[SHABELLEMEDIA] In a significant development within Somalia’s complex political landscape, Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... State has openly rejected the outcomes of the National Consultative Council (NCC) meeting held in Mogadishu.
This move highlights the deepening divisions and disagreements among the federal member states of Somalia, particularly in relation to constitutional amendments and the ongoing political processes.
The National Consultative Council, a body comprised of federal and regional state leaders, recently concluded a four-day meeting in Mogadishu. The meeting aimed to address key national issues, including the controversial constitutional amendments, the fight against al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... , and the handover of security responsibilities after the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Mission to Somalia (ATMIS) departs.
However,
you can observe a lot just by watching... the most significant outcome of the summit was the endorsement by the Federal Member States (FMS) of the amendments made to the Constitution’s first four chapters in late March. The federal member states urged parliament to expedite the approval of the remaining chapters, building on past National Consultative Council (NCC) agreements.
Puntland State, however, did not participate in the meeting. The regional state has been at odds with the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) over constitutional changes, and its absence from the NCC meeting reflects the ongoing tensions between the two entities.
Puntland State leader, Said Abdullahi Deni, has voiced opposition to the communique made at the end of the NCC meeting, stating that the four-day meeting "lacked consensus" and did not serve the interests of the Somali nation.
Deni also highlighted the ongoing insecurity in many parts of Somalia and the "lack of taking into account the prevailing opinion of the general public against the contentious constitutional amendments."
This development comes amid reports that the National Consultative Council meetings failed to bridge the divisions within President Hassan Mohamud’s administration, particularly with Puntland boycotting the summit and withdrawing recognition from the FGS.
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[Regnum] American troops will leave Niger no later than mid-September, the National Council for the Defense of the Fatherland (CNSP) of the African country announced on the social network X on May 19.
The National Council informed that the Pentagon and the Niger Ministry of National Defense have been negotiating since May 15 and today reached an agreement.
In only four days? Impressive.
“It has been decided that this disengagement will be completed by September 15, 2024 at the latest,” the CNSP quoted the two countries as saying.
The authorities of the republic gave the Americans permission to fly and land military aircraft. The withdrawal of the American military contingent has already begun.
As Regnum reported, on May 8, in the Senate, American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced plans to withdraw troops from Niger. He did not give a time frame. Two days later, Politico reported that the Pentagon had ordered all troops to leave Niger in the coming months. We are talking about a thousand military personnel.
The Niger authorities in mid-March deprived the American military of the opportunity to be on its territory, breaking the military agreement with the United States. According to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, Mohamed Tumba, Niger is interested in the country’s troops being trained by the Russian, and not the American, military.
A month and a half later, on May 3, Reuters reported that the Russian military entered the air base in Niamey, which is why the American contingent based in the republic declared increased combat readiness.
[GEO.TV] A senior Pak politician and scion of a well-known political family from Mansehra ...a city and an eponymous district in eastern Khyber-Pakthunwa, nestled snug up against Pak Kashmir, with Kohistan and Diamir to the north and Abbottabad to the south... , Abbottabad , has gone on trial over two alleged child sex offences.
Details have emerged of how Muhammad Khurram Khan, aged 60, arrived in the UK earlier this year to attend his son’s law graduation ceremony but engaged allegedly with a child for sexual purposes — and got caught by the detectives.
The prosecution at the Kingston Crown Court told the judge that Khurram has been charged with two counts: "attempted sexual communications with a child" and "arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence".
Khurram, who is in the UK on a visitor’s visa and belongs to the Khan khel clan, appeared before the judge via video link at the Kingston Crown Court from his cell in Wandsworth Prison. He was arrested earlier this year and has not been bailed yet.
At the hearing, he was represented by his lawyer Charlene Sumnall. Khan has denied the charges of minor sex offenses and people close to have him have said he has been framed and targeted. One of his close friends told Geo News that Khan is an innocent man and denies the charges by the UK’s prosecution.
Khurram thought he was talking to a girl, aged under 17, and the "girl" pretended as such but in reality there was a police detective on the other end of the social media application. The contact, its understood, started on social media.
The 2003 Sexual Offences Act provides that the age of consent across the whole of the UK is 16 — this is the minimum age when young people of any sex, gender, or sexual orientation can legally take part in sexual activity.
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[Regnum.] The Basmanny Court of Moscow received an appeal against the decision to extend the term of arrest for terrorist accomplices involved in the case of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall. This is stated in the case file posted on the official portal of the capital’s courts of general jurisdiction.
An appeal was received to extend the terms of arrest of Lutfulloi Nazrimada (an individual included in the Russian Federation list of terrorists and extremists), Kurbonov Dzhumakhon Begidzhonovich (an individual included in the Russian Federation list of terrorists and extremists), Yusufzoda Yakubjon Davlatkhon (an individual included in the Russian Federation on the list of terrorists and extremists), Sharipzoda Muhamad Zaire (an individual included in the Russian Federation on the list of terrorists and extremists). On May 16, the Basmanny Court of Moscow extended their period of detention until August 22, 2024.
On the same day, the court extended for three months the arrests of the direct perpetrators of the terrorist attack - Muhammadsobir Fayzov (an individual included in the Russian Federation list of terrorists and extremists), Dalerjon Mirzoev (an individual included in the Russian Federation list of terrorists and extremists), Rachabalizoda Murodali (an individual a person included in the Russian Federation list of terrorists and extremists), as well as Fariduni Shamsidina (an individual included in the Russian Federation list of terrorists and extremists).
