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Somalia: EU Action against Somalia Pirates Is Good

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21 May 2012 Editorial European Union forces last week made the first ever raid on one of the inland bases of Somali pirates who have recently ...

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 ...

The Somali millionaire ‘thanked’ for being rich

DUBAI — The emirate of Dubai is one of the richest places in the world with a large population of foreign nationals – including tens ...

Somaliland and Somalia: U.S. Dual Track Policy

OPINION | May 20, 2012 David H. Shinn Over the years, I have addressed several Somaliland conferences. It is always a pleasure. On this occasion, I have ...

South Africa signs Djibouti Code of Conduct anti-piracy agreement

South Africa has become a signatory to the International Maritime Organisation’s Djibouti Code of Conduct concerning the repression of piracy and armed robbery of ships ...

Somaliland community in KSA celebrates May 18

On the evening of Thursday 17th May, there was a very well organised and well attended event celebrating the 21st anniversary of Somaliland’s recovery of its sovereignty ...

Seven killed in Somalia blasts

At least seven people, mostly Somali soldiers, were killed on Saturday in bomb explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said. A roadside bomb ...

European Forces Strike Pirate Base in Somalia

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and PAUL GEITNER Published: May 15, 2012 NAIROBI, Kenya – European Union forces said on Tuesday that they had attacked a Somali pirate base ...

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 ...

IN PICTURES: Dubai’s futuristic underwater hotel

Is it a hotel or a James Bond villain’s secret lair? The proposed Water Discus underwater hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, would take a ...

Somalia signs Memorandum of Understanding with United Nation

Somali and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, both committing to improve human rights ...

Russia builds up troops on Iran border as West plans its invasion

WASHINGTON -– The Russian military anticipates that an attack will occur on Iran by the summer and has developed an action plan to move Russian ...

Canada to freeze or cut aid to six African countries

ADDIS ABABA — The Conservative government of Canada this week said it plans to strip back overseas aid worth almost $380 million over the next ...

Somali Pirates seize Greek-owned tanker off Oman

Friday, May 11, 2012 MOGADISHU/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somali pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned oil tanker carrying close to a million barrels of crude oil while in ...

Jamal Osman named One World media journalist of the year

Channel 4 News Wednesday, May 09, 2012 Somali reporter Jamal Osman is named journalist of the year at the One World media awards for a collection ...

Open letter to the People of Qatar & their Government

I am a citizen of “Somaliland” and I wish to communicate with you all through your steamed media outlets to give you some background about ...

Hiiraan and the Somali Constitution: the Prototype of Somalia’s Dystopic Future

By Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar (jowharabdi@gmail.com) May 7, 2012 On Dec 31, 2011 the Ethiopian army forced Al Shabaab out of Beledwayne. It was a one day ...

Somaliland to snub Turkey conference on Somalia

The self-declared state of Somaliland has ruled out attending a meeting in Turkey called to review progress over Somalia following the London conference in February. The ...

Hunger and hope in Ethiopia

In parts of this vast country, fields are dry and people are without food. But it’s not like the 1980s, when hundreds of thousands died ...

Somalia: Deaths of Journalists Mar Press Freedom Day

By Charlene Porter, 3 May 2012 United States Department of State (Washington, DC) document Washington — The murders of two Somali journalists since May 1 are a sober ...

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