The government of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in the northwest and the regional government of Puntland in the northeast controlled their respective jurisdictions....

Somali Terrorists Hawala without registering -TAAJ Money Transfer

"Taaj services." and Ahmed Nuur Ali Jimaale is doing. Money laundering offences are very serious carrying a maximum of 14 years. All the 3 principal money laundering offences potentially carry heavier penalties than most predicate offences. Ahmed Nuur Ali Jimaale...

04 Apr 2020 Somaliland revokes Flydubai, Air Arabia licenses for 'obeying' flight commands from Mogadishu
04 Apr 2020 Somalia:NISA accuses veteran journalist being a threat to national security
30 Mar 2020 Facebook Invests Additional $100 Million to Support News Industry During the Coronavirus Crisis
17 Mar 2020 SOMALIA: US GOV Reports on Human Rights Practices
16 Mar 2020 Somali Terrorists Hawala without registering -TAAJ Money Transfer
12 Mar 2020 Somalia:Al-Shabaab has placed 18 lawmakers in the new Galmudug parliament
12 Mar 2020 Withdraw Kenya Forces from Somalia, Muslim clerics urge
11 Mar 2020 Hormuud Telecom sullied milieu of Civil War Somalia drenched in Islamic radicalism

04 Apr 2020 Somaliland revokes Flydubai, Air Arabia licenses for 'obeying' flight commands from Mogadishu
04 Apr 2020 Somalia:NISA accuses veteran journalist being a threat to national security
30 Mar 2020 Facebook Invests Additional $100 Million to Support News Industry During the Coronavirus Crisis
17 Mar 2020 SOMALIA: US GOV Reports on Human Rights Practices
16 Mar 2020 Somali Terrorists Hawala without registering -TAAJ Money Transfer
12 Mar 2020 Somalia:Al-Shabaab has placed 18 lawmakers in the new Galmudug parliament
12 Mar 2020 Withdraw Kenya Forces from Somalia, Muslim clerics urge
11 Mar 2020 Hormuud Telecom sullied milieu of Civil War Somalia drenched in Islamic radicalism

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Dahabshiil sued for 'aiding Al-Shabaab terrorists' - NyPost.com This is a lawsuit against an international money transfer company, Dahabshiil, that provided financial support to al-Shabaab, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, and to the al-Shabaab operatives who assassinated Saado Ali Warsame.
Click here to read more about this lawsuit Tani waa dacwad ka dhan ah shirkadda xawaaladda caalamiga ah ee Dahabshiil oo lagu eedeeyay in ay taageero dhaqaale siiso ururka argagixisada Al-shabaab oo fuliyay dilkii Saado Cali Warsame.
Riix Halkan si aad akhriso Faahfaahinta Dacwaddan Case 1:15-cv-09623 Document 1 Filed 12/09/15 Page 24 of 24
Plaintiff demands a trial by jury on all issues so triable
Dated: December 9, 2015
Respectfully submitted,
BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.
By: /s/ Joshua D. Arisohn
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Joshua D. Arisohn 888 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Tel: (646) 837-7150 Fax: (212) 989-9163

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Somalia:Al-Shabaab has placed 18 lawmakers in the new Galmudug parliament

Sunatimes.com - Members of the new Galmudug State Assembly will on Friday select the next Speaker of the regional House of Representatives in a highly contested election in one of the most divided regions in Somalia....

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Withdraw Kenya Forces from Somalia, Muslim clerics urge

Muslim clerics have called upon the government to rethink its strategy and withdraw the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) from neighbouring Somalia. Speaking to the Nation, Kenya Muslims National Advisory Council (Kemnac) chairman Sheikh Juma Ngao said Kenya should respect the Somali government and allow it to deal with its issues....

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Hormuud Telecom sullied milieu of Civil War Somalia drenched in Islamic radicalism

This report, Reaping the Whirlwind: Hormuud Entrepreneurs and the Resurgence of Al-Shabaab, traces the rise of Hormuud in the sullied milieu of Civil War Somalia drenched in Islamic radicalism that birthed Al-Shabaab as Africa's deadliest terrorist group....

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Somalia:Hormuud telecom and Resurgent Al-Shabaab

Paradoxically, the gradual revival of the Somali economy and increased funding has spurring Al-Shabaab's recent resurgence. Hormuud was adversely mentioned in a 2018 UN Security Council report as the financier of Al-Shabaab's deadliest terror attack against civilians in Somalia's history. On October 14, 2017, the group detonated the largest vehicle-borne explosive device it has ever constructed (estimated at more than 1.2 tonnes TNT equivalence), killing as many as 582 people at Zoobe junction in Mogadishu....

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Hormuud telecom campaign against African peace-keepers fighting Al-Shabaab

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Somalia:Hormuud Telecom staff members who joined the terrorists.

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Somali forces, supposed to unite against Islamists

Fighting erupted in south Somalia on Monday between the national army and regional forces, amid deepening divisions that help Islamist insurgents and may exacerbate regional frictions....

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Privatisation of Djibouti Telecom in the pipeline

According to our information, President Ismail Omar Guelleh is making progress on his plans to privatise Djibouti Telecom. As revealed previously by the Indian Ocean Newsletter (ION 1507), Salaam African Bank, whose managing director, Jama Hersi Abdi, is also the head of the Djiboutian subsidiary of the Somalian telephone company Telesom, is angling to take over the national telephone operator....

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SOMALIA IS HEADING DOWN A DEAD-END ROAD

SUNATIMES.COM - It does not look like an election in which all stakeholders can agree the outcome would take place in Somalia at the end of this year. However, those who support President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo believe the election will happen at the end of the year. Still, one thing for sure is that stakeholders will not agree with the outcome of any election, unless the president changes his attitude toward how the election would be conducted....

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