ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Residents in Ethiopia’s capital awoke to the sound of a 21-gun salute Tuesday to mark the first year anniversary of the death of long-time ruler Meles Zenawi. The ritual underscores the approach Meles’ successors have employed during the last year: a continued lionization of the late prime minister, whose portrait still...
Somalia’s government vowed Wednesday to deliver justice in the case of a local woman who alleged she was gang raped by African Union troops and Somali soldiers. “My team and I are committed to getting to the bottom of this case, and all other allegations of sexual violence,” Somalia’s minster for human development, Maryan Qasim,...
THE still unrecognised republic of Somaliland has been parading its de facto independence from its battered bigger brother, Somalia, with an international book fair in its self-styled capital, Hargeisa. Along with the reopening of a revamped international airport, the fair was intended to show the world that Somaliland is open for business, especially with the...
Puntland Government welcomes the New Deal Conference for Somalia, hosted by the European Union in Brussels on September 16, 2013, as the New Deal provides the guiding framework for working partnerships in fragile and conflict-affected States. Puntland recognizes the importance of the New Deal Framework, signed in Busan on November 29, 2011 in accordance with...
Kooxo hubeysan ayaa degmada Hodan ee magaalada Muqdisho ku dilay Wiil Turjumaan ahaa iyo Askari ka tirsan ciidamada dowlada Soomaaliya, iyagoona dhaawac u geystay Haweney u dhalay dalka Sweden. Weerarka ayaa ka dhacay agagaarka Jaamacada Soomaaliya gaar ahaan qeybta ay ka degen tahay aggaarka isgoyska MK4 ee magaalada Muqdisho, waxaana haweeneyda u dhalatay Sweden la sheegay...
By ANNA EDWARDS pair of identical twins who can’t be told apart by their DNA have appeared in court charged over the rape of a woman. Mohammed and Aftab Asghar were arrested after DNA evidence taken from the scene linked the alleged crime with one – or both – of them. Prosecutors have charged both of...
MOGADISHU– Gunmen killed two Somalis and wounded a Swedish women in central Mogadishu on Wednesday when they opened fire on their car in the latest attack in the troubled city, police said. “A security guard and a driver was killed and a female foreigner has been injured after gunmen attacked them,” said police official Abdi...
Former MP Dawn Butler on why the Government must act to keep UK banking services open to Somalia Written by Dawn Butler THE GOVERNMENT is coming under growing pressure to convince Barclays bank to reverse its decision to close the accounts of 250 UK money-transfer companies which allow people to send remittances to support families in...
By Matt B The Somali Federal Government (SFG), established in August 2012, has been widely welcomed as Somalia’s first “post-transition” government, receiving breathlessly upbeat media coverage and plaudits from the international community. Matt Bryden argues in this report that these buoyant judgments are based on highly selective appraisals of the situation. The SFG remains...
Abducted, drugged and gang raped in Somalia: a young mother details the most brutal of allegations against African Union troops and Somali soldiers in a case causing widespread anger. “The soldiers raped me… I tried to defend myself but they beat me badly and I passed out,” she said, speaking to the Somali Channel television...