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Turkey's police special operations chief in Somalia

Waagacusub.com - Selami Turker, chief of Special Police Unit of Turkish National Police, met with Somali officials and exchanged

Commemorating the Real Somali Heroes Who Fought the Ethiopian Invasion

"General John Abizaid of the U.S. Central Command, which has military authority for the Horn of Africa, flew to Ethiopia recently to meet with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has told American officials that he could cripple the Islamists "in one to two weeks."" (13 December 2006, Jeffrey…

Somalia Largest Mobile Network Company -Hormuud Telecom Linked among Top Shabaab Financiers

Somalia largest mobile telephone network company, Hormuud Telecom has been linked with entities funding and providing logistical support to the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab. The mobile telephone company has been accused of paying millions of shillings to the jihadist group for protection of its business…

[Topnews:] Akhri Xeer ilaaliyaha oo AxmedNur Cali Jimcale Hormuud Telecom iyo Maryan Macalin Bankiga dhexe ku cadeeyay iney afduubteen Ganacsade Baariyow kadibna xoog uga qaateen Labadiisii dabaq

Gudoomiyaha Shirkadda Hormuud Telecom Ganacsade Axmed Nur Cali Jimcale, Gudoomiye ku xigeenka Bankiga dhexe ee Somalia Maryan Macalin iyo Nin la yiraa Maxamed Amiin Sheekh Xuseen ayaa lagu helay dimbi ku saabsan iney afduubteen Ganacsade Cabduqadir Baariyow iyagoo kadibna jirdil ku sameeyay , kana qaatay…

Hormuud telecom and Al-Shabaab's Strategy of Destroying Mobile Communication Masts

Hormuud's Assault on African Peacekeepers Figure 14: African Peace Keepers Hormuud launched a scorching public campaign against the Kenyan military forces in AMISOM in late August 2019.

MR ROOBLE DHEERE SENIOR SHABAB OFFICER IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA

"The most obstacle Somali federal government facing now is that several commanders mixed into security agencies and secretely working with terrorist elements, which is greater threat and danger to the state," this source was published on Voice Of The People Press. The Press also was quoted that…

SOMALIA:Al-Shabaab Main Sources of Funding -Hormuud telecom

But Al-Shabaab derives the bulk of its funding for its operations from taxing business people and most lucrative companies in Mogadishu and control of most businesses in rural Somalia. 51 -Over the years, the terrorist group has established a well-structured and oiled taxation infrastructure supported…

SOMALIA: Funding Terror: Sugar from Kismayo

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.

Somalia:Paying taxes and supporting Al-Shabaab activities has enabled Hormuud Telecom to penetrate and set business in areas under the group's control

Paying taxes and supporting Al-Shabaab activities has enabled Hormuud Telecom to penetrate and set business in areas under the group's control. In certain regions, Hormuud has enjoyed monopoly of mobile communication services under the protection of the militant group. The expansion of their services…

Somalia:Shareholders of Hormuud telecom have links with terrorist Al-Shabaab.

The Chairman of Hormuud Telecom Group Ahmed Nur Ali Jim'ale was a kingpin in Al-Shabaab's charcoal-sugar trading cycle that funded its activities. In September 2010, he founded ZAAD, a mobile-to-mobile money-transfer business that struck a deal with Al-Shabaab to make money transfers more anonymous…

To End Impunity in Somalia, SJS calls authorities to investigate and prosecute killers of journalists

Waagacusub.com- As the world marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) calls on the federal government of Somalia to investigate all crimes against journalists and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Djibouti : a journalist beaten and arrested twice

Waagacusub.com- calls for the immediate release of Osman Yonis Borogeh, a journalist who was detained and beaten by Djibouti's police for two days last week and was re-arrested yesterday. The authorities must also quickly investigate the use of these unacceptable methods in order to identify and…

Somalia:The President of Djibouti is the creator of Al-Shabab terror group.

There is no question that President Ismael Omar Guelleh is the creator of extremist group Al-shabab. During the Arta conference Mr. Aden Hashi Farah nicknamed Ayro and future leader of Al-shabab was present at this conference. Ayro and others members of Al-ithihad had several meetings with President…

Somalia:Reaping the Whirlwind Hormuud Telecom Entrepreneurs and the Resurgence of Al-Shabaab

Report of the Investigation into the link between Hormuud Telecom and the Al-Shabaab Operations in Somalia October (2019) International Policy Group (IPG) Nairobi Kenya

Somalia: International Report Exposes Hormuud Telecom Funding Al-Shabaab, Destroying Safaricom Masts In North Eastern

As of August 2019, Hormuud Telecom had grown to become the largest and most influential telecommunications company in Somalia with thousands of shareholders, employees and huge assets.

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi targeted, believed dead in US raid in Syria: Sources

Waagacusub.com- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State last seen alive in a video in April, was targeted in a strike by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Syria on Saturday, according to three U.S. officials. The ISIS leader is believed to be dead, those officials told ABC News.

Somalia Mobile money: A major source of funding for Al-Shabaab-Hormuud Telecom

26. There is no doubt that, on the one hand, mo-bile money services brought financial inclusion to Somali citizens across the country. On the other hand, ordinary citizens are not the sole or even major beneficiaries of Al-Barakat mobile money services. As a matter of fact, Al-Shabaab terrorist group…

Ethiopia Premier Warns Non-Ethiopian Media Owners

Waagacusub.com- Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warns non-Ethiopian media owners engaged in inciting conflicts among different communities by spreading hate speeches.

The blind woman who carried out the suicide attack has graduated and trained from Al Nur school for blind people, the school is managed by Hormud Telecom

Somalia: List of former Hormuud Telecom staff members who joined the terrorists. 1- Former Al Shabab leader Ahmed Godane was a member of Al-Barakaat group in Hargeisa. 2- Head of Amniyat branch of Al Shabab Mahad Karate was part of Al Barakat group in Mogadishu.

United States are not serious about the need for Somalia to reform.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a January 2010 speech that "development was once the province of humanitarians, charities, and governments looking to gain allies in global struggles. Today it is a strategic, economic, and moral imperative — as central to advancing American interests…