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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…

IMF Flawed Approach to Somalia Masks Deep Governance Failure

Somalia, after 20 years of statebuilding efforts, is precipitously descending again into deep civil strife because of autocratic, corrupt, incompetent, divisive, hypocritical federal leaders more than any other factor. Today Somalia experiences the authoritarianism that Nicholas Kayser-Bril described…

Somalia:The Dark Side of Al-Barakat Mobile Money Services.

Hormuud telecom largest shareholder as a prominent member of Al-shabaab -UN Report

Somalia: Taaj Express report of terrorism and its black market ?

Taaj Money transfer which has been established few years back became the fastest remittance company in the Somali Hawala market. It has been designed in a way the money is sent through MMT known as EVC+, Saad Service and Sahal Service, that means you'll receive your money on your mobile phone if…

Qatar fuels chaos in Somalia - Farmajo, Qatar's follower, refused to accept the results of Jubbaland election

Waagacusub.com - Qatar's interference in Somalia threatens a civil war, since Jubaland election results confused Hamadeen.

Hormuud Telecommunications is a company identified as being one of the single largest financiers of al-Shabaab

Al-Shabaab is responsible for many terrible terror attacks. A couple of examples are: the 2015 attack on the University of Kenya in which 147 people were killed and 79 others were injured, and the attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in which 59 innocents were killed and 150 were injured. In other…

Hormuud Telecom's Economic Terrorism Along Kenyan Border Targeting Safaricom Plc

On 10th July 2018, the Somali terror group attacked and destroyed a strategic 'mediated cross-border communication –base transmission station (BTS) mast owned and operated by Safaricom, in Hamey, Garissa County of Kenya. The terrorists also attempted to attack the area administration police camp,…

ICJ postpones Somalia-Kenya maritime dispute case

International Court of Justice (ICJ) has postponed the hearing of Somalia-Kenya Maritime border dispute case.

Al-Shabab tightens grip on Somalia with growing tax racket

The calls from an unknown number had been coming for weeks, but Osman, a household-goods trader in the Somali capital's largest market, disregarded them — until he got the text message. "Will you pick up our call? Yes or no. This is the mujahideen," it said. The mujahideen, the Islamist…

Deal with FGS dead, Alhusunna says, accuses Govt of deploying Al-Shabaab defector-led troops

Waagacusub.com- The moderate Islamist group AlhusunnaWalJamaa has declared the deal signed with the Federal Government in July to merge forces dead, accusing Mogadishu of violating terms of the agreement.

Qatar and Iran are actively negotiating Somali Government a joint venture to exploit Uranium in Somalia

Qatar and Iran are actively negotiating with Somali PM Hassan Ali Kheyre, on a multi-million- dollar joint venture to exploit what may be a large uranium deposit in central Somalia. Qatari military team landed in Dhusamareb, Somalia July 13, 2019, approximately 300 miles from Mogadishu.

Somalia faces the worst undemocratic political Election in 2020

President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was elected in 2017 to accelerate the building and strengthening of "a federal, sovereign, and democratic republic founded on inclusive representation of the people, a multiparty system, and social justice," which holds a periodic democratic elections for…

IFJ delegation highlights the plight of journalists to the Somali Head of State

Leaders of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) met yesterday the President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, at Villa Somalia - Somalia's governing house.

Qatar Plans to Build New Port in Central Somalia Town of Hobyo

Waagacusub.com - Qatar plans to build a new port in Somalia's central town of Hobyo, ministers from the two nations said during a visit by a government delegation from the Middle Eastern nation.

AU, IGAD AND UN SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON JUBALAND'S ELECTORAL PROCESS

Mogadishu - Senior representatives of the African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations (UN) travelled to Kismayo today to engage with stakeholders on Jubaland's ongoing electoral process, which is expected to culminate in the election by the State…

Mogadishu Mayor Targeted by Female Bomber

Waagacusub.com - The Somali government says the recent explosion that fatally injured the mayor of Mogadishu was carried out by a female suicide bomber with special needs who was assisted by a second woman.

Somali President Renounces US Citizenship Over Atrocities in S/W State & Corruption: Intelligence Brief.

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Faarmajo has formally denounced his second citizenship. Faarmajo, through the Presidency issued a statement claiming he had ceded being an American citizen, a move that has been politically exploited by his inner circle. However, this is not a political watershed…

Somalia: Daesh terrorist sentenced to death

Waagacusub.com - Military court convicted Adan Mohamed Ali for his role in killing of at least 5 people including security official

Qatar turns into active sponsor of Somalia's terrorists

Qatar seizes every opportunity to expand its influence in the African Continent. In Somalia, for example, Qatar's protégés do nothing but impose a Qatari agenda. A study by UAE think tank al-Mezmaah Studies and Research Center revealed the presence of strong contacts between Doha and Somali officials,…