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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…
Hargeisa, June 12 2013 (SDN) –Somaliland’s government has been criticized for its suppression of the media, after leading newspaper HUBAAL and its English sister publication were shut down Tuesday by the police. Somaliland’s WADDANI opposition party on today expressed their concerns over the closures. Opposition WADDANI Party information secretary Mohamed Hassan Dirir said today during…
Kismayo, June 10, 2013(SDN) -— Fighters loyal to Somali warlord Ahmed Madobe strengthened control of the key southern port of Kismayo, residents said Monday, after days of clashes between rival militia forces for control of the city. Heavy fighting broke out Friday when the Ras Kamboni militia of Madobe recently self-appointed “president” of the southern…
Cairo, June 9, 2013 (SDN)- Egypt‘s foreign minister, vowing not to give up “a single drop of water from the Nile“, said on Sunday he would go to Addis Ababa to discuss a giant dam that Ethiopia has begun building in defiance of Cairo‘s objections. Speaking to Egypt’s state news agency MENA two days…
Mogadishu, June 08, 2013(SDN) -—At least eight people have been killed in fighting between rival Somali warlords battling for control of the southern port city of Kismayo, witnesses said Saturday. Gunmen from the Ras Kamboni militia of former warlord Ahmed Madobe – recently self-appointed “president” of the southern Jubaland region – battled against forces…
Jubaland threatens to cut ties with central government as Mogadishu rejects declaration of statehood. Somalia’s central government and the leaders of one of the country’s regions are locked in a power struggle that could turn violent. The dispute centres on Jubaland – an area in the southern-most part of Somalia that has claimed statehood and…