Somaliland: Police wary of revenge attacks on Puntland truckers

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BURAO (Somalilandpress) -- At least five trucks belonging to businessmen hailing from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland were taken into custody in Burao on...

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...

Somali pirates seize Somaliland aid trucks

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MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) -- Somali pirates in Puntland seized food aid trucks and their drivers to obtain the release of detained comrades, officials said Friday,...

Will the Dubai hit increase Israel's global isolation?

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These are the known facts: The Dubai police claim that 26 visitors entered and exited the emirate over the past year on false British,...

Nigeria stablity depends on 2011 poll planning: US

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WASHINGTON (Somalilandpress) -- The United States pressed Nigeria's caretaker president on Tuesday to revamp the oil giant's tattered election machinery, saying it must hold...

The Mourning Tree – An Autobiography and A Prison Memoir by Mohamed Barud Ali, February 2010

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In 1993, as a Minister of the Republic of Somaliland, “I was given the same office that the National Security Service interrogated me in...

Somaliland: Two girls kidnapped from Puntland, Sri Lankan arrested

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HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) -- A Sri Lankan citizen of Russian native was detained for questioning after he was caught attempting to smuggle a 13 year...

“I Nearly Become a Somali Pirate”: Dji

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Mogadishu, 22 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - “I nearly became a pirate,” 28- year-old Dji told Xinhua correspondents Saturday at a clinic run by the...

Somalia's moderate Islamic Army To Join Gov’t After Peace Deal

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Addis Ababa,  (Somalilandpress) -- Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) signed an agreement with the country's religious army, the Ahlu Sunna WalJamaa, in Addis Ababa...

Samatar Monster Next Door

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For many, mention of Somalia conjures images of a smoldering Blackhawk helicopter and AK-47-wielding pirates loaded onto an antique skiff. What may not come to...