Somalia:Who is terrorist Fahad Yasin - Chief of Staff of Villa Somalia

Designated Global Terrorist Ties: • Fahad Yasin is an alleged member, close associate and facilitator for Al-Shabaab • Fahad traveled to Yemen in the 1990s and attended Iman University, a school attended by 
members of al-Qa'ida, al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and other extremist groups.…

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Parliament Speaker Jawari bears witness to the triumph of political Gangsterism and despotism in Somalia

Sunatimes.com - Democratic constitutions provide legal instruments consisting of petitions and motions to the citizens, including elected officials, to promote public policy, seek justice and accountability, resolve political differences and conflicts, and ensure public participation in the political…

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Somali President expected to travel to Burundi while half a million suffer from flooding

SUNATIMES.COM - President Farmajo is expected to travel to Burundi on Saturday ahead of the CECAFA U-17 finals on Sunday while close to half a million people in the country are affected by severe flooding.

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European parliament hears calls for urgent protection of journalists and trade unions in Somalia

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) yesterday teamed up with the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) to testify at the European Parliament about the riskier and more difficult environment in which journalists and trade unions…

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Somalia: A Sitch in the Somali parliament

Sunatimes.com - Mustaf Ali Duhulow is a member of Somali National Assembly who was sworn to serve his war-torn nation, but he instead decided to serve a neighboring country that has sinister geopolitical interest for minor political advantage.

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A Qatari agent in Somali president office

Sunatimes.com - After one year in the office, the Somali federal government President, Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmaajo" proofed himself to be unreliable and not trustworthy to run the highest national political position, according to a survey made by Sunatimes.com and ten independent journalists.

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Somalia: Blatant Lies Bring Rogue Information Minister in the Open

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) hereby responds to the recent statement issued by Mr Abdirahman Omar Osman Yarisow, the unqualified Minister of Information in the Somali government.

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IFJ "Somali Ministry of Information is "engineering unwarranted attacks against Somali journalists"

IFJ expresses concerns over the escalation of attacks on media freedom in Somalia

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Villa Somalia secretly met with Qatari -Iranian and Hezbollah intelligence officers in Turkey

The Chief of Staff of Villa Somalia Fahad Yasin secretly met with Qatari intelligence officers and Iranian intelligence as well as Hezbollah in Istanbul, according to western diplomats sources briefed on the meeting by western intelligence services.

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Foreign Entities Dig a Grave to Bury Somalia

Somalia has significant challenges that may foretell its death, and in fulling this dire prediction, foreign entities are aggressively digging Somalia's grave. Today, there are many authoritative foreign entities who direct Somalia's leadership decisions, and actually dictate policy. These foreign…

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Ethiopia to Free Political Prisoners, Close Prison

Important Steps, but More Rights Reforms Needed

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Somalia releases jailed ex-minister and government critic

A court in Somalia on Thursday released without charge a former minister and government critic who spent two days in jail after being arrested for alleged treason, an arrest which ignited a smoldering political crisis for the fragile government.

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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Mogadishu taxation $10 - $70,000 Monthly - UN Report

28. Over the course of the present mandate, Al-Shabaab continued to impose taxation on the business community in Somalia (see also S/2016/919, annex 1.6, and S/2015/801, para. 92).

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Courageous Dutch lawyer saved my profession of Journalism.

Sunatimes.com - Serving as a media person in Somalia was a horrible exercise that compels you to take many risks including a life-threatening one. The threat is also affecting family members who could be punished because I am exercising my freedom of expression enshrined in the Universal Declaration…

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Sirculus:Argagixisadda 52 Milyan dollar ayey ka helaan Muqdisho sanad walba ?

Waagacusub.com - Argagixisadda Al-Shabaab ayaa la ogaaday iney Caasimadda Muqdisho oo kaliya sanad walba ka helaan lacag dhan 52 Milyan oo dollar taas oo ay Shirkadaha ganacsigga iyo shacabka Muqdisho uga qaadaan Canshuur aruurin ay ugu magacdareen ZAKAAWAAT.

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Somalia PM: a political showoff and self-appreciating man

Sunatimes.com - Boundless enthusiasm greeted the election of Somali president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, on February 8 by the world's poorest people hoping that he will overcome the country's deteriorating general security, the weak economy, and the crippled public services.

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"SOMALIAN MINISTER GIVES FALSE EVIDENCE TO AMSTERDAM COURT"

The lawyer, Schouten: "In that case the court will ignore source protection because, under Somalian law, the journalist can be ordered to name his source. This takes away the last vestiges of press freedom in a country in which people are murdered for what they say or commit to paper."

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Somalia:Journalists discuss media law and criminal defamation

Sunatimes.com - A training on freedom of expression, media law and defamation, organized by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), was today held in Mogadishu, attracting 35 journalists who are working in Mogadishu.

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SOMALIA: KEATING BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL

Mr. President, The long term as well as immediate challenges facing Somalia remain formidable, whether humanitarian, economic, security or political. The unity of the Council and the solidarity of the international community have been essential to the gradual, if fragile, progress that is being made.

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Somalische Minister houdt Amsterdamse rechter vals bewijs Voor

Advocaat Schouten: "De rollen worden omgedraaid. Doorgaans wordt de journalist gezien als een publieke waakhond en niet de regeringsleden waarover zij kritisch schrijven. Het is extra wrang dat de rechter zich daarbij baseert op een artikel in The Guardian, waarvan mijn cliënt vorig jaar al heeft…

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