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Michael Jackson has died at age 50 after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center. Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Steve Ruda told the L.A. Times that Jackson was not breathing when paramedics arrived at his home and CPR was performed. TMZ.com...

Hargeisa (Somalilandcurrent)- Somaliland Government says they would not attend a conference about Somalia that will take place in USA, though Somaliland has been invited to attend the meeting. Somaliland Foreign Affairs Ministers, Abdullahi Muhammad Duale, told the press in Hargeysa...

Mogadishu (Somalilandcurrent)- Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, has said his country is ready to once again deploy its troops in Somalia if Islamist groups manage to overthrow the Somali president. Mr. Zenawe said his government has strengthened security along...

Hargeisa, 25 June 2009  - About 5,000 new automatic weather stations are set to be deployed across Africa, under a climate change initiative announced today by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Global Humanitarian Forum, the Earth...

Hargeisa, 25 June 2009  - The African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will launch a radio station aimed at promoting peace in the conflict-torn Horn of Africa nation, a spokesman told AFP Wednesday. "The planning for this project began...

Hargeisa, 24 June 2009  - A court under the control of a Somali Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab has ordered four young men suspected of stealing guns and mobile phones to have a hand and a leg amputated, but the...

Hargeisa, 24 June 2009  - A couple of days ago I published a brief post from South Africa which reported that one in 4 males admitted to being rapists. But rape in the city is not just happening on...

London, 23 June 2009 (Somalilandcurrent) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has had "enough" after 18 years in power and would be willing to leave office to make way for a new generation, he said in an interview. "My personal...

Gashamo, 23 June 2009 - A group of ONLF rebels killed two and seriously wounded several others when they ambushed a civilian convey carrying khaat from the town of Danod to Gashamo in Ethiopia's Somali region. Both victims are...

Toronto, 22 June 2009 -- Mustafa is in Grade 7 at Nelson Mandela Park Public School in Regent Park. This poem, "A Single Rose," earned him a standing ovation at the Hot Docs film festival. https://youtu.be/x-WQ5C9oJQM?t=16 Mustafa is a Somali kid from...