Tag Archive "civil-war"
Somaliland: Somali PM Denies Seeking Immunity on Behalf of a Convicted War Criminal
Somali Federal Government (SFG) Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon vigorously refuted allegation leveled against him for seeking immunity for a convicted war criminal instead saying ...
Somalia in a nutshell
The early years and independence 1936-88 The British, who already control Somaliland, oust the Italians and occupy Italian Somalia. British and Italian parts of Somalia ...
Understanding Somalia’s antagonism towards Somaliland independence
OPINION | FEBRUARY 11, 2012 By Yusuf Dirir Ali, MD I am sure the “United Somalia” empty slogan will be shouted some trillion times or ...
South Sudan’s cattle war displaces thousands
JUBA — Aid groups are mounting a “major emergency operation” in rural South Sudan after tribe-on-tribe violence sent tens of thousands fleeing and killed an ...
Drought crisis leaves struggling Somalia on the brink
Somalia’s worst dry spell for 36 years has caused malnutrition and price rises in a country already debilitated by adversity. Somalia’s drought has left rivers ...
Yemen: The next “Somalia”
Editorial – Arab News The numbers of civilians killed in Yemen have not yet reached the horrific proportions of Gaddafi’s massacres but with more mass ...
Battles rage over Libyan cities
CAIRO — Pro- and anti-government forces are locked in intense fighting for control of several cities and towns across Libya, where a near month-long uprising ...
Of Things That Make Me Growl
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) – It was with great interest that I read an article published on March 14, 2010 entitled ‘Dream job turns into a nightmare’ ...
Profile: Prudential Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam
He is the first black chief executive of a FTSE 100 company – though he hates people dwelling on that. He is only 47, but ...
Iran Calls for Regular Multilateral Meetings on Somali Crisis
Nairobi, 8 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Somalia, Kenya and members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) welcomed Iran’s proposal for attending regular meetings to ...
The Bullets Find Us No Matter What
In south and central Somalia, there is nowhere to escape from the worsening conflict between the rebels and the pro-government forces, which has displaced hundreds ...
Somaliland: The Other Somalia
HARGEISA, 5 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – There are some places you just can’t consider for a vacation. While even Iraq has recently opened up to ...
Somalia: Is Puntland Drifting Towards Collapse?
HARGEISA, 15 November 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Puntland president, Abdirahman Mohamud Farole , is facing security challenges that his predecessors did not face. President Farole was ...
Why Somalia is in need of an effective Government
Hargeisa, 29 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Amid the killings and the plethora of bad news trickling out of Somalia daily, once again for the second ...
Ayaan: One dollar can help
Hargeisa, 21 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) – The year is 1988. At the height of the brutal assault by forces of the former Somali dictator Gen. ...
Somaliland: What Somalia Could Be
Hargeisa, 15 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) –- It came as no surprise when Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace released their “Failed States Index ...