Somali MPs, chased from their houses in Mogadishu, unable to find a secure den to convene meetings or venture into the streets, flee in droves. Some escape to Kenya; others, to North America and Europe. But a small group...
My few words reflect the writing of Mrs. Elizabeth Ohene about President Obama's schedule visit to Ghana. Somaliland held high the achievement reached by our fellow African country, that we share a lot since our beloved country came...
Accra, Jul 9 2009 --- In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene, a former government minister in Ghana and former BBC journalist, looks forward to US President Barack Obama's visit to her country:
We in Ghana are...
Durban, Jul 9, 2009 --- Some 70,000 construction workers in South Africa have gone on strike, halting work on stadiums being built for the 2010 World Cup.
Unions are threatening to wreck the tournament if their demands for a 13% wage...
Addis Ababa, Jul 8, 2009 --- Somalia's prime minister signaled his regime is expanding the 4, 300 strong African Union troops by several thousand as more are expected to arrive in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
Abdirashid Ali did not say where...
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Hargeisa, 8 July 2009 -- I would like to speak to you about the case of Ayaan Osman, a child who was shot in the face when she...
Zeila, Jul 7, 2009 -- Five Somaliland nationals have reportedly been detained by Yemeni forces on Monday in a serious standoff between Yemen and the Republic of Somaliland.
A source in Somaliland's capital said that Yemeni forces took the five...
The body of a Muslim woman, killed in a German courtroom by a man convicted of insulting her religion, has been taken back to her native Egypt for burial.
Marwa Sherbini, 31, was stabbed 18 times by Axel W, who...
Urumqi, Jul 6, 2009 -- One hundred and forty people have been killed and more than 800 wounded in riots that rocked western China at the weekend, the deadliest social unrest since the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Running battles raged through...
![Al-Shabab still controls parts of Somalia's south and central regions after being chased out of Mogadishu [File: AP]](https://i0.wp.com/www.somalilandcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/afb468d4a03548f1aeb222de6cd8a0c6_18.jpg?resize=696%2C385&ssl=1 "Islamists in Somalia Behead Two Sons of Christian Leader")
Hargeisa, 6 July 2009-- Islamic extremists have beheaded two young boys in Somalia because their Christian father refused to divulge information about a church leader, and the killers are searching Kenya’s refugee camps to do the same to the...