WASHINGTON (Somalilandpress) -- Former employee of VOA, Farhia Absie speaks out against her former boss, Mr. Abdirahman Yabarow, Chief editor of VOA Somali-Services in an interview with Radio Rajo-doon.
Farhia, who joined VOA on 15th January 2008 accused Mr Yabarow...
Nairobi, 9 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - Remaining residents within Somalia's battle-torn capital are fleeing as rebel and government forces prepare for new clashes. The Western-backed Mogadishu government has announced its intention of launching an offensive against the Islamist opposition.
For...
MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) -- Ethiopian troops have crossed back into the northern regions of Bakool and Hiiraan in Somalia on Sunday, local residents confirm.
Ethiopian troops return comes as Somali government launches a fresh offensive against Islamist insurgents in the south...
MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) -- At least 9 civilians were killed and 14 others wounded in clashes between Somali government troops and insurgents in Mogadishu on Thursday and Friday, Human rights group said.
The heavy fighting erupted late on Thursday and continued...
HARGEISA, 8 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - At least 10 migrants died and 30 went missing when the boat smuggling them from Somalia to Yemen suffered an engine failure in the Gulf of Aden, officials said Sunday.
Seventy people, mostly Ethiopians,...
Addis Ababa, 7 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - US software giant Microsoft has launched Windows Vista in Amharic, the first operating system in the national language of Ethiopia, the official news agency said Saturday.
"Launching the Amharic version software is a...
NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) -- An influx of fighters from Islamist insurgents have filled the streets of the capital of the wartorn nation of Somalia as the government announces fresh offensive against Islamist rebel, residents and witnesses told Somalilandpress.
A local journalist...
Hargeisa, 6 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - Predictions were made that food security and nutrition situation may worsen in most parts of Somaliland by Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) of FAO in its early warning briefs .
Some of...
Addis Ababa (Somalilandpress)- Djibouti and Somalia have argued the international community to tighten the sanctions imposed on Eritrea over Somali Islamists’ backing.
At the conclusion of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the government of Djibouti and the...
Mogadishu, 5 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - Somalia's Hezb al-Islam insurgent group on Thursday slapped a ban on video games in areas under its control.
The Islamist organisation argued in a statement that video games, popular with Somali youth and often...