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How An Australian Company Deceives Its Shareholders
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 15, 2006 – The Australian company Range Resource ltd announced on March 3, 2006 that it’s experts had completed an initial reconnaissance of the main mineral prospective areas of Puntland.
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 15, 2006 – The leader of the military wing of Al-Itihad Al-Islami, a Somali militant group linked to Al-Qaeda, paid a clandestine visit to Somaliland on last month.
Rayale Rescinds Agreement With House Leaders On The Amino-Weris Issue
Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 15, 2006 – President Dahir Rayale has rescinded on a gentleman’s agreement that he had reached earlier this month with the leaders of the House of Representatives for resolving the issue of Amino-Weris whose appointment in February to the post of team leader at the Hargeysa office of Care International was withdrawn by Care following pressure from the Somaliland government.
First Transit Office Opens In Somaliland
Militias From Majeerteenya On A Killing Spree
Majiyahan, Somaliland, April 15, 2006 – Lawless militias from Majeerteenya (Puntland) have been busy spilling Somali blood last week. It began with killing of several civilians in Majiyahan (Somaliland) by militias from Majeerteenya who claim the territory is theirs.
“Africa’s bondage of boundaries: it is time to loosen the chains”
Professor Ali Mazrui delivered a series of lectures in Somaliland in a visit two weeks ago and reiterated that the bondage, which African countries had built to boundaries, and which were designed by colonials, must loosen up and new dimensions of coexistence must rein. SSI caught up with Professor Mazrui and discussed his works, observations and conclusions about his visit to Somaliland. Excerpts from the exclusive interview follow. Part II of this interview will be featured in next week’s issue.
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Local Headlines Somalia
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The smell of death is inescapable in southern Somalia. It hangs around the wells, the watering holes and the desert roads. On the outskirts of the towns and villages in Juba Valley, people are burning the carcasses of cattle or dragging the bodies to mass graves, far out in the bush.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia- A Somali parliamentarian delegation nominated by House Speaker Sharif Hassan to mediate between two warring factions who fought in Mogadishu last week has reached the Somali capital and met with the Chairman of the Islamic Courts Union, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, in his office on Thursday.
NAIROBI, April 14, 2006 – Somali militia holding a South Korean trawler and a 25-man crew they accuse of fishing illegally said on Thursday the boat's release was being negotiated with Seoul.
BERLIN, April 12, 2006 – A Somali man working with a German-based aid group was shot dead in a gun battle involving bandits in the south of the lawless east African country earlier this week, the organization said on Wednesday.
Museveni Urges West On Somalia
Kampala, April 10, 2006 - PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has asked the United States and other Western powers to support the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) initiative to stabilise security in Somalia.
Rare Opportunity for Hearing-Impaired Children As School Opens
Nairobi, 11 April 2006 - Hearing-impaired children in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, now have reason to enjoy a normal childhood, thanks to the opening of the country's first and only school for students with hearing difficulties.
WAJID, Somalia -- Before Somalia's government collapsed in 1991, Maryann Ali was an elementary school teacher who spent her days giving fifth-graders geography and math lessons. Now she earns a living dealing khat, a narcotic plant that when chewed yields a jittery high and feelings of invincibility that later melt and leave the user in a lethargic stupor.
Jowhar, Somalia, April 10, 2006 – Spanish aid worker Josep Prior Tio climbs into the backseat of a Toyota Land Cruiser. Mohammed the gunman gets in next to him, clasping his Kalashnikov assault rifle between his knees. Ahmed and another Mohammed -- who, like many Somalis, go by only one name -- squeeze in next to the driver, clutching their own AK-47s. Two more gunmen, also brandishing Kalashnikovs, climb into another Toyota.
Official: U.S. Backing Somali Militants
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 09, 2006 — The United States is backing a new coalition of Somali militants fighting Islamic extremists for control of the lawless nation's capital, a U.S. official said, as both sides prepared for a battle that could explode in widespread violence.
In Somalia, A Different Kind Of Medicine
Galkayo, Somalia, April 09, 2006 – “Allah, Allah!" the woman moaned, writhing in pain on her cot in the tuberculosis clinic. One hand clutched the metal railing of the headboard; the other shielded her eyes against the blinding sunlight seeping through the open window.
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