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Somalia Border Wall Will Ward Off Terrorists, Says Mandera Governor Ali Roba
news AMISOM daily media monitoring, 25 Aug 2015 (9 years ago )Mandera Governor Ali Roba says the planned construction of a wall between Kenya and Somalia will improve security in the county. Mr Roba says the wall along the porous border will ward off terrorists. “My administration supports the national government in this project because the wall will help stab... -
Qatar deploys 1,000 ground troops to fight in Yemen
news Al Jazeera and agencies, 07 Sep 2015 (8 years ago )Around 1,000 soldiers from Qatar's Armed Forces have been deployed to Yemen, as part of the Arab coalition's fight against Houthi rebels, Al Jazeera has learned. An Al Jazeera journalist, reporting from the Saudi-Yemen border, said the troops were backed by more than 200 armoured vehicles and 30... -
Government Forces And AMISOM Repulse Al-Shabaab In Qoryooley Attack
news AMISOM daily media monitoring, 08 Sep 2015 (8 years ago )Reports reaching us from Qoryoole town in lower Shabeele region indicate that Al-Shabaab fighters attacked government forces and AMISOM bases in the town. Locals told the media the militants raided a local government forces base leading to a fierce gun battle that lasted for hours. The forces howeve... -
The CEO of IKEA Foundation visits the Dollo Ado camps
news UNHCR, 10 Sep 2015 (8 years ago )Ethiopia-15 September 2015 (UNHCR)-The Chief Executive Officer of the IKEA Foundation, Mr. Per Heggenes, last week visited the five Dollo Ado refugee camps as part of a periodic programme review of different projects funded by the IKEA Foundation. Accompanied by UNHCR Representative Clementine Nkwet... -
Saudi-led coalition drops weapons for allies in Yemeni city
news Reuters, 28 Oct 2015 (8 years ago )Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition bombed the Iran-allied Houthi movement across Yemen on Wednesday and dropped weapons to Islamist militias battling the group, a day after being accused of bombing the hospital of an international medical aid charity. The sorties showed the coalition was determ... -
AMISOM Force Commander and SNA Chief of Defence Forces Pledge Stronger Partnership
news AMISOM Daily Media Monitoring, 28 Oct 2015 (8 years ago )The Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Lt. Gen. Jonathan Rono today met with the new Somali National Army (SNA) Chief of Defence Forces Maj. Gen. Mohamed Adan Ahmed, with discussions focussing on how to strengthen working relations between the two organizations they re... -
Lack Of Funds Pushes Al-Shabaab Towards ISIL-Puntland
news AMISOM Daily Media Monitoring, 27 Oct 2015 (8 years ago )Funding crises have pushed Somali terror group, Al Shabaab to shift balance towards the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Puntland Government in Northern Somalia claimed on Tuesday. The remarks come less than a week after key Al Shabaab ideologue Abdulkadir Mumin defected to Islamic State... -
KDF Aids Illicit Sugar Trade In Kismayu, Says UN
news AMISOM Daily Media Monitoring, 27 Oct 2015 (8 years ago )The United Nations has once again accused Kenya of aiding a flourishing illicit sugar trade at the port of Kismayu in Somalia. UN Monitoring Group for Somalia and Eritrea, in its report released last Friday, said the trade is worth more than $800,000 (Sh81.8 million) annually. The report says this p... -
Yemen conflict: MSF hospital destroyed by air strikes
news BBC, 27 Oct 2015 (8 years ago )The first, which occurred around 22:30 (19:30 GMT) on Monday, hit part of the facility in Saada province that was not being used, according to the charity. All staff and patients had been evacuated by the time the second strike hit about 10 minutes later. However, the Saudi-led coalition battling ... -
Growing Tension In Beledweyne Town After UN Official Is Killed
news AMISOM Daily Media Monitoring, 15 Nov 2015 (8 years ago )Tension ran high in the central Somali town of Beledweyne after government troops shot dead a UN official in the town on Saturday, residents said on Sunday.Mahdi Hussein Shekhal, a field officer with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) was killed after armed troops opened fire at his car ...