Read the full Speech by President of The Republicof Somaliland Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo on Somaliland’s Achievements in a Fragile Region delivered at the Atlantic Council of the United States April 22, 2013

    Remarks by President of The Republic of Somaliland Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo   Somaliland: Advancing Security in a Fragile Region   Atlantic Council of the United States April 22, 2013   I. Introduction   I would like to extend my appreciation to Dr. Peter Pham and the Atlantic Council for inviting me to give this…

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      Somali Journalist Shot To Death outside His Home in Mogadishu

      The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in the strongest terms possible the murder of the Somali journalist who was killed by armed assailants near his home in Mogadishu’s Dharkenley district on Sunday evening April 21, 2013, bringing the number of journalists killed this year to four. Unknown assailants shot to death Mohamed Ibrahim…

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        14,353 Somali refugees return home since January: UNHCR

        NAIROBI, April 20 — Up to 14,353 Somali refugees have made spontaneous returns from Kenya since January, with 1,029 people reported to have moved thus far in April, the UN refugee agency on Saturday. According to latest report published by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Somali refugees have also returned home from Ethiopia…

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          9 killed by gunman in Kenya, near Somali border

          NAIROBI, Kenya — A police chief says that a masked gunman believed to be a member of an al-Qaida-linked Somalia militant group stormed a hotel in a Kenyan city near the border with Somalia and opened fire with an assault rifle, killing nine people. Vitalis Okumu said Friday that the Thursday night attack could have…

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            Transparency Solutions and Shuraako Promoting Business and Investment in Somalia

            On Saturday, April 13, 2013, Transparency Solutions and Shuraako co-hosted a meeting on ‘Promoting Business and Investment in Somalia’. The meeting brought together a large number of representatives from the Somali diaspora community, investors, and other stakeholders who are committed to investing in Somalia’s future. The conference was hosted at Toynbee Hall in London, UK…

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              Under Darkness in the Somali Region of Ethiopia

              No matter how tightly truth is tied down, confined and suffocated, she slowly escapes. Seeping out through cracks and openings large and small, illuminating all, revealing the grime and shame, that cowers in the shadows. The arid Somali (or Ogaden) region of Ethiopia, home to some 5 million ethnic Somalis has been isolated from the…

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                Would-be bomber killed by own device

                Mogadishu – A suspected Al-Shabaab militant was killed on Thursday while trying to plant a bomb in a busy district of the Somali capital, a police official said, after the Islamist group threatened more attacks following two deadly assaults this week. Western and Somali officials are concerned that Al-Shabaab, who were driven out of Mogadishu…

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                  Somali Region Group Sends an Official complaint to the Ethiopia Election Board

                  To: the Ethiopia Election Board Addis Ababa Ethiopia Federal Democratic Republic Prime Minister Office Federal Affair Minister Office Ethiopian Defence Force Somali Regional State President office All Ethiopia Federal Missions in all over the world We have received from Aware district in Ethiopia somali regional state a complaint that says the somali regional state election…

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                    Somalia takes major step forward on counter-terrorism

                    The Somalia Council of Ministers today approved new counter-terrorism legislation intended to bring the country into line with international best practice. Chairing the weekly Cabinet meeting, His Excellency Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon welcomed the draft legislation, which will now be sent to Parliament for debate and ratification. “This is a very important piece of…

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                      As Islamic radicals retreat, young Somalis elope

                      WALAWEYN, Somalia (AP) — Outside a dilapidated two-story building, Abdi Ali says goodbye to his veiled girlfriend Anisa and they take two separate streets to avoid attention. Soon they’re aboard a minibus heading outside Mogadishu, pretending they don’t know each other. After more than two hours of travel, they arrive at Walaweyn, a run-down town…

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                        Somali Piracy Declines While West African Piracy Spreads

                        Washington — Piracy off the coast of Somalia has fallen steeply since 2011 as a result of a U.S.-led international campaign, but it is flourishing along the coast of West Africa. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro told a congressional subcommittee April 10 that Somali pirates captured 10 vessels in 2012, compared…

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                          US Bank to open Somali money transfer account

                          MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Bank has agreed to open an account that will allow Somalis living in Minnesota to send money to their homeland, reopening a lifeline to relatives living in the war-torn East African country, an advocacy group said Tuesday. Minnesotans for a Fair Economy said U.S. Bank has agreed to open an account…

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                            Somalia: Female genital mutilation down

                            NAIROBI, Kenya (SDN) — Attitudes in Somalia toward a practice that critics decry as torture may be changing, as new data released by the U.N. children’s agency on Tuesday showed that female genital mutilation among children in northern Somalia is on the decline. The survey released by UNICEF and the governments of Somaliland and Puntland…

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