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Mogadishu May 19 2013 (SDN) -Somalia’s foreign minister Fawziya Yusuf Haji Adam has returned to the country from an official working visit in neighbouring Kenya. Government officials received minister fawziya at Adancade International Airport in Mogadishu and she told the media that the foreign ministry is working hard to re-establish foreign diplomacy with the international…
Presque Isle, Maine, May 19 2013 (SDN) – At college commencement ceremonies across the country, it is not unusual to hear stories about students who have overcome tremendous obstacles in order to receive their degrees. Some have fled war-torn countries, worked several jobs to pay for school or attended college in an area where they…
Somali’s Foreign Minster and deputy Prime Minster Fawsiya Hajji Adan Talks to cnn about Somalia’s challenges and hopes.
Close to a hundred members of the Somali federal parliament have signed a motion against Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon barely six months after he took the oath of office. Although the motion against the premier hasn’t yet been formally presented for vote in the parliament, the debate has caused tension in the capital Mogadishu….
Kismayo May 18 2013 (SDN)– A visiting IGAD delegation led by IGAD’s secretary general Mohbub Moalin has reached today the capital of Jubaland state Kismayu after meeting with the Somali government yesterday in Mogadishu. During their stay in Kismayu the delegation will meet with the Jubbaland government as well as traditional elders. The delegation will…
Hargeisa 18.May (SDN) -The Horn of Africa has been ravaged by war and famine for decades, and now one of Somalia’s regions, hopes to become an independent state. Somaliland sits on the Gulf of Aden and is officially regarded as an autonomous region of Somalia. The two were, however, separate until 1960. During the civil…
Somaliland Society in Europe (SSE), on behalf of its affiliated organizations, wishes the people of Somaliland wherever they are festive celebrations for this national day. SSE commends Somaliland diaspora communities in Europe for their heartless efforts to organize celebration events across major European cities and promote the independence of Somaliland. SSE would like also to…
Mogadishu, May 17 2013 (SDN)– Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has today met with a fact-finding delegation from Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) comprising seven-member states who arrived in Mogadishu today. The information minister of Somalia Federal Government Abdullahi Elmoge Hersi has said that the delegation held a closed door meeting with the prime…
In anticipation of Somaliland’s Independence Day, I, the President of Somaliland invite Somaliland communities around the world to come together in celebration. On Saturday the 18th of May, Somaliland will mark its 22nd anniversary since declaring independence. This presents a wonderful opportunity to come together as a people in celebration. Wherever you are in the…
London, May 17 (SDN) – A British teenager has been sentenced to eight years in prison over the stabbing death of a British soldier during a nightclub brawl in Cyprus. David Lee Collins, 18, from London, was stabbed to death after a fight broke out in a nightclub in the popular resort of Ayia Napa…
Nairobi, May 17 (Reuters) – When Washington D.C. was in financial crisis in the 1990s, Somali-born Abdusalam Omer joined a team that turned its “junk” bonds into investment grade paper. Now, as governor of the Central Bank of Somalia, he wants to transform a “failed” state. There is no escaping the scale of his new…
Rochester, Minneapolis May 17, 2013 (SDN) -—Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group. Amina Farah Ali, 36, was sentenced to 20 years in prison…
Nairobi, May 16, 2013 (SDN) -— The Somali port city of Kismayo is in political crisis as two former warlords are both claiming to be president of the newly created Jubaland region of southern Somalia. Fears are growing that the rivalry could lead to an outbreak of violence. The Somali government still maintains it…
Mogadishu, May 16, 2013 (AP) -Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else’s Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam, is having a major comeback since al-Shabab, an armed militant Islamic group, was pushed out…
Mogadishu May 16 2013 (SDN)– The Somalia Council of Ministers has approved has on today approved new counter-terrorism bill together submitted by the national security ministry and justice ministry. This was confirmed by Somalia’s information minister Abdilahi Elmi Hirsi who spoke to the press after the meeting. The minister also added that the cabinet…
Hargeisa 16.May (SDN) -Somaliland’s foreign minister Dr. Mohamed Abdilahi Omer has sent a letter to the United Nations secretary general Mr. Ban ki moon in response to comments made by UN Deputy-Secretary General, Mr Jan Eliason on 9th May. Below are the verbatim excerpts of the minister’s Communication to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon…
Hargeisa 16.May (SDN) -Somaliland’s minister of education Samsam Abdi Adam with Hargeisa secondary school students has today launched a garbage collection campaign to clean the accumulated garbage to presidency Street. The campaign aligns with the government funded project to rebuilds the city’s biggest street ahead of 18th May celebrations. The minister and the students many…
Mogadishu, May 16 (SDN) -Foreign companies are getting ready to undertake the risky business of exploring for oil in war-torn Somalia, a quest that could trigger new conflict as the Western-backed government struggles to stop die-hard Islamist insurgents. “The world’s leading oil companies are increasingly accepting that their quest for new reserves will take them…
And so it ends. After months of preparation, fretting over guest lists, measuring flags and re-drafting seating arrangements, the Somalia Conference is over. The final communiqué has been issued, the speeches uploaded to YouTube and the attendees prepped for the next leg of the reconstruction roadshow. Representatives of Somalia’s new administration can look forward to…
NAIROBI — Former Islamist warlord Ahmed Madobe has been elected “president” of Somalia’s volatile southern Jubaland region following weeks of tense negotiations between rival factions, officials said Wednesday. The vote in the southern port city of Kismayo was opposed by the central government in the capital Mogadishu, which is keen to stamp its authority on…