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Jowhar June 03 2013 (SDN) — In southern Somali town of Jowhar, hundreds of families and farmers have been displaced after a river burst its banks in Middle Shabelle region. Those highly affected are the internally displaced persons. Many villages and farms have remained under water as sanitation system has collapsed. The displaced families also…
Around 40 convicted pirates are detained in a Somaliland prison, where the UN is trying to rehabilitate them. In 2012, more than 100 attempted hijackings were successfully stopped and dozens of pirates were captured. But authorities say it may be easier to capture pirates out at sea than it is to work out what to…
Hargeisa June 02 2013 (SDN) — in a shocking news coming from Gabiley, Somaliland’s most celebrated cartoonist Abdirashid Muhumed Qalinle has been arrested today on charges of insulting Gabiley region governor after drawing a cartoon that depicted Gabiley region governor mismanaging Turkish food aid. The cartoon was reportedly drawn in last month with the intent…
Hargeisa, June 02 2013 (SDN) — after more than twenty years in self-imposed exile the Somaliland born veteran politician and a long time pro unionist has returned on Sunday to his homeland to a rousing reception. Prof Ahmed Ismael Samatar, co-founder and dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College who has been…
Mwingi, Kenya June 02 2013 (SDN) — Mwingi security chiefs have put the local residents on high alert following intelligence reports that the Al Shabaab group is recruiting local youths to join their camp. Mwingi Deputy OCPD Leonard Baini and Mwingi Central AP commander Ali Hussein on Saturday said that the Al Shabaab group had…
London, June 02 2013 (SDN) —British Police are targeting ‘khat’ houses in Woolwich amid fears they are recruiting grounds for Islamic extremists. Khat is a leafy stimulant grown in East Africa that delivers an amphetamine-like high for as long as it is chewed. One of the two Woolwich suspects, Michael Adebolajo, used it, according to his…
Yokohama, June 02 2013 (SDN) —Somalia President Sheikh Mohamud has stated that his government had no conflict with Kenya over tackling security issues and restoring peace in the country ravaged by 20 years of civil strife. Mohamud said recent media reports of the alleged conflict between the two countries were not only misleading but malicious…
After decades of war, Somalia is taking small steps toward recovery, but breakaway regions, rival clans and the competing interests of neighbouring nations are threatening its fragile progress, analysts warn. In the past two years, African Union troops have wrested town after town from Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents, hauling down their black Islamist banners and raising…
The African Union Mission in Somalia today welcomed some members of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) to the Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu. AMISOM Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti; Sierra Leone Contingent Commander, Colonel Mamadi Keita and senior AMISOM officers welcomed the troops off the plane at Mogadishu Airport before addressing them…
Mogadishu, June 01 2013 (SDN) -An official in the semiautonomous Puntland region of Somalia says a surveillance drone has crashed. Ports and Anti-piracy Minister Saeed Mohamed Rage said Saturday the drone crashed in Qaw village 20 kilometers (12miles) west of the port city of Bossasso. The United States military flies aerial surveillance drones from Indian…
Mogadishu, June 01 2013 (SDN) — Islamic extremist rebels are fighting a campaign in Somalia to administer a polio vaccine, charging that it contains the virus that causes AIDS or could make children sterile, a battle of words that is frustrating health workers. Al-Shabab, the rebels linked to al-Qaida, have discouraged many parents from…
Hargeisa, June 01 2013 (SDN) -Somaliland’s minister of aviation Mohamoud Hashi Abdi has reiterated Somaliland government’s decision to ban all UN flights from its airports following a spat with the Mogadishu-based federal government of Somalia. Speaking at Egal international airport, minister Mohamoud said that Somaliland government sticks to its decision to ban all UN…
Hargeisa, June 01 2013 (SDN)—Somaliland’s ministry of sports and youth has on today announced the results of the draw for the 2013 regional tournament which will begin tomorrow.In a press conference held jointly by the director general of the ministry Mr. Mustaphe Mohamoud Qodax and the chairman of the tournament’s organizing committee announced the results…
Mogadishu, June 01 2013 (SDN)— Attempts by clan elders and militia commanders in southern Somalia to form an autonomous state, without the consent of the central government but with the apparent backing of foreign countries, remains a dangerous, destabilising element in the region, say analysts. “Jubaland has all the dangerous elements necessary to kick…
St. Cloud, Minnesota, June 01 2013 (SDN) — Amal Hassan watches change coming to her home country while she is thousands of miles away. The 23-year-old will graduate from St. Cloud State University after this summer with a degree in women’s studies and a minor in human relationships. The St. Cloud woman is already planning…
Mogadishu, June 1, 2013(SDN) -African Union troops this morning (Yesterday) thwarted an attack by insurgents on the main road between Ballidogle and Berweyn along the Mogadishu – Baidoa road. The ambush was targeted at disrupting the reconstruction and repairs of this main road by AMISOM. The reconstruction of this road is improving a key trade…
Yokohama, June 1, 2013(SDN) -UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for fast tracking of the peace process in Somalia to create an enabling environment to attract investors and democracy to take root in the troubled nation. He said there was need to strengthen the capacity of the Somali people through training to achieve much-required…
Yokahoma May 31, 2013 (SDN) —– Kenyan Vice-President William Ruto has asked Somali exiles and refugees to return and rebuild their country. Speaking during a conference on Somalia in Yokohama, Japan, Ruto said returning was the only way that Somalis can help stabilise their country. The deputy president spoke as other world leaders praised Kenya’s…
Yokahoma May 31, 2013 (SDN) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed Japan’s commitment to supporting Somalia’s nation-building efforts Friday, saying Tokyo will resume direct aid to the East African nation that is seeking to revive its economy and government following two decades of civil strife and political turmoil. At a special meeting in Yokohama dedicated…
Berbera 31.May (SDN) Somaliland Vice-president, Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail Zaylici, returned to country from the United Kingdom where he attended ceremonies markingthe 22th anniversary of Somaliland’s reinstatement of independence from the rest of Somalia in 1991. At Berbera’s International Airport, the Vice -president received welcoming greetings from the Presidency Minister, Hirsi Haji Ali, marine resource Minister…