Images Depicting Prophet Mohamed ‎Printed In Grade 1 Text Book‎

By Somalilandtimes network

Hargeysa, Somaliland , March 11, 2006 – Drawings depicting Prophet Mohamed (SCW) had been printed in a school textbook meant for grade one pupils.

The drawings depicting prophet Mohamed appear in pages 42 and 43 of the Islamic education textbook for the first grade.

Islamic religion prohibits the depiction of the prophet Mohamed in any way, shape or form.

By Somalilandtimes network

Hargeysa, Somaliland, March 4, 2006 – The House of Representatives is likely to introduce drastic amendments to the government’s budget bill when it come the floor for debate next Monday.

Most of House members have already voiced criticism against the bill as containing fundamental flaws that must be addressed.

In a last week report to the House, the select committee on Financial Affairs had expressed concerns over a number of flaws in the budget such as the lack of a breakdown of government revenues to regional, district and ministerial levels, the lack of public account statements corresponding to the financial information submitted to the legislature and the unavailability of verifiable figures on the numbers of government employees and members of the security forces as well.

By Somalilandtimes network

Baidoa, Somalia, March 11, 2006 – Somalia’s “parliamentarians” met again this week. The only item that has been agreed upon was to set-up various committees to tackle different issues. But underneath the façade, the depressing reality in Baidoa was evident. “Somalia's 'city of death' shocks speaker”, wrote the IOL. But that was only the beginning. A few days ago, Sharif Hasan “the speaker” was threatened and blocked from leaving his residence and his guests were turned back by some of warlord Habasade’s disgruntled militia. Roadblocks or isbaaro as southern Somalis call them, are common in Baidoa. Armed robberies, especially, if you have a mobile phone, are frequent.

By Somalilandtimes network

By Elie Smith

What may come up in the minds of the majority could easily be the sad situation still going on in Western Sudan , however, that is not the worse case, even though it has just come to show what those who cared had always known (1). But the disgrace of African diplomacies and also that of the International community headed by the UN are manifest in the unsolved crisis in Somalia , Western Sahara , and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Somalia is or was a country located on a section of East Africa known as horn of Africa . It was a former Anglo-Italian protectorate which got its independence in 1960. Like most African newly created states, it got involved in the cold war rivalry

Nairobi, Kenya, March 6, 2006 – The following statement was issued today by the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Ghanim Alnajjar:

I welcome news of the release of UNICEF staff member, Robert McCarthy, in Somalia on 2 March 2006. The United Nations and the international aid community must be allowed to work towards the protection and promotion of all human rights in Somalia, and I appeal to all authorities and groups concerned to ensure safe and secure conditions for their activities.

By Somalilandtimes network

Yemen has become America's surprise ally in fighting terrorism. But can the Muslim nation survive its own struggle with endemic poverty and extremism?

OLD AND NEW. Young men wearing the jambiya, Yemen's traditional curved dagger, relax and watch satellite television in a barbershop in Sana.

By Kevin Whitelaw

SANA, YEMEN, March 13, 2006 – The roar from the shoulder-fired rocket echoes off the jagged peaks, followed by the steady crackling of automatic weapons. Systematically, the Yemeni snipers, prone against the dusty desert terrain, lay down cover fire for an assault on a cluster of tents believed to be a terrorist camp. Tufts of colored smoke mark the position of a ground assault team as the disciplined marksmen fire deeper into the camp.