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Nouakchott, 18 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Shooting has broken out in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott between "armed men" and police, hours before a presidential...

Toronto, 18 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- When a Maclean’s reporter reached Somali journalist Abdi Ahmed Abdul on his cellphone as he walked back to...

NAIROBI — Two journalists were arrested and a television station shut down in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland while several others were beaten in...

U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya Press Release July 17, 2009 U.S. Urges Release of Journalists in Somaliland The United States government condemns the recent arrests in Somaliland of Radio...

Explosions have ripped through two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, killing at least six people, including four foreigners, and injuring10,...

Hargeisa, 17 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Ethiopia’s state minister for communication affairs has refused to return home from the United Sates after an official...

The son of Gabon's late president, Omar Bongo, has been chosen by the ruling party to stand in the presidential election expected in late...

AU force needs 16-20,000 troops Three AU troops killed over weekend KAMPALA, July 15 (Somalilandpress) -- African Union peacekeepers in Somalia need a stronger mandate to...

Hargeisa, 14 July 2009  – Federal officials unsealed an indictment in Minneapolis on Monday charging two young Somali-Americans with providing material support for terrorism. The...

Hargeisa, 14 July 2009  - Eyewitnesses say two French journalists have been kidnapped from a hotel in the Somali capital. Abdi Mohamed Ahmed, who owns...