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...

Moderate Islamists receive arms from government

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Two planes carrying weapons, small guns and battle wagons including ammunitions for Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama'a landed at Dhuusa Mareeb and Ceel Dheere districts...

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...

Guantanamo 'hell on Earth', says Somali detainee

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HARGEISA, Somaliland — A Somali just home from eight years in the US jail at Guantanamo Bay told AFP Monday the prison was "hell...

Kenyan Leader Urges WFP To Resume Humanitarian Operations in Somalia

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NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) -- According to Kenya State House governmental website, President Mwai Kibaki has today urged the World Food Programme (WFP) to reconsider its...