Posts By Hassan Ali
Reporter Ahmed Adow Anshur shot dead in Somalia
MOGADISHU — Gunmen shot dead a journalist with Shabelle Media Network in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday making it the sixth reporter to be ...
Somalia Set to End Failed State Status
Photo: Reconstruction begins at Somalia’s parliament, May 2012 (VOA) ADDIS ABABA — Somalia’s main political entities have ended three days of often-heated talks, saying they remain ...
United Nations Envoy Sees Possible Solution in Somalia
ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations special envoy for Somalia says the “Road Map” peace deal signed last September is on track to produce a ...
Ninety six Yemeni soldiers killed in suicide bombing
SANAA — A Yemeni soldier who detonated a bomb hidden in his uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade has killed 96 fellow soldiers ...
UN envoy in Somalia concerned over violent clashes in Hargeisa
Photo: Special Representative Augustine Mahiga (UN Photo/Stuart Price) NAIROBI — The United Nations envoy in Somalia, Augustine P. Mahiga, today expressed concern over recent violent clashes ...
Horn Petroleum suspends drilling at Somalia well
MOGADISHU — Horn Petroleum Corp has suspended drilling at its Shabeel well in Somalia’s Puntland and said it will move the drilling rig away from ...
10 Years after Timor’s Independence, Where Is the Justice?
OPINION | May 16, 2012 John M. Miller The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) congratulated the people of Timor-Leste as they prepared to celebrate the ...
SUDAN: Oil-rich South faces starvations
JUBA — More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. It ...
SOMALIA: Northern clans accuse Mogadishu government of marginalization
MOGADISHU — Somali Tribal chiefs, religious leaders and intellectuals meeting in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu accused the TFG government of excluding them from law making bodies ...
Facebook could be first U.S. company worth $100 billion at IPO
NEW YORK — Facebook will raise the price of shares for its initial public offering, possibly vaulting the world’s most popular social network to the ...
Australian mother of four reunites six orphaned Somali relatives
Photo: Shamsa Hassan, back right, with the six orphans who have been reunited with their family (The Northern Weekly) MELBOURNE — Six orphans from Somalia have ...
2012 Somaliland Conference in United States
PRESS RELEASE | FEBRUARY 10, 2012 The Somaliland Mission and the Somaliland Communities in the USA announces the 2012 Somaliland Conference in the Metro-Washington DC area ...
London conference “an opportunity” for Somaliland
HARGEISA – More than two decades after it unilaterally asserted its independence from the rest of Somalia, Somaliland plans to lobby hard at a major ...
You could be so many people
I was resting in the shade of the portico when I felt an insect land on my arm. I swatted at the air only to ...
“Somalia’s” Terrorists are Invading Somaliland
OPINION | FEBRUARY 5, 2012 By Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi Terrorists across “Somalia” are gathering at the Buhoodle town of far south-east Somaliland, to establish safe-haven for their illegal ...
Forces of evil collude against Somaliland gains
OPINION | FEBRUARY 4, 2012 By Farid Adenese Since the ascent of the Kulmiye government on to power, a great number of ‘evil’ forces emerged from all ...
Frenetic pace of Ethiopia’s khat boomtown
AWADAY — The global trade in khat is worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year and in one Ethiopian town daily life centres almost ...
SOMALILAND: One day workshop for expats held in Hargeisa
HARGEISA – The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLSA) along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC) and the Ministry of ...
Turkey challenges Iran in Somalia
Turkey’s relatively newfound interest in engaging with Somalia was triggered by a combination of different events, from the extension of humanitarian assistance during a time ...
Why are kidnappings a problem in and around Somalia?
Poverty is stark in Somalia. The country doesn’t have a government strong enough to stop the crime. Those two things have helped make kidnapping foreigners ...
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