| Hay'ada Sirdoonka iyo Nabadsugida Qaranka وكالة المخابرات والأمن الوطنية | |
 Seal of the National Intelligence and Security Agency | |
| Intelligence agency overview | |
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| Formed | 10 January 2013[1] |
| Preceding Intelligence agency |
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| Jurisdiction |  Somalia |
| Headquarters | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Minister responsible | |
| Intelligence agency executive |
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| Parent department |  Ministry of Internal Security (Somalia) |
The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) (Somali: Hay'ada Sirdoonka iyo Nabadsugida Qaranka, Arabic: وكالة المخابرات والأمن الوطنية, HSNQ)[2] is the national intelligence agency of the Federal Republic of Somalia. It is headquartered in Mogadishu. The NISA is also closely intertwined with the Somali Armed Forces and regularly cooperates with them.
The agency was established in January 2013 by the new Federal Government of Somalia in place of the defunct National Security Service.[1][3]
The agency is assisted by the African Union Mission in Somalia.[1][3] According to the former Minister of State for the Presidency Abdulkadir Moallin Noor, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency also provided training to NISA officials during the latter agency's formative stages.[4]
NISA personnel have conducted security operations against Al-Shabaab elements in the capital.[5]
- ^ a b c "Somalia Re-Opens its National Intelligence & Security Agency". Walta Info. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "NISA (@HSNQ_NISA) on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ a b "PRESS RELEASE: AU Special Representative reaffirms AMISOM's continued support to the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA)" (PDF). African Union. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "CIA using secret Somalia facility, prison: report". AFP. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2013.[dead link]
- ^ "Somalia: Mogadishu security operation nets 27 Al Shabaab members". Garowe Online. Garowe Online. 30 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2 September 2013.