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....
Muqdisho, Mey 03,2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxa ka mid ah; Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh oo Addis Ababa gaaray, shirkii wasiir arrimo dibadeedyada IGAD oo Itoobiya ka furmay, Maalinta warbaahinta madaxa bannaan oo Muqdisho laga xusay iyo qodobbo kale.
RaadRaac (WDN)Xaaladihii ugu dambeeyay ee magaalada Kismaayo, ayaanu waxan ka wareysannay afhayeenka maamulka KMG ah ee Kismaayo Cabdinaasir Seyraar, oo sheegay in dhawaan ergada shirka ay dooran doonaan madaxweynaha Jubbaland. Seyraar waxa uu sidoo kale meesha ka saaray in wax xiisado ah ay ka dhalatay tagidda Barre Aaden Shirre Hiiraale ee magaalada Kismaayo.
Nairobi, ( HRW)– The Ethiopian government should mark World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, 2013, by immediately releasing all journalists jailed under the country’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 2, 2013, the Supreme Court upheld an 18-year sentence under the anti-terrorism law for Eskinder Nega Fenta, a journalist...
By Edmund Blair (Reuters) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, is expected to visit London at Britain’s invitation next week for a conference on Somalia. It will be his first trip to a Western capital since his election in March. Britain and other countries...
Somali president expected to present plans for rebuilding military, police and justice systems, as civil society calls on nascent government to empower women and provide jobs By Mark Tran On Tuesday next week, the UK hosts yet another big conference on Somalia, bringing together officials from 50 countries and organisations, including the UN, African Union...
Massive reduction in pirate attacks on ships put down to greater co-operation, use of armed guards and harsh jail terms Associated Press The fight against Somali pirates has been so effective that they have not been able to mount a successful hijacking in nearly a year, the chair of the global group trying to combat...
Somalia, where almost 260,000 people — half of them young children — died of hunger in a 2010-2012 famine, according to a UN report on Thursday, is an impoverished country in the Horn ofAfrica. It has been ravaged by a civil war since the fall of the regime of Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991: –...