Guddiga Dhaqaalaha Afrika ee Qaramada Midoobay (UN Economic Commission for Africa – UNECA) oo fadhigiisu uu yahay magaalada Addis Ababa ee dalkaasi Itoobiya, Dowladda Soomaaliyeed iyo Machadka “Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute – HESPI” oo xaruntiisu ay tahay Addis Ababa ayaa si wadajir ah u qaban qaabiyey shirka looga doodayey mowduuca kor ku xusan.Shirka...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Chatting women sitting outside makeshift homes at night is a new scene in a once-dark refugee camp in the Somali capital. In a city where darkness brings the threat of attack, recently installed solar lights are helping to ward off sexual assault. Women living in Mogadishu’s hundreds of refugee camps often...
By Qishin Tariq KUALA LUMPUR: Seven Somalians accused of shooting at the Malaysian Armed Forces during a robbery in the Gulf of Aden have accepted responsibility for the crime as part of a plea bargain. DPP Mohd Abazafree Mohd Abbas informed the court that the Somalis had agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge...
The Institute for Horn of Africa Studies and Affairs (IHASA) welcomes the recently signed Jubbaland agreement between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the leaders of Jubbaland administration following their talks in Addis Ababa August 23–27th. While there are both pitfalls and promises in the signed agreement, we nevertheless believe it is a step...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An opposition leader in Ethiopia says police have prevented his group from staging a rally to demand the release of jailed activists. Yilkal Getnet, who heads the opposition Blue party, said Sunday that police raided their headquarters in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday night and beat up some party members....
Puntland Government welcomes the Agreement signed in Addis Ababa on August 27 between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Jubaland Administration, establishing the modalities of administration and governance in accordance with the agreed-upon Provisional Federal Constitution (PFC) of Somalia. Puntland commends both Somali delegations for engaging in constructive dialogue, with the common purpose...
The repatriation of Somalis is sowing discontent in Mogadishu, with claims of favouritism in public sector hiring. Hamza Mohamed Mogadishu, Somalia – It’s just after 11am when a group of more than thirty current and former students of the University of Somalia in Mogadishu gather in one of the student halls on the leafy campus, to...
Muqdisho, September 1, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah, Banaan-bax lagu taageerayo heshiiskii Dowlada iyo Maamulka Jubba oo Muqdisho ka dhacay,Ahlu-Sunna oo sheegtay in ay xilkii ka qaaday gudoomiyihii fulinta,Shir-weyne looga hadlayo arrimaha Maamul goboleedyada oo Caasimadda ka furmay,dagaalo u dhaxeeya Al Shabaab iyo Ciidamada...
By MARK KAPCHANGA Having a simple meal in Somalia is a luxury. Poverty has inevitably increased since the early 1990s with 53 per cent of the population living on less than $1 (Sh85) a day. As a result, millions of Somalis depend on handouts from their families abroad, termed hawala. The money transfers are the...
By MARGARET WAHITO NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 1 – Two more key witnesses have withdrawn from the case facing Deputy President William Ruto and Joshua Sang barely a week to September 10 when trial begins at The Hague. In a sworn affidavit through lawyer Christopher Mitei one of the witnesses said he has withdrawn from testifying...