MOGADISHU, 28 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Twenty-three people were killed in Mogadishu on 3 December 2009 when a blast ripped through a graduation ceremony. Among the dead was a 24-year-old final year medical student whose mother, Hawa Siyaad, spoke...
GALKAYO (Somalilandpress) -- Somalia can achieve peace. Much of the country already has the ingredients for it, but simply lacks a cohesive government with a unified strategy for security and development.
To make matters worse, many internationals who have the...
GAROWE (Somalilandpress) -- On Sunday 21st of December, Mohamed Yasin Ishaq, a correspondent for American-based VOA Somali Service was snatched from his home midnight while asleep with his family in the town of Galkayo by Puntland forces.
Mr Ishaq was...
GALKAYO (Somalilandpress) -- Hundreds of families in Somalia's state of Puntland have fled inter-clan fighting in the town of Galkayo in Mudug region, witnesses said.
The fighting, the second as many months broke out early Wednesday morning when heavily armed...
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) -- Kenya’s Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Farah Maalim insisted his country was ready to firmly support Somaliland's democraticisation process and stability in a historic gathering of Somaliland's two champers on Friday morning.
Mr Maalim, who...
GALKAYO (Somalilandpress) -- Fresh fighting has erupted in the central Somali town of Galkayo between militias loyal to Puntland and Galmudug on Wednesday morning. The two administrations, who share the city clashed after at least one police man from...
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) -- A Kenyan delegation comprising of seven members visited Somaliland's capital on Tuesday morning for talks on wide range of issues of common concern.
The delegation headed by Kenya's Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Farah Maalim,...
MOGADISHU, 22 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) - The insecurity in Somalia is fast turning into a global issue as Al-Qa'idah support transforms the once disorganized Al-Shabab insurgents into a "super terrorist group," the African Union Mission in Somalia has...
GAROWE, 21 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) - The Parliament speaker of the semi-autonomous Somalia's region of Puntland narrowly escaped a roadside bomb in Garowe. Reports say his driver died and others were wounded as the result.
Some sources told Somalilandpress...
KAMPALA, 21 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) - The UPDF has been shaken by the discovery that some of the battle-hardened Al Shabaab militants it is fighting in the volatile Somalia were trained here at home.
Highly placed military sources have told...