{"id":437716,"date":"2025-03-11T09:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T06:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=437716"},"modified":"2025-03-11T09:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T06:48:21","slug":"somalia-mandates-airlines-to-provide-passenger-data-for-enhanced-border-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalia-mandates-airlines-to-provide-passenger-data-for-enhanced-border-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia mandates airlines to provide passenger data for enhanced border security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2013 The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has officially mandated that all international airlines operating in the country provide Advanced Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR), effective March 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This directive aligns with Immigration Act No. 9 of 1966 and United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions 2178 and 2396, aimed at enhancing border security and countering threats such as terrorism and transnational crime.<\/p>\n<p>The Immigration and Citizenship Agency expressed its appreciation for the U.S. Embassy in Somalia\u2019s support in implementing this critical security measure. The initiative is expected to streamline passenger screening processes and strengthen Somalia\u2019s border control capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-437721\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5659-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5659-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5659-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5659-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5659-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5659-860x860.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5659.jpeg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2013 The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) has officially mandated that all international airlines operating in the country provide Advanced Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR), effective March 31, 2025. This directive aligns with Immigration Act No. 9 of 1966 and United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions 2178 and 2396, aimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":437720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437716"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437722,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437716\/revisions\/437722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}