raymondpert, Somali pirates free Bangladesh cargo ship after ransom paid
> All 23 crew members on board the ship were released, according to a shipping firm CEO. #Somalia has seen an uptick in #piracy in recent months amid other threats to maritime commerce in the #RedSea and elsewhere.
https://www.dw.com/en/somali-pirates-free-bangladesh-cargo-ship-after-ransom-paid/a-68815716
nagaye, Italian 🔴 Sab6Apr2024 #Somalia 🇸🇴
i militanti #Alshabab hanno effettuato un attacco suicida con un veicolo seguito da uomini armati nel distretto di Balcad, nello stato #Hirshabelle
Funzionari della sicurezza sul posto dicono che nove militanti coinvolti nell'attacco sono stati uccisi e tre soldati sono rimasti feriti.
Infoseepage, A lot of the western navies participating in the naval actions against the Houthis drones/missiles in the Red Sea and pirates from Somalia have been getting their first real combat shakedown and it hasn't always been going well. The French forces seem to be performing admirably and the Indian navy seems ready for gutsy actions, including airdropping troops into the water to conduct naval boarding operations against dozens of armed pirates!
kimwulff, Indian navy in high seas standoff with Somali pirates
Suspected pirates onboard a hijacked bulk carrier fired on its warship the Indian navy said. They are demanding the pirates surrender.
https://www.dw.com/en/indian-navy-in-high-seas-standoff-with-somali-pirates/a-68590599? #somalia #india #Somalipirates
HenrikBruunDK, @kimwulff This is Super important news in several ways.
We need other countries that is not enemies of the West to step up.
Economically, the West cannot be everywhere with high-end expensive platforms and weapons.
Every conflict does not become the West vs. the rest by default.
Psychologically, it’s more order vs. chaos, and not the West's fault whether we do something or not.
More difficult for autocracies to distract the West with asymmetric warfare all over the World.
kimwulff, Danish @VikingChieftain ja det må der helt sikkert somali ☠️☠️☠️ ‘s 😂😂😂😂😂
BigAngBlack,
RealJournalism, I could have told the people in charge that the war in #Somalia would fail back in 2007. But George Bush II was the worst President in US history. The war there has no clear objective, only alienates the people the US is purportedly trying to protect, and drives African leaders into the arms of #Russia and #China. https://theintercept.com/2024/03/07/pentagon-somalia-africa-terrorism-failure/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
rachelstrohm, In #Somalia, scammers are profiting off the anxiety of parents whose children have gone missing in the Mediterranean https://www.voanews.com/a/somali-parents-agonize-over-missing-migrants/7460301.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
GottaLaff, “#UnitedNations helicopter carrying 9 passengers was captured in #Somalia on Wed by #terrorist group Al Shabab after making emergency landing in an area controlled by the group…
6 of the passengers were captured, while 2 escaped & 1 was killed... There were foreigners among the passengers, one of the officials said, though their nationalities were not known”
ZekuZelalem, I'm underway for Al Jazeera in 2024.
On New Year's Day, #Ethiopia signed a MoU with the unrecognized breakaway republic of #Somaliland to lease 20km of sea coast and set up a military base on soil internationally recognized as Somalia. #Somalia has strongly condemned the deal, calling it a violation of its sovereignty.
As tensions rise in the Horn of #Africa, I speak to experts who point out how the agreement may yet affect events as far away as #Yemen and #Gaza.
ZekuZelalem, In a region infamous for war, instability & authoritarianism, Somaliland has been a beacon of relative stability, since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991 and despite being unrecognized by any nation in the world. Landlocked Ethiopia is vowing to become the first state to recognize Somaliland, in exchange for 20km of Somaliland's sea coast where it wants to conduct trade and establish a navy. The US, EU and other states have stated that they oppose the initiative & side with Somalia.
ZekuZelalem, Further rendering the situation extremely messy is the fact that the central government in Somalia doesn't control much of the country, with militants from Al Qaeda affiliate Al Shabab controlling parts of the country for years. Somalia relies on its military but also peacekeepers from the African Union...a huge chunk of whom are Ethiopian soldiers. As I said, it's extremely messy. As such, war is unlikely. Somalia is likely to pursue legal avenues of shuttering the deal via the UN & AU.
Miro_Collas, US and Somali forces kill al-Shabaab commander with $10m bounty on head | Al-Shabaab | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/22/us-somalia-forces-kill-al-shabaab-commander-maalim-aymanConflicts in Africa tend to be ignored - I wonder why?
JonathanMBR, El Niño-worsened flooding has #Somalia in a state of emergency. Residents of one town are desperate | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/somalia-flooding-beledweyne-el-nino-2f624d796152c1f56206de688318d34f
fulelo, In #Kenya, more than 20,000 families have been displaced by #floods across the counties of Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale and Tana River.
Overall, dozens of people have died since the beginning of November after heavy rains and #floods caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon.
The heavy rains and resulting floods have killed dozens more people in neighbouring countries, including #Somalia and #Ethiopia
axbom, In @thecontinent this weekend.
