Ethiopian foreign minister, Somali Islamist official in talks

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ADDIS ABABA, 21 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) - This week, the spiritual leader of Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a, Shaykh Mahmud Shaykh Hasan Farah, accompanied...

Somali Singer K'naan Arrives Somaliland

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HARGEISA, 15 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) - The famous Somali singer and rapper, K'naan arrived Hargeisa yesterday. Sources told Somalilandpress that the singer is...

How Sudan’s protesters upped the ante, and forced al-Bashir from power

Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir has resigned after three decades in power. AHMED YOSRI/EPA
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Following months of protests, and a prolonged sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was placed under house arrest on...

Somali pirates seize weapons ship, attack tanker

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HARGEISA, 10 November 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Somali pirates have seized a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship loaded with weapons bound for the anarchic Horn...

100 days detained – Al Jazeera English Staff in Egypt

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The heritage of hair: stories of resilience and creativity

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 Hair speaks of the past, and of cultural heritage. Steve Evans/Flickr Untangling the racial politics of hair has preoccupied casual observers and social analysts for...

How Museveni has twisted Uganda’s constitution to cling to power

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has engineered constitutional changes that could see him rule for life. Daniel Irungu/EPA-EFE
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For a period of time between 1986 and the early 2000s Uganda was considered to be a country committed to democratic reform. But in...

African Pride: Obama Trip To Ghana

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Accra, Jul 9 2009 --- In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene, a former government minister in Ghana and former BBC...