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South African arms firm says two staff killed in Somalia attack

Mogadishu, June 19, 2013 (SDN) — South African state weapons firm Denel said two of its staff were killed in an attack on Wednesday on the United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu. A spokeswoman for South Africa’s largest manufacturer of defense equipment said the identity of the workers was not yet known. “We [...]

Ban ‘shocked’ over UN office attack in Somalia

June 19, 2013 No Comment

Mogadishu, June 19, 2013 (SDN) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is “shocked” at the news of an attack on a UN compound in Somalia on Wednesday, his spokesman said.  “The Secretary-General is aware of the attack against the United Nations in Somalia, and he is shocked by it,” Martin Nesirky, the spokesman, said in [...]

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At least 14 killed in attack on U.N. headquarters in Somalia

June 19, 2013 No Comment

Mogadishu, June 19, 2013 (SDN) —At least 14 people died and 15 others were wounded in an attack on the U.N. headquarters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday. Seven militants, four U.N. employees and three female civilians were killed, said Abdikarim Hussein Guled, the country’s interior and national security minister. The other victims [...]

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Somaliland: Vice President Zaylici Arrives in Borama

June 19, 2013 No Comment

19.June (SDN) The vice president of Somaliland Md. Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail Saylici has arrived  Borama yesterday, the vie president and his delegates are warmly welcomed at Dila district to the Governor of Awdal, region, Mayers of Borama and Dila, other senior government officers, cultural elders,  local government counselors and different parts of the community.   [...]

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Hargeisa: Woman stabbed to death by unknown assailants

June 18, 2013 No Comment

Hargeisa, June 18, 2013 (SDN) –- A woman was allegedly murdered in cold blood by unknown assailants at Jigjiga yar village in Hargeisa last night. The slain woman was said to have been murdered moments after she had descended the bus. She was said to have been stabbed several times on the lower part of her [...]

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Somaliland Denies Landing Passenger Plane over Mogadishu Issued Permission

June 18, 2013 No Comment

Hargeisa, June 18, 2013 (SDN) –- Somaliland authorities on Tuesday denied clearance to a passenger Airline to land at the Hargeisa’s  Egal international airport. Civil aviation ministry revealed in a press statement that the plane, carrying passengers, was denied permission to land after the pilot took landing permission from Mogadishu. The press statement also revealed that [...]

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After 12 years, NATO passes security responsibility to Afghan forces

June 18, 2013 No Comment

Kabul, June 18, 2013 (SDN) –- NATO troops in Afghanistan officially passed security responsibility to national forces at a ceremony in Kabul today, marking an important transition in the country’s 12-year war. “Today is a historic day for Afghanistan,” President Hamid Karzai said, standing alongside NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The transition began in July [...]

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Ethiopia and Egypt agree to bridge dam divide

June 18, 2013 No Comment

Addis Ababa, June 18, 2013 (SDN) –- Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to hold further talks on the impact of a huge Ethiopian dam project to quell tensions between the two countries over water-sharing. “We agreed that we will start immediately on consultations at both the technical level… and the political level,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel [...]

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West Africa piracy overtakes Somali ship attacks

June 18, 2013 No Comment

Piracy off the coast of West Africa has now overtaken Somali piracy, a report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) and other seafarers’ groups says. It says 966 sailors were attacked in West Africa in 2012, compared with 851 off the Somali coast. West African pirates mostly steal fuel cargo and the crews’ possessions, often [...]

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Somaliland’s House of Representatives Passes Executive and Parliamentary Privileges Act

June 18, 2013 No Comment

Hargeisa June 18, 2013 (SDN) – Somaliland’s House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill titled ‘executive and parliamentary privilege bill No/62/2013. Forty four MP’s have attended the session chaired chairman Abdirahman Mohamed Abdilahi “Cirro” and once the voting commenced, thirty eigth MP’s have voted in favor of passing the bill while two MP’s rejected and [...]

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