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Lawmakers in Somalia reject 2013 budget bill

The Somali Parliament has rejected the country’s budget after a series of debates. The budget has already sparked intense debates among members of parliament and ...

DJIBOUTI: Graduation held to honor English-speaking students

CAMP LEMONNIER -– A graduation was held at the Horsed Private School of English, Sept. 10, 2012, in Djibouti City, Djibouti, to honor 17 Djiboutian ...

Enough is enough; it is time to withdraw from Somalia

A Somalia-bound Ugandan attack helicopter is pictured at Mount Kenya, August 13, 2012. REUTERS/Peter Greste When last year’s verbal war broke out between State House ...

IN PICTURES: 40 Ethiopian and Somaliland cadets graduate together from military college

ADDIS ABABA — 40 cadets from Ethiopia and Somaliland this week graduated together from a military college in Africa’s second most populous nation. The service ...

SOMALILAND: 12 military cadets graduate from Ethiopian military institute

ADDIS ABABA — Twelve cadets with special military engineering skills will join the Somaliland national armed forces this week after graduating from a defense college ...

Somaliland to increase defense budget

HARGEISA — Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Ali Hassan Mohamed revealed on Thursday that the country’s national budget has surpassed the US$90 million target which ...

Somali defence minister resigns

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — Somalia’s defence minister, who is leading the fight against Islamist insurgents, has resigned from the embattled transitional government. Yusuf Mohammed Siad, a ...

Kenya Wants Israel’s Help Against Jihadists

JERUSALEM (Somalilandpress) — The Minister for Public Security, Yitzchak Aharonovich, met his Kenyan counterpart Prof. George Saitoti in Jerusalem Thursday, and the two discussed their ...