United States Congress (Washington, DC) Somalia: Prospects for Lasting Peace and a Unified Response to Extremism and Terrorism Donald M. Payne 29 June 2009 document Washington, DC — Opening remarks of Chairman Donald M. Payne at the hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa and...
Mogadishu,Jun 30 2009  -- Somalia's transitional leader, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed led a delegation of Ministers and Parliamentarians to the Libyan city of Sirte on Monday for the summit of the New Economic Partnership of Africa's Development. The African Union...
MORONI-An airliner with 150 people on board belonging to Yemeni state carrier Yemenia crashed in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros Tuesday, a senior government official said. "We don't know if there are any survivors among the 150 people on...
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — A top US diplomat on Monday stressed his country's support for Somalia's transitional government, whose control has been hanging by a thread in the face of a fierce Islamist insurgency. "The US government has always been...
Somali's Ambassador to Kenya Muhamad Ali Nur has said the situation in his country is "very severe" and has consequently appealed for help from the international community. Speaking during an interview with Kenya's privately-owned KTN TV at the Somali embassy...
Washington, 28 June 2009 (Somalilandcurrent) -- The Problems plaguing Somalia show no sign of abating in the near future. It seems that every other day there has been a Bomb Explosion in Mogadishu killing dozens of people or requests made...
Hargeisa, 27 June 2009 (Somalilandcurrent) - As Somalia's transitional government fights for its existence and the region's governments debate how to respond, guest columnist Daniela Kroslak argues strongly against another foreign military incursion. Instead what is needed, she writes,...
Hargeisa, 27 June 2009 (Somalilandcurrent) - Governments trying to set framework for establishing Islamic Banking. Conventional banks trying to extend their line of service by Islamic Banking. And Islamic banks are expanding their network globally. Islamic Banking is on...
Hargeisa, 26 June 2009 (Somalilandcurrent) - Some armed groups who adhere to a more moderate interpretation of Islam have begun battling Al Qaeda-linked extremists. Somalia is beginning to seem more and more like the Swat Valley of eastern Africa –...
Hargeisa, 26 June 2009 (Somalilandcurrent) - When 13-year-old Ifrah Hashi's family moved back to Somaliland from Canada, she noticed many young girls couldn't read. She knew she had to do something. So she gathered all her favourite books as a...