#Somali security forces end Al Shabaab attack on #Mogadishu beach hotel

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230609-islamist-militants-al-shabaab-attack-mogadishu-beachfront-hotel

BBC News - Ground-breaking #Somali TV drama shatters taboos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65390047

On 15 February, #OperationAtalanta was invited to attend the launch of the National Action Plan for enhancing 🇸🇴Women in Maritime Sector. Some relevant members of @TheVillaSomalia @EU_in_Somalia @UNSomalia @EUCAPSOM @UNODC @UNEP @ilo @FAOSomalia participated at the HVE.
RT @UNSomalia: The immense economic potential of #Somalia's #BlueEconomy - and the role that #Somali women can play in it - was spotlighted at the recent launch of the #FGS's Women in Maritime Se…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUNAVFOR/status/1626209084159541249

Huge #boxing card in #NYC tonight, featuring two undisputed title fights & a lot of prospects.

On the rise of Alycia Baumgardner, from #Detroit: https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/35571629/the-thousands-miles-shaped-alycia-baumgardner-world-champion

From August, the incredible journey of #Somali refugee Ramla Ali to become a boxer/model/philanthropist: https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/34396720/refugee-role-model-ramla-ali-fighting-make-impact-make-history

The importance of history Saturday for Amanda Serrano and #PuertoRico: https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/35539389/amanda-serrano-vs-erika-cruz-fight-4-titles-make-history

RT @UltimoUMC: E nel silenzio assordante delle cosiddette #Istituzioni e dei #media asserviti abbiamo ricordato arresto #Riina e #Biondino #Salvatore. Con #Carabinieri di basso Grado #Zingari e Profughi #Somali contro la #MAFIA
#capitanoUltimo @ritadallachiesa

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VittorioSgarbi/status/1615476172330082312

The #Somali Islamist group Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujaahidiin, more commonly known #AlShabaab, is the ‘largest, wealthiest and most deadly’ #AlQaeda affiliate remaining in the world.

Al-Shabaab’s continued resilience can be attributed in great part to the sophisticated and efficient #mafia-like 'taxation’ apparatus it has established throughout southern Somalia.

Find out more in our new report, "#Terror and #Taxes": https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/al-shabaab-tax/

Al-Shabaab attacks hotel in #Somali capital: police

#AlShabaab

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221127-al-shabaab-attacks-hotel-in-somali-capital-police

A few years ago, some lending firms began offering an “interest free” way to buy a home. Word spread in #Minnesota’s #Somali community.

But "contract for deed" or seller financing lacks protections for buyers. Until final payment is made, the seller holds the deed & can cancel the contract if the buyer falls behind. If that happens, the buyer forfeits all $$ they’ve put in. The seller could then evict the buyer after as little as 60 days.

By @lussenpop & Joey Peters

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-contracts-for-deed-put-families-at-financial-risk?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

"Many buyers mistakenly believe if they make the monthly payment stipulated in their contracts, they will successfully pay off the home by the end of the contract term. But those payments may only add up to a portion of the price of the home, and the buyer is expected to make up the difference with a lump-sum payment, known as a balloon, or by refinancing the loan. The lenders almost have an incentive for contracts to fail."

#RealEstate #HomeBuying #Somali #Minnesota

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-contracts-for-deed-put-families-at-financial-risk?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Real Estate Investors Sold Somali Families on a Fast Track to Homeownership in Minnesota. The Buyers Risk Losing Everything.
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For #Somali Muslim families in #Minnesota, a contract for deed seems like an easier path to #homeownership. But predatory practices and poor #regulation can make it a financial trap rather than a good deal.

New, from Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, and Joey Peters, Sahan Journal

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-contracts-for-deed-put-families-at-financial-risk

I am Prof of #Economics at Warwick University. I'll use an #introduction to revisit my past work. My first published paper in 2015 was:

"The Welfare Cost of Lawlessness: Evidence from #Somali #Piracy"

In this paper we show in the context of the breakdown of law & order in Somalia that: the monopoly of violence matters. #Anarchy is very costly. We do so by causally identifying & quantifying the externality cost of piracy induced insecurity on #trade.

➡️ http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/83245/

Had a pleasure to meet w/ #Somali colleague Abshir Omar Huruse. Somalia is the backbone for the stability of the #HornOfAfrica. We discussed security in the region & potential for further cooperation btw #Slovenia 🇸🇮 & #Somalia 🇸🇴 in climate change & environmental degradation.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/tfajon/status/1567115356510031880

RT @RolandKobia: At the end of his official visit to #Ethiopia, with #Tigray and #Somali regions legs, EU Commissioner @JanezLenarcic talked to media. Stay tuned for his messages. @EU_ECHO #EU @EUinEthiopia

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUtoAU/status/1539509300007211009

RT @JanezLenarcic: The devastating effects of the drought: children suffering from severe acute malnutrition being treated at the 🇪🇺-funded Gode Hospital Stablisation Centre, #Somali region, #Ethiopia.

The international humanitarian community must not lose sight of this crisis!

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUCYPRUS/status/1539146300217823238

RT @JanezLenarcic: The devastating effects of the drought: children suffering from severe acute malnutrition being treated at the 🇪🇺-funded Gode Hospital Stablisation Centre, #Somali region, #Ethiopia.

The international humanitarian community must not lose sight of this crisis!

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/eu_echo/status/1539144752347717639

RT @JanezLenarcic: The displaced living in this camp in Ethiopia’s #Somali region are experiencing first-hand the effects of climate change, fleeing their homes due to one of the worst droughts in the #HornOfAfrica in decades❗️

#ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🤝🌍

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/eu_echo/status/1538907827972055040

RT @UNICEFEthiopia: EU Commissioner for Crisis Management @JanezLenarcic visits @UNICEFEthiopia supported school in an IDP site for #drought impacted #children and their families in #Somali region. Education in emergencies gives displaced children a sense of normalcy.

#ForEveryChild, Education.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/eu_echo/status/1538890499527954433

RT @UNICEFEthiopia: EU Commissioner for Crisis Management @JanezLenarcic visits @UNICEFEthiopia supported school in an IDP site for #drought impacted #children and their families in #Somali region. Education in emergencies gives displaced children a sense of normalcy.

#ForEveryChild, Education.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/JanezLenarcic/status/1538868793363030017

The devastating effects of the drought: children suffering from severe acute malnutrition being treated at the 🇪🇺-funded Gode Hospital Stablisation Centre, #Somali region, #Ethiopia.

The international humanitarian community must not lose sight of this crisis!

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/JanezLenarcic/status/1538868097867825152

The displaced living in this camp in Ethiopia’s #Somali region are experiencing first-hand the effects of climate change, fleeing their homes due to one of the worst droughts in the #HornOfAfrica in decades❗️

#ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🤝🌍

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/JanezLenarcic/status/1538864798980624386