Recognizing Somalia’s progress and as a sign of our nation’s faith, President Barack Obama will soon name a U.S. ambassador. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud shake hands before a meeting at Addis Ababa. Long torn by clan rivalries, stricken by drought and resulting famine, and attacks by...
By Ilya Gridneff Photographer: Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images In a comment on his Twitter account on June 7, Somaliland’s President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo urged the UN monitoring group to “stop meddling in the affairs of Somaliland.” Somaliland will “protect its economic assets,” he said. Two semi-autonomous areas of northern Somalia have largely avoided the...
BY ABDI GULED MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The mother of an ethnic Somali teenager who stowed away on a plane from California to Hawaii has left a refugee camp in Ethiopia because of what she says are death threats against her. Ubah Mohammed Abdule was moved outside of the Shedder Refugee Camp in far eastern Ethiopia...
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Eskinder Nega was commended for his fight to create ‘a just and free society’ at World Newspaper Congress in Torino By Alastair Reid Credit: By Dave on Flickr. Some rights reserved. Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian journalist imprisoned on terrorism charges in 2011, has been awarded the Golden Pen of Freedom as an “emblem of Ethiopia’s struggle” and a symbol of...
Special Representative Nicholas Kay. Photo: Jean-Marc Ferré “All parties must refrain from violent actions, make immediate efforts to de-escalate the situation and resolve their differences through peaceful dialogue and compromise,” said Nicholas Kay, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). “I welcome the efforts of the Prime Minister,...
Egypt’s newly inaugurated President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi vows to ease crisis with Addis Ababa after a months-long impasse over Ethiopia’s controversial Grand Renaissance Dam project President El-Sisi (Photo: Official El-Sisi presidential campaign) Egypt’s newly elected President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said he would not allow a rift to develop between Cairo and Addis Ababa, who have been locked...
Nations Should Pledge to Prosecute Attackers, Aid Survivors A woman at the Mother and Child Health Center, where Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict visited, teaches other women about post natal care in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 2, 2013.© 2013 Reuters – (London) – The London Summit on Ending...
A notorious Somali warlord allied to al-Shabaab and on UN sanction lists has agreed to quit the extremists, the Somalian information ministry said on Saturday. Powerful arms dealer Mohammed Said Atom, who is under UN Security Council sanctions for “kidnapping, piracy and terrorism,” has been a close ally of al-Shabaab. Yet a government statement on...
(DJIBOUTI)– The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for Djibouti on Sunday, warning Americans of potential terror threats aimed at American interests in the African nation. The State Department says that it “continues to receive information about potential terrorist threats” against American individuals and operations in the area. On May 24, two suicide bombers...