February 2010 Archive

Video: Somaliland National Library fundraising appeal

LONDON — Somaliland Society of United Kingdom has launched a fundraising appeal for the construction of Somaliland’s National Library. Ahmed Dahir Elmi, Chairman of Somaliland ...

Israel accused of dooming Ethiopian baby boom

TEL AVIV (Somalilandpress) — A feminist movement has accused the Israeli government of adopting a racist policy towards the country’s Ethiopian Jews. Activists believe black women ...

SOMALIA: Appeasing bureaucrats, gangs first—helping drought-stricken Somalis second

Whether it is anarchic Somalia or other corrupted African nations, before the World Food Program (WFP) feeds drought-devastated locals: catering to the needs of the ...

Somaliland: Police wary of revenge attacks on Puntland truckers

BURAO (Somalilandpress) — At least five trucks belonging to businessmen hailing from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland were taken into custody in Burao on Saturday ...

The Search for Appropriate Policies for Somalia

HARGEISA, 27 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – In a series of articles published in Aljazeera.net, the Somali-born academic and lecturer, Dr. Afyare Elmi, has put forward ...

Ransom Paid To Somali Pirates for Indonesian Ship

MOGADISHU — Somali pirates said they were air-dropped a ransom of 3.7 million dollars (2.7 million euros) Friday to release an Indonesian chemical tanker and ...

Somaliland’s Most Prominent Woman: Edna Aden Ismail

HARGEISA, 27 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – The Republic of Somaliland, a former British Protectorate, which has gained its independence from the British on June 26, ...

A Message to Young Somalilanders Worldwide

I first of all wanted to say hello to all my fellow young Somalilanders and future leaders. It is you who I speak of ...

SOMALILAND DROUGHT: Food Distribution to Resume in Baki District

PRESS RELEASE Food distribution by World Vision has resumed in Baki district, Somaliland, after suspected cases of loss of food aid resulted in temporary suspension of ...

Somali pirates seize Somaliland aid trucks

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — Somali pirates in Puntland seized food aid trucks and their drivers to obtain the release of detained comrades, officials said Friday, in ...

Will the Dubai hit increase Israel’s global isolation?

These are the known facts: The Dubai police claim that 26 visitors entered and exited the emirate over the past year on false British, Irish, ...

Somaliland: “Vice President is Doing Fine” Says the Government

HARGEISA, 25 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Somaliland government strongly denied reports say the vice president passed away in Paris. Today, some of the media reported ...

Krug Shares About Life in Somaliland

HARGEISA, 25 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Teresa Krug, a 2003 Heber Springs High graduate, is an English teacher in Somaliland in the eastern horn of ...

Nigeria stablity depends on 2011 poll planning: US

WASHINGTON (Somalilandpress) — The United States pressed Nigeria’s caretaker president on Tuesday to revamp the oil giant’s tattered election machinery, saying it must hold credible ...

The Somali Community Needs To Learn To Deal With The Reality of Mental Illness

Mental health is a very real and difficult issue which many in society face. Mental health concerns how those with mental illness think, feel and ...

The Mourning Tree – An Autobiography and A Prison Memoir by Mohamed Barud Ali, February 2010

In 1993, as a Minister of the Republic of Somaliland, “I was given the same office that the National Security Service interrogated me in the ...

Somaliland Thwarts Attack on Military

LAS ANOD (Somalilandpress) — Somaliland military said it thwarted a Puntland militant attack on members of it’s 12th division stationed in east of Las Anod ...

Somaliland: Two girls kidnapped from Puntland, Sri Lankan arrested

HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — A Sri Lankan citizen of Russian native was detained for questioning after he was caught attempting to smuggle a 13 year old ...

The Somaliland Independent Scholars Group: The Long March Forward to Presidential Elections”

HARGEISA, 23 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – On 16 February, the ISG members held their regular monthly meeting at the Academy of Peace and Development (APD) ...

“I Nearly Become a Somali Pirate”: Dji

Mogadishu, 22 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – “I nearly became a pirate,” 28- year-old Dji told Xinhua correspondents Saturday at a clinic run by the African ...

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