February 2011 Archive
Somaliland Battles against Three Deadly Wars—Clan, Jihad, & Pan-Somalism
While the International community revives Somalia, an ominous storm gathers at Somaliland´s borders. The storm gains momentum, and so does the invasive war with ghastly ...
Former Somali Ambassador to US Abdikarim Ali Omar verbally attacks Somaliland
Columbus(SomalilandPress)–The SSC organization has held a meeting in Columbus, Ohio last week; the meeting was chaired by Mr. Suleiman Esse Ahmed (Xaglatoosiye), Chairman of SSC, ...
Taiwan: Medical Staff Offer Free Health Care in Somaliland
Taiwanese doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical students and volunteers spent their Lunar New Year holidays in early February offering free health service for needy people in ...
Omanis Protest for 3rd Day in Key Industrial Town
DUBAI — Hundreds of Omanis have joined a third day of anti-government protests in a key industrial town where security forces engaged in a deadly ...
Ethiopia battles two rebels across two borders
NAIROBI — The Ethiopian army is fighting two rebels in two different borders as it tries to secure its border towns. Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia’s weak ...
SOMALILAND: Arsonists terrorise terrified residents in Hargeisa
HARGEISA — Police in Hargeisa are trying to solve a very rare case in the country where arsonists caused close to 30 fires in the ...
Puntland President Dr. Abdurahman ‘Farole’ visits Addis Ababa
Puntland President, Dr. Abdurahman ‘Farole’ visited Addis Ababa this week. He met and held extensive discussions with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Deputy Prime ...
Why Ethiopia could invade Djibouti
Djibouti’s troubles Wee but worrisome Foreigners fear for influence and access in a tiny African country NAIROBI — WITH only 860,000 souls, Djibouti is a miniature ...
Europe Aids Exodus
BRUSSELS — European governments deployed warships and military aircraft Thursday to evacuate their citizens trapped in civil-war-torn Libya, and began to turn their focus to ...
Djibouti hands ONLF driver to Somaliland
BERBERA — The government of Djibouti extradited a wanted Somaliland fugitive to Hargeisa on Wednesday to serve his jail term in Mandera. According to Elmi Robleh ...
Emergent of murderers pirate and elite warlords, a serious threat to peaceful Somaliland
(SomalilandPress)–Surrounded by hostile environment the resiliency of the de-facto nation of Somaliland is constantly under serious threat from combinations of tribal warlords, piracy ...
Urgent Appeal For African Refugees in Libya
Libya(SomalilandPress)–Hundreds of Somali refugees are stranded in Libya. There are reports coming from Libya stating that at least 4 Somali refugees were killed and many ...
SOMALIA: At least 7 AU Troops killed and more captured
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s most prominent radical group Al-Shabab on Wednesday displayed an injured African Mission soldier in their possession and the dead bodies of seven ...
IGAD Leads the Largest donor delegation to Somaliland
HARGEISA — The Executive Secretary of IGAD Mahboub Maalim arrived in Hargeisa on Wednesday at the head of a large international donor delegation for a ...
LIBYA: At Least Four Somali refugees Are Killed And Many Forced Out To The Desert
CAIRO — In areas where forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi has been forced out, many angry mobs are targeting black Africans after ...
DJIBOUTI: Abdourahman Boreh calls on the international community to halt the “brutal treatment” of anti-government protesters detained by President Guelleh
Somalilandpress received the following press statement from Djiboutian reformist and presidential candidate Mr Abdourahman Boreh’s office in London, UK. Mr Boreh was the chairman of the ...
Somali pirates kill four Americans to revenege comrades
BOSASSO — Somali pirates shot dead four American hostages on their private yacht near the coast of Somalia on Tuesday during an American special forces ...
DJIBOUTI: ‘Guelleh step down and Somalia remove your police’ – opposition statement
BOSTON — The Djibouti opposition party Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development (MRD) has today issued a press release from their Brussels office in which ...
Somalia’s Puntland region leader rushes to Ethiopia over Somaliland clashes and ONLF weapons
ADDIS ABABA — The Ethiopian government led by Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs Haile Mariam Desalegne called on the leader of Somalia’s ...
Somalia: The Transitional Government on Life Support
Nairobi/Brussels | 21 Feb 2011 If Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) – incompetent, corrupt and hobbled by weak leadership – does not ...
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