Piracy: UNCGPCS Working Group 2 meets on 2-3 November 2010
Copenhagen (ANN)BIMCO will be represented when Working Group 2 (WG2) of the UN Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (UNCGPCS) holds its 6th meeting on 2-3 November…
Edna Adan Ismail Lectures on Freedom and Equality Campaign in Somaliland
Edna Adan Ismail — who pioneered women’s rights and healthcare organizations in her homeland of Somaliland, Eastern Africa — will speak on campus tonight about her struggle and accomplishments.
Somali prime minister resigns
Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke announced his resignation on Tuesday after a weeks-long dispute with President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. The long-brewing feud between the two principals resulted in Sharmarke’s…
New Somaliland President Looking for Recognition and Investment
images/stories/w260x.jpg Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, the opposition candidate who won the recent presidential election in Somaliland, says international recognition for the self-declared republic is one of his priorities.
A political insight into the similarities Between the Riyaale Regime and the Southern Somalia Extremist Shabaab Organization (Part 2)
images/stories/madaxweyne rayaale oo fadhiya aasaaskii udub.png In order to understand how a democratically elected President and a radical group could be similar in anyway, could to some readers sound a…
The jihadists next door
“Having broken away from a failed state, Somaliland is now a success story. But the west won’t recognise it” Rageh Omaar
To beat piracy on the high seas, the EU and India should recognise Somaliland
Last week the EU’s Head of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, arrived in India to ask for Delhi’s help in the fight against Somali piracy. While the visit was ostensibly to…
A political insight into the similarities between the Riyaale Regime and the Southern Somalia extremist Shabaab organisation. (Part 1)
The Somaliland administration headed by President Dahir Riyaale Kahin which came into power during a highly debatable election in May 2003 in which he was sworn in to office for…
Eritrea: In pursuit of the truth
In an attempt to verify claims that Eritrea is sheltering foreign troops on its soil, Gulf News becomes the first foreign newspaper to enter the country’s military camps
Ethiopian Opposition Holds Town Halls in the United States
Washington, D.C. – Hundreds of Ethiopians in the Washington, D.C. metro area paid $30 to hear from major contenders for the May 23 parliamentary election back home. Bertukan Mideksa, the…