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TFG condemns Al Qaeda suicide bombing on civilians in Dhusomareb

May 2, 2012   ·   0 Comments

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(Mogadishu, 2nd May 2012) The Somali government strongly condemns the cowardly suicide bombing of Al Qaeda that killed two members of the Somali Parliament and ...

Seychelles to Prosecute 4 Pirates Held on Danish Warship

2012-04-30 20:20:16 Xinhua Web Editor: liuranra Denmark has reached an agreement with the Seychelles to prosecute ...

SOMALILAND PEACEFULRALLY AND 2012 CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC

This is to inform all North American residents from Somaliland that the 18th May 2012 celebrations for this year will also include a huge RALLY ...

Qatar approves $1.8m mosque project in Djibouti

QATAR CITY — The Islamic Affairs Department of Qatar on Saturday announced its approval of the final design of a US$1.8m grand mosque in the ...

Somaliland Development Corporation Trust

By: M.A. Egge LONDON – H.E. President Ahmed Mohammed Silanyo had at the beginning of this year attended a special ceremony to launch Somaliland Development Corporation ...

Federal jury begins deliberations in Somali piracy case involving deaths of 4 Americans

By Associated Press, Published: April 27 NORFOLK, Va. — A federal jury began deliberations on Friday in the trial a Somali man accused of being a ...

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CPJ condemns attacks on two newspaper offices in Nigeria

New York, April 26, 2012-The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns bombings today targeting two of the offices of ThisDay newspaper in Nigeria. At least nine ...

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Al-Shabab Emir has “Time” and famous gala on his side

Photo: Sheik Moktar Ali Zubeyr (Luke Wilson/Time Magazine) MOGADISHU — The self styled Emir of the radical insurgent group Al-Shabab, Sheik Moktar Ali Zubeyr (also known ...

African migrants stuck in Yemen yearn to go home

Thousands of Ethiopian migrants who are stranded in Haradh city along the Yemeni-Saudi border have expressed an eagerness to return home. The Ethiopian migrants at the ...

Somali pirates free Italian chemical tanker

ROME (AFP) – Somali pirates have released an Italian chemical tanker with 18 crew captured off the coast of Oman in December, the foreign ministry ...

Trial beings in Norfolk for Somali accused of piracy

NORFOLK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have started making their case against a Somali man they say is a pirate negotiator. Mohammad Saaili Shibin faces piracy, hostage-taking and ...

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Somalia Islamist Lose More Territory

Somali Government forces backed by Ethiopian troops have taken control of Hudur, about 420km south of the capital Mogadishu, residents said. According to residents, the ...

Two charged in Somalia terror probe

Scotland Yard believes it has smashed a London gang allegedly trying to fund terror in Somalia. Mohammed Shafiq Ali, who works for a security firm used ...

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Somaliland: Four French Nationals Deported Back To Djibouti

LAWYO ADO(Somalilandpress) Somaliland immigration agents are holding four illegal aliens who crossed into Somaliland illegally. The four illegal aliens who are French nationals although ...

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Somaliland: President Appoints Abdillahi Fadal Iimaan The New National Police Commissioner

HARGEISA-(somalilandpress)-President H.E Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Silanyo) has appointed veteran chief operations commander of the police force Mr. Abdillahi Fadal Iimaan as the new chief of ...

Somaliland: President Names New Minister and Appoints Four Director Generals

HARGEISA(Somalilandpress)-Somaliland President H.E Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Silanyo) has on Wednesday March 28, 2012 appointed a new Minister of Posts and Telecommunication, three Director Generals and ...

Dr Mohammad Omar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland, is embarking on a mission to have his self-declared sovereign state recognised by the international community.

Foreign Minister of Somaliland addresses the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament

Brussels, 21 March 2012 – The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Somaliland, Dr Mohamed A. Omar, today had a meeting with the Foreign Affairs ...

For Somalia, lessons from stable breakaway north

HARGEISA, Somalia — Banknotes in piles the size of desks lie on a dusty street guarded by dozing civilians — money exchange offices in Somaliland, ...

‘Yusuf’ to blame for misery in city

For the past 20 years, the most feared man in Mogadishu has been a character known by his only name: Yusuf. A conversation in the Somalia ...

Somaliland: Sheikh, A ‘City Of The Dead’

Sheikh, Somaliland, March 3, 2012 – “So we will be spending two days in Sheikh?” my colleague asked. “Isn’t that a rather dead place?” At ...

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