By Gabriel Gatehouse BBC News, Mogadishu At the thriving seaport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, the aroma of lemons drowns out the smell of ship’s fuel. The dried fruits, packed into hundreds of sacks, are being offloaded from trucks and hoisted by crane on to a cargo vessel for export. The ship will eventually make its...
Donors Should Support Rule of Law, Women’s Rights Efforts (London, May 6, 2013) – International donors meeting in London to discuss the new Somali government’s reform agenda should make accountability and women’s rights a priority, Human Rights Watch said today in abriefing paper sent to conference participants. On May 7, 2013, over 50 countries will convene...
PETER MARTELL Last year, the arrival form in Somalia’s war-shattered capital demanded visitors list the calibre of guns they were carrying. Today, signs in the airport warn of the health risks of smoking. Small changes, but Somalia, once a byword for war and anarchy, appears to be slowly turning a corner, with rebel forces on...
Muqdisho, May 05, 2013 (WDN)- Sida ay ku warrameen dad Goobjoogayaal ahaa gaari waxyaabaha qarxa laga soo buuxiyay ayaa maanta lala beegsaday kolonyo baaruur ah oo ay la socdeen wafi reer Qadar isgoyska KM$ ee magaalada Muqdisho. Gaariga qaraxa lala eegatay ayaa la sheegayaa in uu lahaa wasiirka arimaha gudaha iyo amniga qaranka Soomaaliya...
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar, MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide bomber hit a convoy of cars carrying Qatari officials through the center of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing eight Somalis, officials said. The visiting delegation of Qataris, who were travelling in the Somali interior minister’s bullet-proof vehicle, were “safe”, a security officer told Reuters,...
By MARTIN JAY and STEVE ROBSON Authorities in Morocco have launched an investigation into the illegal trade of dog meat after 37 carcasses were discovered in the back of a butcher’s van. A man was arrested in the centre of Casablanca after his Honda vehicle was pulled over for a routine traffic offence, it was reported. Officers decided to...
By AMY OLIVER She is known for writing about her colourful private life, her dramatic conversion to Islam and a spectacular falling-out with her half-sister, Cherie Blair. So perhaps it’s no surprise that when Lauren Booth decided she wanted a new husband, she advertised on Facebook. And after announcing her quest for a partner to her...
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE For a fearsome pirate, even one in self-declared retirement, there is a notable lack of what literature has led one to expect: Cutlass, eye-patch, hook or even a parrot. Instead, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, one of Somalia’s — if not the world’s — most notorious pirate chiefs, appears far more businessman than sea...
By PAUL REDFERN UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s invitation to President Uhuru Kenyatta to attend a conference on Somalia is the clearest signal yet of a normalisation of relations between London and Nairobi. It will be President Kenyatta’s first trip to any western capital since his election in March. Britain and other countries said before his...
The IGAD Heads of State and Government held its 21stExtraordinary summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 3 May 2013, under the Chairmanship of H.E Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and current Chairperson of the IGAD Assembly to discuss the political situation in the Federal Republic of Somalia....