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Somalia: US Clears Way to Arm, Train Somali Forces

President Barack Obama cleared the way Monday for the U.S. to arm and train Somali forces, taking a step toward normal relations with the East ...

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Somaliland : Leader Holds Talks with American Representatives in Kenya

America Government extended invitation to President Silanyo Somaliland President H.E Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud (Silanyo) has met with Representatives of the United States of America government ...

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Somaliland: Security Threat Exaggerated Say’s Deputy Information Minister

Somaliland government has responded to the announcement made today by the American government travel warning which dissuaded citizens against visiting the country. The Somaliland Assistant ...

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Why did the US ‘Recognise’ Somalia’s New Government?

There is an English saying that describes the current hubbub in Somalia and Somaliland regarding the ‘recognition’ extended by the Obama administration to the government ...

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UNITED STATES NEVER EVER LEARN THEIR MISTAKES IN SOMALIA

With all my respect of the international Organization, and United States, who are trying hard bring about peace and tranquillity to the Somali people, I ...

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World: THE FOOTSTEPS OF DEATH

The following verse is a tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. THE FOOTSTEPS ...

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Africa:If History is on the Side of Brave Africans, Shouldn’t the U.S. be Too?

When President Obama visited Accra, Ghana in 2009, he delivered two distinct political messages within one overarching moral imperative: “History is on the side of ...

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Ethiopia:The Tall Tale of Susan Rice

On September 2, 2012, Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., delivered a nauseatingly sentimental oration at the funeral of Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi. ...

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Somaliland: $21M awarded in torture suit against ex-Somali PM

ARLINGTON, Va. — A U.S. judge has awarded $21 million to seven people who had sued a former prime minister of Somalia now living in ...

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China and Africa: Colonialism without responsibility

Since Sierra Leone’s eleven year civil war officially came to an end in 2002 it has been struggling to rebuild both a traumatised nation and ...

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A Lesson That Needs To Be Learned: Building Legitimacy From The Ground Up

What does opt-out day and intrusive pat downs at the airport have to do with a habit of failed states in the Middle East and ...

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The dry-land remedy for piracy

The fact that a Danish family is now being held captive on the coast of the de facto state of Puntland by Somali pirates is ...

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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 ...

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Somali pirates take four Americans — the true face of piracy

BERBERA — Pirates from Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland have reportedly captured an American Christian couple who were sailing on a private yacht near Yemen. ...

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US senator voices bioterrorism fears over East African labs

NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) — Poorly secured medical laboratories in East Africa are posing new worries over possible bio-terrorism in a region hosting an Al Qaeda-linked insurgent ...

SOMALIA: Future president visits twin cities

ST. PAUL (Somalilandpress) — An Ohio man hoping to become the next president of Somalia is campaigning in Minnesota this week. He stopped by Saint ...

United States should lead the world in recognizing peaceful, democratic Somaliland

Somalia recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence, but most Somalis have nothing to celebrate. Somalia ranks as the world’s most utterly failed state. ...

United States praises Somaliland for conducting real democracy

HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — With international observers describing last week’s presidential elections in Somaliland as “free and fair”, the United States government on Wednesday praised the ...

U.S. Congratulates Somaliland on Election Proceedings

The following is a presse release from U.S. – Kenya Embassy. U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya Press Release Wednesday, July 07, 2010 Nairobi, July 7, 2010 ...

Why Drone Attacks in Somalia is ill-advised ?

HARGEISA, 13 April 2010 (Somalilandpress) – According to recent media reports, the US administration of President Barack Obama is considering to use drone attacks as ...

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