Also, by decision of the authority, Isroil Islomov (an individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation), Dilovar Islomov (an individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation), Aminchon Islomov (an individual included in the Russian Federation ) will remain in the pre-trial detention center on the list of terrorists and extremists) and Alisher Kasimov (an individual included in the Russian Federation on the list of terrorists and extremists), who, according to the investigation, knew about the intentions of the terrorists and assisted them in preparing a terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall.
As Regnum reported, armed terrorists carried out a terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk near Moscow on the evening of March 22, breaking into the concert hall and opening fire on visitors. The terrorist attack killed 145 people, including six children. 550 people were injured. The direct perpetrators of the terrorist attack were taken into custody on March 25.
President Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia will reach all the beneficiaries and customers of the terrorist attack at Crocus. As FSB director Alexander Bortnikov pointed out, the testimony of those involved in the terrorist attack case confirms the Ukrainian trace. Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said on April 16 that investigators confirmed and procedurally established the connection between the perpetrators of the terrorist attack and Ukraine.
According to the head of Rosfinmonitoring Yuri Chikhanchin, citizens of a number of countries participated in organizing the terrorist attack, and financing passed through numerous organizations using, among other things, cryptocurrency.
Across Russia on Monday, May 20, major exercises on actions in the event of a terrorist threat will be held at educational institutions and recreational facilities. This was announced by the Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov and the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov.
A meeting of heads of departments on organizational issues of the upcoming exercises took place on May 17.
“Issues of ensuring the safety of children are in the center of attention of states and require close cooperation from all interested authorities,” the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations quotes Kurenkov as saying.
During the all-Russian anti-terrorist exercises, employees of educational organizations and recreational facilities, as well as security officers, will practice information interaction with operational services, check the functionality of threat warning systems and improve skills in implementing the correct actions in critical situations.
The head of the Russian Ministry of Education, Kravtsov, emphasized that the exercises conducted last year on actions against a terrorist threat showed their effectiveness. He also proposed continuing the practice of conducting exercises before the start of the next academic year.
As Regnum reported, at the end of August last year, for the first time, all-Russian anti-terrorism exercises were held in domestic schools, organized by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Guard and regional authorities. During the exercises in educational institutions, the functionality of warning systems was checked, and interaction with anti-terrorism commissions and operational services was worked out.
[JPost] "Today.. we’ve applied for warrants to the pre-trial chamber of the ICC in relation to three individuals that are Hamas members," Khan said.
The International Criminal Court Chief is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Mohammed Deif, its Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday.
"Today.. we’ve applied for warrants to the pre-trial chamber of the ICC in relation to three individuals that are Hamas members," Khan said.
"Sinwar who’s in charge on the ground... Deif, who’s in charge of the Al Qassam Brigade and Haniyeh who is [in charge of their] political bureau based in Doha," Khan said.
His words ended the speculation about whether the ICC would issue such warrants, a step that its pre-trail chamber must still approve.
The charges against the Hamas leaders are "extermination, murder, taking of hostages, rape and sexual assault in detention," he said, adding that these are "the key crimes that are alleged to have been committed by these three individuals."
The world was shocked by Hamas’s October 7 attack against Israel, he said, as he referred to the event in which over 1,200 people were killed, and another 252 were seized as hostages, of which 128 remain in captivity.
"People were ripped from their bedrooms, from their homes, from the different Kibbutzim in Israel.
"People have suffered enormously, and we have a variety of evidence to support the applications that we've submitted to the judges," Khan stated.
The Chief Prosecutor also laid out the charges in the arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for their role in the Gaza war. Hamas has claimed that over 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in that conflict, varying close to 25,000 of those deaths. Israel has said that 15,000 of those fatalities are combatants.
Khan said that the charges against the Israeli Prime Minister are "extermination, causing starvation as a method of war including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies [and] deliberately targeting civilians in conflict."His applications for warrants come as the International Court of Justice is adjudicating South Africa’s accusations that Israel was in violation of the 1948 genocide convention.
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Globalist/Islamist alliance in action -promoting fake moral equivalence.
"Practically, it does not mean much - though Bibi and Gallant will have to think twice before travelling to some European countries. Diplomatically, it is an attempt to create moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel."
I blame Vlad - when ICC issued warrant against him, he should've had them whacked.
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It it really conceivable that the ICC would do this without the approval of the US administration (and assurances that this administration will stay in place for the foreseeable future)?
[GEO.TV] Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Sunday that the kingdom demanded an international investigation into what it said were many war crimes committed during Israel's military campaign in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... In remarks made during a presser with the head of the UN Paleostinian refugee agency (UNRWA), Safadi said those responsible for documentated crimes should be brought to justice.
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[An Nahar] A U.S. official has told al-Arabiya television that neither Israel nor Hezbollah wants to engage in an all-out war.
Revealing that Washington is pressing Israel not to wage a war on Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , the official said his country does not want to see an expansion of the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... conlfict in the region.
The U.S. has used diplomatic channels to urge Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... not to escalate, the official told al-Arabiya.
He also noted that Israel is capable of launching a full-blown assault that would inflict major damage on Hezbollah but that the latter is not capable of waging a war on Israel.
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He also noted that Israel is capable of launching a full-blown assault that would inflict major damage on Hezbollah but that the latter is not capable of waging a war on Israel.
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^I Assume you refer to U.S. officials?
I have to disagree - I assume that they're on the other side (Not other side from Israel. Other side from USA)
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It will take time for a resolution to the situation in Gaza. Israel will turn, invade and occupy Lebanon up to the Litani River and then demilitarized that area to the border with Israel.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...a city and an eponymous district in eastern Khyber-Pakthunwa, nestled snug up against Pak Kashmir, with Kohistan and Diamir to the north and Abbottabad to the south...
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
