Fahad Yasin

Fahad Yasin avoids taking workplace of the brand new president in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - Powerful former spy chief Fahad Yasin skipped Monday's altering of the guard in Somalia, along with his favourite politician Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed higher generally known as Farmajo peacefully handing over energy to his predecessor Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Mohamud beat Farmajo in final week's delayed…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Abdirashid Janaan, a notorious human rights rapist has announced his intention to run for parliamentary seat in Somalia amid reports of his alleged fallout with incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. At an event in Mogadishu on Saturday, Janaan announced his candidacy for a lower house seat in the upcoming parliamentary polls and would run in Gedo. He controlled sections of the region when he was Jubaland Security Minister. His candidacy came as Somalia kicked off the much-anticipated…

EDITORIAL | Somalia National Intelligence and Security Agency is a noble organization. But it seems run by those who like to trade evil and impunity. This week, Fahad Yasin, the head of NISA revoked the dismissal orders of Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble against two agents who had been implicated in violations against political leaders. Yasin overturned the dismissal, and therefore normalized impunity. The agency also fought against allegations that its top executives organized the disappearance of an agent…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Bitter fallout between outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble is looming in Somalia, following the reinstatement of sacked spy agency officials, in what now shows divisions within the government. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble sacked the National Intelligence Security Agency Deputy Director Abdullahi Kulane and Abdiwahab Sheikh, the spy in charge of Adan Adde International Airport, in what he called "disrespect" to civilians. But in an…

Somalia: NISA chief Fahad Yasin appoints his deputy days after Kulane's dismissal MOGADISHU, Somalia - the Somalia spy agency; the National Intelligence Security Agency got a new deputy manager following the unprecedented sacking of Abdullahi Kulane, who called the agency for months because of close ties to Villa Somalia. Several sources told Axadlethat Abbas Yacqub was appointed by NISA boss…

Somali spy agency linked to harassment of women in Gedo MOGADISHU, Somalia - The spy agency; National Intelligence and Security Agency found itself in uncharted territory again, following complaints from residents of Gedo, Jubaland, who raised alarm bells about gender-based violence allegedly perpetrated by some officers. For months now, NISA agents have pitched a tent in Dolow in Gedo, they…

Somalia: Farmajo interferes in Gedo election as Roble seeks solution MOGADISHU, Somalia - Although he has given Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble full responsibility for coordinating the country's elections, outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo appears interested in monitoring elections in Gedo, a region of Jubaland where he wants full control. . Jubaland has traditionally opposed…

EXCLUSIVE: Senior officials behind missing soldiers in Eritrea exposed NAIROBI, Kenya - When thousands of young Somalis gathered in Mogadishu in 2019, they were officially told they would be heading to Qatar for military training. Their destination would turn out to be wrong. But Qatar's role in the now controversial military training of Somali youth in Eritrea has remained. Days after a…

Somalia's spy chief and deputy chief of workers in bother over radio assaults MOGADISHU, Somalia - Director of the Nationwide Intelligence Safety Company Fahad Yasin has been dragged into the latest direct violation of media freedoms in a transfer that will trigger him to battle in court docket to get his status cleared. A Mogadishu-based legislation agency; Heegan has filed a…

Somalia's spy chief Fahad Yasin was amongst those that met with the Qatari delegation MOGADISHU, Somalia - Director of the Nationwide Intelligence Safety Company Fahad Yasin is amongst those that met the Qatari delegation, which has pitched a tent in Somalia because the nation strives to succeed in settlement on the stalemate earlier than the election, which has lasted for a couple…