December 2011 Archive
Somaliland arrests wildlife smugglers
Photograph: Somaliland’s endangered tortoises BORAMA — Somaliland Police in the province of Haud apprehended two smugglers on Saturday after endangered animals were found in their ...
SOMALIA: Puntland officials narrowly escape IED attack
LAS ANOD — Farah Ali Shire, the Finance Minister of Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland narrowly escaped a roadside blast on Saturday in Bosaasso, reports. Officials ...
SOMALILAND: Ministers return from Egypt, Kenya
Photograph: Dr Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt is to provide all means of legal and scientific support to Somaliland (Wednesday 28,2011 — Al Wafd). HARGEISA ...
Somalia faces further regional meddling in 2012
Somalilandpress Editorial With Ethiopian troops having surrounded and ‘taken’ Beledweyne, the strategically important capital of Hiiraan province the prospects for peace in Somalia in 2012 looks as ...
Somaliland: Prospects for Economic Development and Future Priorities for Investment
By Adam Ismail Hassan PhD 1. INTRODUCTION Although Somaliland is not recognized internationally it continues to be peaceful, relatively stable, with central administration, a multi-party political system, ...
Ethiopia’s partnership with China
Photograph: Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi (left) toasts Chinese premier Wen Jiabao during a meeting in Beijing in August. Photograph: Adrian Bradshaw/AFP/Getty Images China sees Ethiopia ...
Somaliland: Organization of Islamic Cooporation donates medical supplies
HARGEISA — Organization of Islamic Cooporation (OIC) delivered medical supplies donated to Somaliland with the help of Saudi Arabia based charity. The donation was accepted ...
Somaliland: Kulmiye Delegation return after visit to China
WAJEELE(Somalilandpress)-Delegation led by the current ruling Peace, Unity and Democracy better known as ‘Kulmiye Party’ Chaitman Mr. Muuse Abdi Biihi that was on short official ...
Somaliland: Final list of new political parties announced
HARGEISA(Somalilandpress)–The Committee for registration of new political parties and Licensing had official announced today that Fifteen newly established political organizations qualified for the second stage ...
Somaliland deports Ethiopian refugees including children
Photograph: Ethiopian refugees gather in Hargeisa to protest deportations (November 2011, Somalilandpress) HARGEISA — Despite drawing public condemnation, Somaliland deported more than 20 Ethiopians back to ...
Turkey air raids kill 20 “smugglers”
ANKARA — Turkey’s air force attacked suspected Kurdish rebel targets along the border with Iraq, killing at least 20 people, many of them believed to ...
Ethiopian Airlines starts Muscat-Addis Ababa flights
MUSCAT — Muscat International Airport welcomed a new airline, Ethiopian Airlines which started its flights to Muscat from early morning yesterday. This is the third African ...
SOMALILAND: Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources denies corruption
HARGEISA — Somaliland Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Mr Hussein Abdi Duale, denied accusations of corruption on Wednesday levelled against him last week ...
SOMALILAND-USAID: The Partnership Fund Grants Program
ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT (APS) – for SMALL GRANTS and GDA REQUEST for CONCEPT PAPERS Funding Opportunity Title: The Partnership Fund Grants Program Funding Opportunity Number: 0001 Grant Type: ...
The partition of Somalia and the politics of destruction
There have been some thought-provoking pieces recently on the balkanization or partitioning of Somalia. The best of these pieces, in my opinion, have been ...
Ethiopia exports almost $124m worth of manufactured goods
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia earned 123.8 million US dollars in revenue from the export of manufactured goods in the last five months according to the ...
SOMALIA: Six killed in IED attacks in Puntland
LAS ANOD — Three policemen were killed when a roadside bomb they were trying to unearth exploded on Tuesday in central Bosaasso, in Somalia’s Puntland ...
Somaliland not falling from grace
Last week the Kulmiye administration faced its worst political nightmare since the inauguration of President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud. Internal disputes and squabbling between the cabinet ...
Ethiopian court hands Swedish journalists 11-year prison terms
NEW YORK — In a highly politicized trial, two Swedish journalists have been sentenced in an Ethiopian court to 11-year jail terms after being convicted ...
It is time for the Government of Somaliland to serve and protect its people
EDITORIAL Somalilandpress Oil deal scandal Displacement and human destruction in Seemaal Whilst the Government seems beset with infighting over a sum of $500,000 that should have gone to the ...
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