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Issue 399

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News Headlines

BBC Correspondent Confirms Somaliland Times Report That Egypt Returned Pirates Because Of Fear Of Retaliation

US Says No Talks With Al-Shabaab, Kenya Signs Agreement With Al-Shabaab And UN Wants To Talk With Al-Shabaab

Loose Talk By Foreign Minister

Somaliland’s Ministry Of Education Announces Results Of The National Exams

Profound Concern At Indefinite Postponement Of Somaliland Presidential Poll, Say Election Observers

Borama’s Al-Aqsa And Buroa’s Ilays Students Commended For Their Accomplishments

Somaliland Electoral Crisis Must Be Resolved Urgently, Leading Authorities Say

Sillanyo Rules Out Meeting Face To Face With President Rayale

Local and Regional Affairs

Somaliland "Official" Says President Sharif Brought Al-Qa'idah To Somalia

U.N. Probes if Somali Contractors Are Diverting Aid, Funding Rebels

Somali Official: 6 More UN Vehicles Missing

African Union Base In Somalia Is Hit

U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Militant In Southern Somalia

Somalia MPs Oppose Djibouti Anti-Piracy Deal

Children In Somalia Face Unprecedented Danger As Food Shortages And Fierce Fighting Deliver Double Blow

AU Vows To Stay Put In Somalia

What Could Suicide Bombings Mean For Somalia?

International Literacy Day: ADRA Emphasizes Role Of Literacy In Poverty Reduction

Egypt Hands Over Suspected Pirates To Puntland

SAC Condemns Rayale For Killing Innocent People & Closing The Parliament

Appeal To The Somaliland President & Vice-President: Resign So The Nation Can Get Back To Its Democratic Journey

Puntland Leader Warns Somalia Govt, Urges Somaliland Peace

Somali Insurgents Vow Revenge For US Killing Of Leader

Dead Al-Qaida Suspect Tied To Somali Youths In U.S.

A Talk With Somalia’s President

Editorial

Somaliland’s Democracy Scores A Victory But Government And Police Must Be Held Accountable

Features & Commentary

Recognizing The Value Of Somaliland

Accepting Somaliland May Help Stabilize Africa's Horn

Who’s Who In Somaliland Politics

Somali 'Travelers': The Baldest, Holiest Gang, Part II

Analysis: Keeping A Lid On Somaliland

Somali Instability Still Poses Threat Even After Successful Strike On Nabhan

In Somalia, A Leader Is Raising Hopes For Stability

A Struggle For Education Amid Anarchy In Somalia

Death And Disappointment From The Sea

The Badlands Of Somalia: The New Front Line

Slippery Slope In U.S. Somali Relations

Arming Somalia

Fighting In Somalia Takes Big Toll On Children
Mothers Of Invention

International News

Obama Unveils New Approach To Missile Defense Program

Freed, Shoe-Hurling Iraqi Alleges Torture In Prison

Amid Large Protests, Iran Leader Calls Holocaust A Lie

Egypt’s Mufti Says Women Can Wear Trousers

Slovenia And Croatia Finally Overcome Border Deadlock

Opinion

The End Of Siyad Barre's Disciples In Somaliland

Loosing The Faith In The System

The Damaging Cost Of The Political Violence In Somaliland

Tragedy And Hope: Somaliland’s Political Crisis

Somaliland: Time To Reconcile The Nation

Military Strikes Won't Help Stabilize Somalia

Can The People Of Somaliland Learn Their Lesson Two?

BBC Correspondent Confirms Somaliland Times Report That US Says No Talks With Al-Shabaab, Kenya Signs Agreement With Al-Shabaab And UN Wants To Talk With Al-Shabaab

Nairobi, Kenya, September 19, 2009 (SL Times) – Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaida linked Somali organization arrested three men in Balad Hawo and accused them of planning to kidnap people from across the border in Mandhera, Kenya.
According to Ahmad Haji of the BBC Somali Service (Sept.15, 2009), by making the arrests, al-Shabaab was honoring an agreement that was signed by Kenyan officials led by Francis Mangura and al-Shabaab leaders. Al-Shabaab said it made the arrests to prevent a similar kidnapping from Kenya that took place in July of this year.
The Kenyan agreement with al-Shabaab goes counter to the stated US policy of not talking with al-Shabaab. Asked whether his country would talk to al-Shabaab, the U.S ambassador to Kenya, Michael Ranneberger, said, ““No, definitely not. I mean the al-Shabaab lacks any legitimacy in Somalia. I mean they are an extremist group.”
The Kenyan position is however close to that of the UN Secretary General’s Representative to Somalia, Mr Ahmed Ould Abdallah, who said to the BBC Somali Service, on Sep 16, 2009, this is the time for talking with al-Shabaab.






 

 


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