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Ethiopian troops cross into Somalia

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — Ethiopian troops have crossed back into the northern regions of Bakool and Hiiraan in Somalia on Sunday, local residents confirm.
Ethiopian troops return comes as Somali government launches a fresh offensive against Islamist insurgents in the south of the country vowing to drive them out.
Residents in Elbarde and Yeed said that they saw [...]

Fighting kills 9 civilians in Somalia

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — At least 9 civilians were killed and 14 others wounded in clashes between Somali government troops and insurgents in Mogadishu on Thursday and Friday, Human rights group said.
The heavy fighting erupted late on Thursday and continued into Friday morning in the capital in one of the bloodiest days in recent weeks.
A Mogadishu [...]

Ethiopia Gets Microsoft Software In Amharic

Addis Ababa, 7 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – US software giant Microsoft has launched Windows Vista in Amharic, the first operating system in the national language of Ethiopia, the official news agency said Saturday.
“Launching the Amharic version software is a major step forward for Amharic to be a language of technology,” Director of the Ethiopian ICT [...]

SOMALIA: Islamist insurgents pour into Mogadishu

NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) — An influx of fighters from Islamist insurgents have filled the streets of the capital of the wartorn nation of Somalia as the government announces fresh offensive against Islamist rebel, residents and witnesses told Somalilandpress.
A local journalist has said on conditions of anonymity that heavily armed Al-Shabab fighters arriving from the town of [...]

Djibouti, Somalia urge enforcing sanctions on Eritrea.

Addis Ababa (Somalilandpress)- Djibouti and Somalia have argued the international community to tighten the sanctions imposed on Eritrea over Somali Islamists’ backing.
At the conclusion of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the government of Djibouti and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG] urged the international community to take new measures against Eritrea [...]

Sudanese Foreign minister’s remarks on Somaliland

ADDIS ABABA (Somalilandpress) — The Foreign Minister of Sudan, Mr. Deng Alor, who is currently in Addis Ababa for the annual African Union Heads of State summit gave a brief interview with members of Somaliland media.
Mr. Alor spoke extensively about the current situation in the Horn of Africa, and in particular the issue of Somaliland’s [...]

Somaliland Foreign Minister meets U.S. and European diplomats

ADDIS ABABA (Somalilandpress) — Somaliland Foreign minister, Mr. Abdullahi Mohamed Duale met with Ambassador Johnie Carson, United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.
During the meeting, Mr. Mohamed Duale and Ambassador Carson discussed areas of mutual interest between Somaliland and the United States of America, regarding to the stability, [...]

Somaliland investors open new factory in Borama

BORAMA (Somalilandpress) — A new factory, Aloe East African Factory, has opened in the city of Borama of Awdal region. The factory will produce both personal hygiene and home maintenance products.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by various dignitaries from the Somaliland government, members of parliament, Awdal regional officials, community elders and businessmen and other [...]

COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 34TH EXTRA- ORDINARY SESSION OF THE IGAD COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

ADDIS ABABA, 2 February 2009 (Somalilandpress) – The 34th Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers was held in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2010. The Council was chaired by H.E. Seyoum Mesfin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the current Chairperson of the IGAD Council of Ministers. [...]

African Union members are awaiting a report on Somaliland and other political issues in the Horn

ADDIS ABABA (Somalilandpress) — The Namibia Foreign Minister, Mr. Marco Mukoso Hausiku stated in an interview with Geeska Afrika, that African Union members are awaiting a report on Somaliland and other political issues in the Horn of Africa.
Speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, before the gathering of AU Foreign ministers, Mr. Mukoso Hausika, confirmed to members [...]

Somaliland journalists meet with African leaders and UN Secretary-General in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, (Somalilandpress) — Reporters from Somaliland have been invited to the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital who have been discussing a range of issues from security and conflict to development.
A total of four reporters from both government and independent media houses joined the 14th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African [...]

Hijacked Cambodian cargo ship no pirate attack: official

HARGEISA, 1 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – A hijacked Cambodian cargo ship is being held off Somalia’s Berbera port by businessmen owing to a deal which has gone sour and not pirate attack, a regional maritime official confirmed on Saturday.
Andrew Mwangura, East Africa’s Coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Program (SAP), said the MV Layla-S which was seized [...]

Direct Flights to Somaliland Launched

HARGEISA, 1 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Travelling to Somaliland is now easier with the launch of direct flights to the city of Hargeisa in the country by East African Safari Air Express.
This follows the signing of a bilateral trade agreement between the airline and the Government of Somaliland last year.
However, no bilateral agreements have been [...]

SOMALILAND: Las Anod Remains Isolated as American Secret Agent Arrives

LAS ANOD, (Somalilandpress) — Mobile and internet communications remain suspended for the third day in the Somaliland town of Las Anod, after minister issued an emergency decree.
All mobile and internet service providers were suspended on Friday night on orders from Somaliland’s Postal and Communication minister, Mr. Ali Sandule. The minister insisted communication providers must register [...]

JAR calls for the UN to work closely with African media and be series to implement stability in the continent!

A press release made by Jar’s President Moha D. Farah Jire who currently is in Addis Ababa for an AU summit. Ms. Farah Jire in her press release thanks everyone who came to the summit, the Ethiopian government for hosting the summit and the AU body for allowing the media free access in the [...]

Shabaab Looks To The Somali North

HARGEISA, 23 January 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Speaking to a crowd in Ufurow district in the Bakool region, Mahad Omar Abdikarin, Shabaab’s governor for the Bay and Bakool regions in southwestern Somalia, recently announced that the al-Qaeda-backed group will attack Puntland, the semi-autonomous state, and the breakaway republic of Somaliland. Abdikarin is a prominent leader who [...]

Is There a War Criminal Living in Your Backyard?

(SomalilandPress)-How would you feel if a man responsible for the rape, torture and murder of thousands of people was living freely in your community? That’s right — parking next to you at Costco, sitting next to you at the movie theater, or waiting in line behind you at the dry cleaner. If you live in [...]

Have you ever attended a Somali Wedding?

HARGEISA, 19 January 2010 (Somalilandpress) – A new trend of modern Somali weddings is getting bolder every passing day in the Muslim dominated Northeastern Province of Kenya, replacing the old forms of traditional ceremonies that are now getting extinct.
Among the new Somali generations, marriage culminates into an expensive wedding day often characterized by a complete [...]

Somalia Prepares For Assault On Al- Shabaab

Mogadishu, 17 January 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Countries bordering Somalia are planning to coordinate a major assault against positions held by al- Shabaab militia in Somalia, using ethnic Somali military officers being trained in their respective boundaries.
Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti who share the border with Somalia are all training military personnel on behalf of the Transitional [...]

UNDP Oo soo Bandhigtay warbixin-sanadeedkeedii 2009 ee Daryeelka iyo Horumarka Arrimaha Bulshada (HDI)

Hargaysa (somalilandpress): Hay’adda UNDP ayaa soo bandfhigtay warbixin-sanadeedkeeda 2009 ee la xadhiidha Barnaamijyada Hay’adaasi ay ka fuliso wadanka ee la xidhiidha dhinaca horumarka arrimaha bulshada (Human Development Index).
Waxa kale oo ay Hay’adu soo bandhigtay heerka daryeelka bulshada iyo sida ay ugu kala sareeyaan wadamada dunidu.
Munaasibad lagu soo bandhigay barnaamijkaasi oo lagu qabtay Hoteelka Maasnoor magaalada [...]

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