Washington is worried about Somalia. After 18 years of civil war, a insurgent group loosely aligned with Al Qaeda has threatened to conquer the country. In a March audio recording, Osama Bin Laden encouraged the hardline group Al Shabab...
HARGEISA, 6 August 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Reports coming from Berbera say members from the opposition party, KULMIYE have been injured in a car accident an hour ago.
Ali Marshal, the campaign manager of Kulmiye in the Western regions instantly died...
GAROWE, 5 August 2009 (Somalilandpress) - The minister of information of the Somalia's region of Puntland has been killed in Galkayo. The minister who was there for official work has been shot by two men wearing military uniform in...
To: President, Mr. Rayale
Head of electoral commission, Mr. Sweden
August 3, 2009
Dear Sirs,
August 3, 2009 (SomalilandPress)-As a Somaliland –Canadian, I am urgently writing this letter ...
HARGEISA, 5 August 2009 (SomalilandPress) - On 1 August 2009, the Transitional Parliament has thrown out the ‘maritime misunderstanding’ between the TUG and the Kibaki Government in Kenya. Out of 347 Members of Parliament who were sitting at the...
MELBOURNE, 4 August 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Five men being questioned over an alleged terrorist conspiracy had sought a religious ruling to authorise an attack in Australia, a court has heard.
Their arrests come after a seven-month counter-terrorism operation and police...
Monday, August 03, 2009 (SomalilandPress)-The United States government is profoundly dismayed with the recent developments in Somaliland, particularly the decision by President Riyale and the National Electoral Commission to discard the recently-completed voter registration list.
We believe the list forms...
Hargeisa, 3 August (somalilandpress) - An Ethiopian court jailed a Canadian for life on Monday after he was convicted of membership of a separatist rebel group fighting for independence for an ethnically Somali part of the country.
Bashir Ahmed Makhtal,...
Hargeisa, 2 August 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Western Sahara and Somaliland may not have much in common, but they share the same predicament: all are unrecognised states striving to capture international attention.
Enter Independent Diplomat - freelance diplomats who offer their...
Kenyan airport official threatened Toronto man with jail. After handing over $50, he boarded flight
TORONTO, August 2 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Seeing a woman desperately stranded in Kenya calls to mind other horror stories for Toronto Somali-born travellers.
"Many people have...