NUSOJ strongly condemns suspension of leading Independent TV station and arrest of editor-in-chief in Somaliland

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) vehemently condemns the forceful and illegal suspension of operations of Horn Cable TV, a leading Hargeisa based independent television network, and arrest of its editor-in-chief.

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SOMALIA: Oiling Al-Shabaab's Economic Empire

Al-Shabaab is more than just a terrorist group. In 2011, its annual revenue was in the region of $70–100 million per year. In 2018, the President of the Somali Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) confirmed that Al-Shabaab collected an estimated $20 million dollars from South Somalia alone.

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IMF Flawed Approach to Somalia Masks Deep Governance Failure

Somalia, after 20 years of statebuilding efforts, is precipitously descending again into deep civil strife because of autocratic, corrupt, incompetent, divisive, hypocritical federal leaders more than any other factor. Today Somalia experiences the authoritarianism that Nicholas Kayser-Bril described…

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Somalia:Risk of terrorism financing through mobile money- Hormuud Telesom and Golis ?

-Risk of terrorism financing through mobile money: Al-Shabaab can finance its terrorist activities due to the lack of regulation on mobile money transfers. - Risk of money laundering through mobile money: Money launderers can use mobile money, as they can multiply mobile money accounts without giving…

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Somalia auditor general slams government finances

Sunatimes.com -The Somali government is keeping some donor funds offshore and none of the ministries have completed last year's accounts, the auditor general said in a report published on Wednesday.

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Qatar fuels chaos in Somalia - Farmajo,refused to accept the results of Jubbaland election

Sunatimes.com - Qatar's interference in Somalia threatens a civil war, since Jubaland election results confused Hamadeen.

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Challenges to Ethiopia's Regional Ambitions

Sunatimes.com - The Maekelawi prison had a history of torture and repression until it was officially closed on 7 April 2018. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's decision to open it to the public, was praised by human rights organisations as the next step towards political liberalisation. The timing, however,…

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Somalia and China MOU Tuna Agreement ended up Corruption

The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to facilitate the operation of fishing vessels owned or being within the association of [PARTY] in the Somali Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to target tuna and tuna like species. 2. The objective of this MOU is to establish a lasting relationship…

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Hormuud Telecom Somalia: one of the single largest financiers of Al-Shabaab

Ilhan Omar Demanded Protection for Company Linked to Terror Group Al-Shabaab

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Somalia: List of companies that pay Al-Shabaab most - Hormuud Telecom

Al-Shabaab gets a lot of money from Somali business people, especially those in Mogadishu, according to reports published by Washington Post and UN Somalia and Eritrea monitoring group.

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Somalia:Mogadishu Mayor Targeted by Female Bomber

The Somali government says the recent explosion that fatally injured the mayor of Mogadishu was carried out by a female suicide bomber with special needs who was assisted by a second woman.

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Somali President Renounces US Citizenship Over Atrocities in S/W State & Corruption: Intelligence Brief.

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Faarmajo has formally denounced his second citizenship. Faarmajo, through the Presidency issued a statement claiming he had ceded being an American citizen, a move that has been politically exploited by his inner circle. However, this is not a political watershed…

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Qatar's terrorism against UAE in Somalia is 'unfortunate,' Dr Anwar Gargash says

Sunatimes.com - A report by The New York Times has revealed Doha's terrorist and extremist activities in Somalia, the UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr Anwar Gargash, said on Tuesday.

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SOMALIA: A Silent Coup Against President Farmaajo by Saber Rattling PM Khaire.

An intelligence report issued on the 1st day of the 1st week of July 2019, warns that Hassan Khaire has bought 4000 strong Ahlu-Suna Wa Jamaa (ASWJ) militia, a group that fights Al-Shabaab terror group in Central Somalia. The group for over a decade has been funded and armed by the Ethiopian government.…

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Talks between Iranian backed Ahlusunah and Somali Government are doomed to failed -Dhusamareb

Sunatimes.com - A delegation led by Somalia's Minister for Interior and Federal affairs, Abdi Mohamed Sabriye, is in Dhusamareb, the administrative capital of Galmudug regional state.

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Somalia:FGS engaged in 'deception and mischief' over row with Kenya-Galmudug

"The unpredictable and mischievous political behaviour and positions of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Prime Minister Hassan Kheire have undermined the confidence of the leaders of all neighbouring countries who are partners in the stabilisation struggle of Somalia."

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Terrorising the victims of terror in Somalia "a failed elite, and the Western 'War on Terror'."

Terrorising the victims of terror in Somalia. "One wonders what Somalis might have accomplished if they were not sandwiched between pernicious local terrorists, a failed elite, and the Western 'War on Terror'." By ABDI ISMAIL SAMATAR

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How to rethink stabilisation in Somalia

Sunatimes.com - For more than a decade, international donors have provided a large portion of their aid to stabilisation efforts in Somalia . Yet, the current academic and policy debates on Somalia highlight the risks of an exacerbating political conflict, dire security implications of the withdrawal…

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Somali President Farmajo Has No Legal Base to Force Galmudug Presidential Election in 2019

Sunatimes.com - As a caveat, I would like to state here that my argument against the involvement of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) in any presidential elections of the federal member states (FMS) should not be interpreted as an approval of state elections.…

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UNDP sanctions 18 Somali entities and individuals over graft, collusion and fraud

The UN Development Programme has blacklisted 18 Somali individuals and organisations from conducting any business with the UN agency over what it termed as their 'engagement in proscribed practices'.

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