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(Photo: AP / Yves Logghe)Somali pirate Mohamed Abdi Hassan nabbed in fake movie sting
A van transports two Somali prisoners towards prison, outside court in Bruges, Belgium, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Belgian authorities say they have arrested a kingpin of modern-day piracy by luring him from Somalia on the promise of participating in a movie project on such high seas crime. Instead of signing a contract as an expert adviser in the documentary project, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, also known as Afwayne, was arrested at Brussels international airport over the weekend and immediately put behind bars....Full Story

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(Photo: UN / Tobin Jones)Is the Horn of Africa facing another collapsing state?
File - A young child looks on as older boys play football next to a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Mogadishu, Somalia, 19 August, 2013....Full Story

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Where hyenas are used to treat mental illness
Somalia has one of the highest rates of mental illness in the world and with a healthcare system devastated by years of war, most sufferers receive no medical help. Many are chained up - to trees or at home. Some are even locked in cages with hyenas. But one man is tryi...Full Story
Prejudice & patriotism: When is an Englishman not an Englishman?
There was disquiet across the land: a British team, winning Olympic gold, with more than half its members having grown up thousands of miles away. | The year? 1936. And while the story of GB's successful ice hockey team at those Winter Olympics - with nine of its 1...Full Story
Thousands of additional troops urged for force in Somalia
16/10/2013 | UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling for a surge of thousands of African troops in Somalia to stem the threat of terrorism posed by Islamist insurgents and ensure the survival of a U.N.-backed government, whose success Washington...Full Story
Chief Protocol of Somali Prime Minister Escaped in Geneva.
[Dalsan Radio]Radio Dalsan has learnt that the Chief protocol of Somali PM Abdi Mohamed, known as "Nuune "escaped in Geneva while the PM was attending the UN High commission for the Human Rights council in Geneva during September . ...Full Story
AMISON Wishes Muslims a Happy Eid-Ul-Adha.
[Dalsan Radio]As Muslims across the world prepare to mark the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif sends his best wishes to the Somali peopl...Full Story
Getting U.S. -Somali Relations On the Right Track
[Dalsan Radio]A great deal of optimism surrounds the fact that the Somali-U.S. diplomatic relationship is now back on track. However, at this embryonic stage, it would be naïve to assume that such newly gained optimism is sufficient to effectively cultivate a sustainab...Full Story
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Wed 16 Oct 2013
President of Somalia Praises Parliamentarians and Encourages Them to Maintain the Momentum
All Africa [Dalsan Radio]Mogadishu -The President of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the Speaker of the Parliament Hon Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawaari and the Prime Minister, H.E. Abdi Farah Shirdoon Saa'id today hosted lunch with members of the parliament fo...
UN Security Council Condemns Attack On UNAMID Peacekeepers
All Africa [Ethiopia Government]The UN Security Council issued a statement on Monday (October 14) condemning in the strongest terms attacks by unidentified armed assailants on a UNAMID convoy near El Geneina, in West Darfur, on Sunday, in which three Senegalese...
Draft Media Law Is Still Too Repressive, Says National Union of Somali Journalists
All Africa [IFEX]The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) deplores the announcement by the Minister of Information, Posts, Telecommunication and Transportation of the Federal Government that he will soon present draft media law to the parliament. ...
Don't Forget the Somalia Victims of Kenyan Army
All Africa [The Star]To understand the implications of the terrorist attack on Westgate Mall, we must shift focus to the port city of Kismayu on the shores of the Indian Ocean and to some of the quiet corners of the Rift Valley, where the rubble of the 2007-08 ...
Amisom Wishes Muslims a Happy Eid-Ul-Adha
All Africa [Amisom]Mogadishu -"It gives me great pleasure to send my best wishes to the people of Somalia on this important day. Today marks the end of Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites and the culmination of a period of prayer, reflection an...
Children Recover From Acute Malnutrition
All Africa [ICRC]The ICRC has 33 feeding programmes in south-central Somalia. ...
Thousands of additional troops urged for force in Somalia
Denver Post UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling for a surge of thousands of African troops in Somalia to stem the threat of terrorism posed by Islamist insurgents and ensure the survival of a U.N.-backed government, whose success...
Remittance company awaits court ruling on Barclays account closure
The Guardian A high court judge is expected to hand down a decision next week on an injunction sought by Dahabshiil, the biggest remittance company in the Horn of Africa, against Barclays's decision to close its account. | Barclays has agreed to continue to keep ...
Africa Oil Announces US$450 Million Brokered Private Placement
Stockhouse Marketwire | VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 16, 2013) - | THIS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES | Africa Oil Corp. ("Africa Oil" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AOI)...
Girls fare worse in disasters
IRINnews NAIROBI, 16 October 2013 (IRIN) - During disasters, girls fare worse than the rest of the population, according to a new report released on 11 October by child rights NGO Plan International. | “Men, women, boys and girls experience disasters in...
Ban declares war on al-Shabab
Foreign Policy A U.N.-backed African military force in Somalia must launch a new military offensive against al-Shabab's insurgents if it is stem the spread of terrorism in east Africa and ensure the survival of Somalia's struggling government, U.N. Secretary Genera...
Beaumont native terrorized on 'Captain Phillips' ship says movie isn't reality
Houston Chronicle Colin Wright had three opportunities to escape the bridge of the container ship Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked by four armed Somali pirates in 2009. The first time he decided to not abandon his captain. The second he was nearly shot. The third t...
Government Soldiers Spray Bullets to Poor Civilians At an Aid Distribution Camp in Mogadishu
All Africa [Shabelle]Mogadishu -Tuesday the 15th of October was a special day for Muslims around the world as they marked the Eid Ul Adha but it turned down to be a sorrowful day for poor families who lost their loved ones as government soldiers opened gunfire ...
UK Planning Safe Remittances for Somalia but It May Take a Year
All Africa [Ethiopia Government]The British government is planning to create "a safe corridor for payments" to Somalia money transfer companies in the UK face closure. The Government's move comes only days before Barclays Bank is due to shut the last account he...
Money Transfer System Used to Arm Militants in Kenya
All Africa [IPS]Nairobi -Arms are being transferred from Somalia into Kenya through hawala, an unregulated and traditional Somali transfer system that works with a network of agents, according to immigration officials and hawala brokers here. ...
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