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Ethiopian Police Thwart
Money Smuggling |
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Jijiga, Jan 29, 2011 – The Somali State Police Commission
has reportedly detained a man while trying to allegedly
smuggle 103,900 USD to the Somaliland via Togochale town.
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The penitentiary system in Somaliland is set for increased
financial support as western countries recognize Hargeysa’s
successful work at combating piracy in the Horn of Africa
Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen (K), together with
Development Søren Pind (V) provide financial support to
renovate a prison in Somaliland, where condemned Somali
pirates can be put behind bars. The newspaper Berlingske
Tidende [reports].
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WASHINGTON, Jan 29, 2011 – The United States needs to shift
its approach to fighting Somali pirates by applying
techniques used to combat terrorism, as the armed gangs move
further out to sea, a U.S. Navy commander said on Wednesday.
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African
Union (AU) Chairman President Bingu Wa Mutharika of
Malawi addresses the media after closing the AU
summit in Uganda's capital Kampala, July 27, 2010. |
JUBA, Sudan, Jan 29, 2011 – The African Union must be the
first body to recognize an independent south Sudan, its
chairman said on Wednesday after the region voted in a
referendum this month to secede from the north.
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Somcable’s Director of Business Development, Mr.
Yusuf Abdalla |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, Jan 29, 2011 – Somcable has released a
press release based on their progress of the Optic Fiber
Cable project. Somcable talked about their plans on
recruitment process as well as how they want to prioritize
the Somaliland job seeker graduates should be our first
option in recruiting.
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Somaliland
Somaliland is something of a discreet success story.
Following its self-declared independence from Somalia in
1991 it has its own de facto parliament, capital, flag,
currency, a university and multiparty elections. As a
result, Somaliland is viewed as an area in development. But
droughts are causing an acute humanitarian emergency.
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Berbera port |
New York, January 29, 2011—The Committee to Protect
Journalists condemns a three-year prison sentence handed to
a newspaper editor in the semi-autonomous republic of
Somaliland in connection with a story alleging public
corruption.
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Somaliland Hopes For International
Recognition |
Somaliland President
Ahmed Mohamed Sillanyo
says he hopes for
independence
By Zeinab Badawi,
BBC News, Somaliland
Hargeysa, Somaliland,
January 29, 2011 – When
you land at the clean,
tidy airport in
Hargeysa, the capital of
Somaliland, you feel you
could have arrived in
any small African state.
The police are courteous
and wear freshly-pressed
uniforms, the Somaliland
flag flutters gently in
the hot morning breeze,
and you move briskly
through the airport
security.
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Somaliland Press
Committee Releases Statement |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, January 29, 2011 (SL Times) – A newly formed Press
Committee released this week a statement regarding the press in
Somaliland. The committee was formed in the aftermath of a
meeting that took place between representatives from the media
and Parliament’s Community Affairs Subcommittee.
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World Vision
Children Project Celebrated In Somaliland |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, January 29, 2011 (SL Times) – The end
of a five year project to help homeless children, orphans
and the low income in Somaliland was celebrated in
Ambassador Hotel this week. Among the attendees were
representatives of several organizations, women, children
and other distinguished guests.
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Ashari And Osman M. Sheikh Praise
Somaliland Government |
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, January 29, 2011 (SL Times) – Professor Ahmed H.
Abdillahi Ashari and Osman Muhammad Sheikh, two of the city of
Berbera's intellectuals praised Somaliland’s government for
improving conditions in Berbera.
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Mohamud
Abdi Jama (Xuuto) , the editor of Waaheen |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, January 29, 2011 (SL Times) – The editor
of Waaheen newspaper, Mr Mohamud Abdi Jama (Xuuto) was moved
this week from the police's central station in Hargeisa to the
new jail in central Hargeisa. Before being transferred, the
editor was held for four days at the police station.
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The four
cheetah cubs have been taken in by UK based Born
Free Foundation. The organization’s office is
located in front of the French Embassy. |
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, January 29, 2011 – Officials at the
Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) handed over four
cheetah cubs to the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA)
that were confiscated last week in Denbel Arapea, in Dire Dawa
City, while allegedly being smuggled to Somaliland.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, January 29, 2011 – The republic of
Somaliland has introduced free education at primary and
intermediate levels and doubled teachers' salaries but these
decisions will be hard to sustain and could affect the quality
of public education, say experts.
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Curfew Fails To Stop Egypt
Protests |
Military deployed onto the
streets of Cairo amid continued protests across the country.
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The
protests on Friday marked the first time the
military was deployed onto the streets of Cairo [AFP] |
Cairo, Egypt, January 29, 2011 – Thousands of protesters in
the Egyptian cities of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez have
defied a nighttime curfew and continued with demonstrations
demanding an end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year presidency.
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South Africa: Mandela Arrives Home |
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Johannesburg — Former President Nelson Mandela arrived at his
home in Houghton, Johannesburg, in an ambulance on Friday
afternoon, after being discharged from hospital.
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Protesters gather across the
country, demanding the prime minister step down.
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Thousands
took to the street across Jordan demanding the prime
minister step down[Reuters] |
Amman, Jordan,
January 29, 2011 – Thousands of people in Jordan have taken
to the streets in protests, demanding the country's prime
minister step down, and the government curb rising prices,
inflation and unemployment.
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By Ben Farley
Nearly 20 years ago, Somaliland, a Florida-sized region of
northeast Somalia once known as British Somaliland, declared
its independence from Somalia. In the years since,
Somaliland has emerged as a stable, democratic state that
provides a measure of international security in a region
overrun with pirates and transnational terrorists.
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SC/10164
Security Council
6473rd Meeting (AM)
Pirates Expanding Geographic Reach in More Sophisticated,
Better Organized Attacks, Says Jack Lang, Seeking
Prosecution of Sea-borne Raids in Domestic Courts
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By Rahul Prasad
The “self-liberation” of a nation is often seen in two ways:
the toppling of its government or the secession of one
region from the state. In the first month of the new year,
the world has witnessed both these forms in action.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part LXI |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan, Hargeysa, Somaliland
This is the sixty first article of a series of articles that
Dr. Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military coup and its legacy
The background of the history of the Somali people
In the coming weeks, I will present series of the articles
touching upon the following subjects:-
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Somaliland: An American
Fugitive In Terror Watch List Seeks Military Cooperation
With Eritrea |
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By Dalmar Kaahin
He might not be allowed to enter the United States, and he
might be on the run, but Suleman Essa Ahmed (Hagal Tosiye),
a Somali-American in terror watch list, from Columbus, Ohio,
has well-laid out plans.
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The Uprising In Tunis
(Al-Intifada): Time Of Change In The Arab World |
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By
Adam Musse Jibril
As
everything in life is in motion and mobility and thus subject to alteration,
words in all languages constantly change their meanings by acquiring new values
relevant to the era and the level of human progress.
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Mr. Sillanyo’s Boomerang
Trajectory With Free Speech |
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By
Bashir Goth
As
always; it has to start with gagging freedom of speech. Not bad governance and
corruption and not even rampant ignorance, disease and poverty.
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Somaliland: The Buffer Zone
Against The War In Terror And Piracy |
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By
Prof Abdikarim Ahmed Hersi
Member of the steering comity of Economic, Social, and Cultural Council of the
African Union: ECOSOCC-AU (The Advisory organ to the African leaders and
the AU commissions)
The
Republic of Somaliland has endured and surmounted great challenges since
reclaiming its independence from the failed Union with Somalia in 1991.
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