« "When I went to Africa, it seemed like no one was paying attention. It was like: ‘We can do whatever we want.’"
These are the words of an American military drone operator – someone who, at the press of a button, can decide whether Africans live or die.
A devastating new investigation details how one particular drone strike killed a Somali mother and her four-year-old daughter. The United States military investigated itself and exonerated itself. Because in Africa, you can do whatever you want. »
JungleGeorge24, @axbom @thecontinent wow... That's horrific and disgusting
JonathanMBR, #Somalia floods death toll rises to 31
Floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in Somalia, authorities said.
Various parts of Somalia including Hiran state in the centre or Gedo region in the south, have been affected.
Since October, floods have displaced nearly half a million people.
JonathanMBR, The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned of “a flood event of a magnitude statistically likely only once in 100 years, with significant anticipated humanitarian impacts.”
hypolite, @JonathanMBR These events "statistically likely to happen once in 100 years" have been pretty common in this past decade. 🤔
aggualaqisaaq, "Somalis are struggling to cope with never-before-seen flooding that has killed dozens of people and forced hundreds of thousands to abandon their homes, in the wake of extreme rainfall that has engulfed much of East Africa. Following days of heavy torrents, at least 29 people have been killed and more than 300,000 have fled their homes...#Somalia 's National Disaster Management Agency...call[ed it] the most severe in 'decades'"
pvonhellermannn, #ClimateDiary Sudden, intense downpour and storm just during school drop off, everyone drenched/car chaos. Was going to post something about this becoming the #NewNormal but then remembered floods in France much worse, searched #Floods here and only then saw that #Somalia worst hit of all. Hadn’t even registered and now just floored by injustice of it all. All in it together more and more but also not at all.
SantiagoSainz, Spanish El Niño phenomenon's wrath has unleashed devastating floods in Somalia, affecting over a million people and displacing 400k. #ElNiño #Somalia
Displacement and livelihood loss from these floods have led to shortages of food, water, and sanitation, escalating the risk of waterborne diseases like malaria and cholera. #HumanitarianCrisis #Floods
International support is imperative to safeguard human rights and enhance resilience in the face of ongoing and future disasters. #Support #HumanRights
ZekuZelalem, NEW: Landlocked Ethiopia's increasingly open territorial claim of sea ports in neighbouring countries has heightened anxiety across the Horn of Africa in recent months about a potential war over ports.
In my latest Al Jazeera piece, I analyze the likelihood of a military invasion over Red Sea ports, the legality of any territorial claims & what could be behind Abiy Ahmed's tough talk & subtle threats to trigger a 4th war in 4 years.
#Eritrea #Ethiopia #Somalia #Djibouti
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/7/is-landlocked-ethiopia-starting-another-war-over-ports-in-horn-of-africa
w7voa, US Africa Command says, at the request of #Somalia, it conducted “a collective self-defense airstrike” and the initial assessment is 13 al Shabaab fighters were killed with no civilian casualties. https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/35267/us-forces-provide-assistance-to-somali-national-army
submarine, @w7voa get our military out of Africa!
ATLeagle, @w7voa are we going to play fast and loose with the definition of civilian and fighter again?
JonathanMBR, #African countries that are in chaos or they have armed rebellion currently:
- #Somalia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- #Ethiopia
- Burkina Faso
- #Chad
- Mali
- Niger
- #Sudan
- South Sudan
- Central African Republic
- #Nigeria
- Mozambique
- #Libya
- #Cameroon
In #Kenya we are fighting against armed bandits and Al-Shabaab remnants. Uganda is being threatened by ADF.
polgeonow, Some very sloppy #Somalia reporting by AFP...
(1) Baardheere (aka Bardhere/Bardera) is northwest of #Mogadishu, not south of it.
(2) What the heck does "ADC" stand for? Article doesn't even attempt to explain.
(3) Describing "major offensive" against #AlShabaab as "backed by #ATMIS" is a bit of a stretch - ATMIS has been conspicuously uninvolved.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230621-au-force-in-somalia-starts-reducing-troop-numbers
polgeonow, Besides including errors and misrepresentation, this AFP article also manages to check all the boxes for condescending language demeaning a country that the reporter obviously know very little about...
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230621-au-force-in-somalia-starts-reducing-troop-numbers
Sherifazuhur,
br00t4c, Somalia has 99% of debt cancelled in major boost for fragile recovery
afrofeminas, El género en la respuesta humanitaria en Somalia: las mujeres desplazadas continúan luchando
El momento es particularmente crítico para países frágiles como Somalia. Tras más de 30 años de infraestru
https://afrofeminas.com/2024/03/24/el-genero-en-la-respuesta-humanitaria-en-somalia-las-mujeres-desplazadas-continuan-luchando/
#Feminismos #Afrofminas #Afrofeminas #afrofeminismo #CrisisClimtica #desplazamiento #feminismos #MujerNegra #MujeresAfricanas #SagalOlad #Somalia #ViolenciaSexual
br00t4c, Somalia: A step toward democracy and rights: Trade unions in Somalia hail passage of proposed constitutional amendments