Tag Archives: AMISOM
Security – Somali police are increasingly playing a more prominent role in keeping their country back on its feet after 22 years of conflict. But peace in Somalia is still a long shot. In areas with any significant gatherings, police … read more »
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Ethiopia has been working to strengthen existing economic ties among the nations of East Africa, according to the Foreign, Defence and Security Affairs Standing Committee of the House of People’s Representatives, the lower chamber of the Ethiopian Parliament. The Committee … read more »
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By Gwynne Dyer, Special to QMI Agence There have been no elections in Somalia since 1967 and there won’t be any this year, either. But the country has a new parliament (appointed on the advice of clan elders) that has … read more »
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Ethiopian withdrawal has forced AMISOM and Somali government to take steps to fill in the potential security vacuum The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Thursday said it was prepared for an eventual Ethiopian troop withdrawal from areas in … read more »
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A rainbow of passports shines through the homogenized Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport. The chaotic atmosphere is synthesized by the lingering image of the deep blue Indian Ocean. With broken Somali, and eighteen years of age, I find myself rolling … read more »
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, AMISOM, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, smali news, Somali, Somalia, Somalia News, Transitional Federal Government, United States
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By Richard Mugisha, opinion Five years ago, Uganda committed troops to the African Union Mission (Amisom), backed by UN Security Council resolution 1744 13 (2007), to stabilise chaos-devastated Somalia. This was a mission, one would intuitively say, that even the … read more »
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JAMES FERGUSSON independent.co.uk Less than two years ago, its capital was a war zone. No longer. Eighteen months ago, central Mogadishu was like an African Stalingrad. The heat may have been equatorial but everything else seemed strangely familiar: a dirty … read more »
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, AMISOM, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somali, Somali people, Somalia
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The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has today opened a two week capacity building training for Somalia Civil Servants in Bujumbura bringing together 120 protocol officers, secretaries and administrators from various ministries of the Federal Government. Opening the workshop, … read more »
Consistent with his unfailing mission to speak for the best interest of the failed, fragmented and powerless Somalia, Professor Michael Weinstein of Perdue University, Indiana, USA has tried one more time to reason with the Somali Elite and the International … read more »
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By Julius Odeke After two decades of the conflict in the history of Somalia, the year 2012 could be referred to as “the year of rich harvest” following the great strides towards stabilization that the country witnessed in the last … read more »
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Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Mahamat Saleh Annadif said during a Tuesday (December 18th) meeting with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud that he was relocating his office to Mogadishu, the African Union Mission … read more »
By Abdi Aynte For the first time in four years, the militant group al-Shabaab is not the center of attention in Somalia. Since the fighters were ejected from the capital Mogadishu a year ago by the African Union peacekeepers (AMISOM) … read more »
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At least eight Somali government troops were killed when a remote-controlled bomb hit their vehicle in Mogadishu, officials said on Thursday, highlighting lingering security risks less than two weeks before the U.N.-backed government’s mandate ends. Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab group … read more »
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Mogadishu – Somali residents on Saturday fled one of the capital’s last Islamist strongholds after a day of heavy fighting in which African forces backing government troops said they seized the area. The few families still in the sprawling Deynile … read more »
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Mohamud M. Uluso Donor nations and regional partners gathered in London last week for a British-sponsored conference. The results are unlikely to solve the Somalian quagmire. The communiqué of the recent conference on Somalia, dominated by the International Contact Group … read more »
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 19, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Police Component of the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) has launched a capacity building and leadership-training, contributing to an ongoing Somali Police Force (SPF) training of ninety-seven junior police … read more »
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Tagged African Union, African Union Mission to Somalia, AMISOM, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Police, Somali Police Force, Somalia, SPF
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DDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 7, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 306th meeting held on 5 January 2012, adopted the following decision on the situation in Somalia: Council: 1. … read more »
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Tagged African Union, African Union Mission to Somalia, AMISOM, European Union, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, Transitional Federal Institutions, United Nations
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November 18, 2011 by benim
Addis Ababa- The African Union said on Friday it supported Kenya’s offer to send troops to bolster its force protecting the embattled Somali government against Islamist rebels in the war-torn country. “One of the best available options would be to … read more »
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November 17, 2011 by benim
Addis Ababa – The African Union renewed efforts on Thursday to bolster its force protecting the embattled Somali government, a day after Kenya said it was willing to deploy troops for the bloc’s mission. The AU’s Peace and Security Council … read more »
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November 6, 2010 by benim
Somalia in particular and Horn of Africa in general are at such a volatile stage that any misstep — domestic or foreign — could only further exacerbate that perilous condition. One such potential misstep gathering cloud is the recently proposed … read more »
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Clanism, Dual-Track Policy, Ethiopia, Johnnie Carson, Puntland, Somalia, Somaliland, State Department, US Foreign Policy, Violent Extremism, World news
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October 30, 2010 by benim
At least 7 people were killed, including African Union Peacekeepers and civilians, in a roadside bomb attack targeting an AMISOM convoy in Mogadishu. The bomb exploded as an AMISOM convoy was traveling on Warshadaha Street in the Somali capital. One … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African Union, African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, AMISOM, bomb, Indepth Africa, Mogadishu, Somalia
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