Ransom Paid To Somali Pirates for Indonesian Ship

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MOGADISHU — Somali pirates said they were air-dropped a ransom of 3.7 million dollars (2.7 million euros) Friday to release an Indonesian chemical tanker...

Press trying to cover politics in Uganda face restrictions, attacks

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January 15, 2016-The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that journalists in Uganda are being prevented from freely covering Parliament and campaigning for next...

Al Jazeera blasts Egypt charge sheet

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The list of people being pursued by the Egyptian authorities in the case involving Al Jazeera English’s detained journalists has finally been officially served,...

Ethiopia launches electric car despite power shortages.

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Ethiopia has launched an electric car, despite suffering from power shortages. It is only the second African country to do so, after South Africa. Two...

Ethiopia: The Irresponsibility of the Privileged?

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Alemayehu G Mariam Recently, Naom Chomsky, MIT Professor of Linguistics and arguably America’s foremost public intellectual, gave an interview to Al Jazeera on the social...

AU Approves Training For Maritime, Air Defence Fighters

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Addis Ababa, 30 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) - The African Union’s Peace and Security Department approved plans to train more peacekeepers serving in its mission...

Somali Immigrants Face "Hardship" In Mozambique Jails

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MOGADISHU, 8 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Twenty four Somali nationals who are jailed in Mozambique (for being illegally in the country), have expressed concern...

SOMALIA: United Nation envoy praises government's performance

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MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) -- The United Nation's special envoy to Somalia, Ahmadou Ould Abdallah, has congratulated the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia on its first anniversary...

Wetang’ula Wants Maalim’s Conduct Investigated

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Nairobi, 1 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) - For the first time in the country’s history, Parliament will investigate a Deputy Speaker for his activities while...