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Issue 423 -- March 06 - 12, 2010

Front Page

News Headlines

Somali Pirates' New Land Tactics Worry UN

Britain To Ban Somali Terrorist Group Al-Shabaab

Local and Regional Affairs

Court Weighs Torture Suit Against Somali Ex-Leader

Somali Official's Immunity Case Raises Legal, Policy Issues

U.S. Wants More African States To Prosecute Pirates

Inter-Clan Fighting Kills 14 In Central Somalia

Somaliland Community Meets With The Australian Department Of Foreign Affairs

Sri Lankan Crew To Be Released

Editorial

Gen. Samatar Must Account For His Crimes

Features & Commentary

Can Ex-Somali Official Living In U.S. Be Sued For Torture?

International News

Opinion

Somalia: Appeasing Bureaucrats, Gangs First—Helping Drought-stricken Somalis Second

Bob Geldoff Defending The Looters Of Food Aid?

Djibouti’s Prime Minister And Ethiopia’s Minister Of Culture Visit Somaliland

Zeila, Somaliland, March 6, 2010 (SL Times) – Officials from Djibouti, including Prime Minister Daleita Muhammad Dleita, the Commander of Djibouti’s military, Gen. Zakariya, and several ministers, arrived in Somaliland’s city of Zeila to take part in the ceremony for publicly declaring the person who was chosen as the new sultan for Issa clan. The new Sultan for the Isse clan is Mustafe Muhammad Ibrahim who is nineteen years old.
An Ethiopian delegation led by the Minister of Culture, Mr Muhammad Dirir also attended the ceremony. Several Somaliland ministers led by the Minister of Interior, Abdillahi Ismail Irro, as well as a large number of people took part in the ceremony. Members of the Issa clan live in Somaliland, Djibouti and Ethiopia. The holding of the ceremony underscores the stable conditions in Somaliland whereby high level dignitaries from two neighboring countries would feel safe and secure enough to hold such a big gathering. It also highlights Somaliland’s central role in maintaining and developing Somali traditions and culture.























 

 


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