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Three Percent Worldwide Get
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In 35 countries, 10% or more report this type of help
By Anita Pugliese and Julie Ray
Washington, D.C. -- Gallup
surveys in 135 countries reveal about 3% of adults worldwide
live in households that receive remittances -- either in the
form of money or goods -- from someone in another country.
In 35 countries, however, 10% or more report their
households get this type of help. These countries are
primarily concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Kenyan
delegation being briefed on the bridge of FS
Guepratte |
In Handling And Safe Treatment Of Somali Pirate Suspects
Nairobi, Kenya, May 7, 2011 – During her recent port visit
to Mombasa EU NAVFOR warship FS Guepratte welcomed a Kenyan
delegation on board.
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By Richard Lough
Nairobi, Kenya May 7, 2011 – The killing of Osama bin Laden
will not dampen the insurgency waged by Somalia's al Qaeda
affiliated militants, who are regrouping amid infighting
among the country's politicians.
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PRESS RELEASE
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) expresses
its deepest concern over continuing legal cases against
journalists and media outlets in Somaliland after a regional
Court ruled against an editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper
over defamation charge.
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 30, 2011 – As part of the plans
to export electric power to neighboring countries, Ethiopia has
completed installation of power transmission lines that
stretch to Sudan and Djibouti,
the Ethiopian
Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) disclosed on
Monday.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 7, 2011 – The Republic of Somalia
accuses the regime in Eritrea of financing and training the
Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab to destabilize the peace
situation in Somalia and the horn.
In an exclusive interview with WIC, Somalia’s Ambassador to
Ethiopia, Seid Yosouf Noor, blamed the Eritrean government
as the main peace destabilizing force in Somalia and the
region through insurgents.
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Dar Salam, Tanzania, May 7, 2011 – Tarime police authorities
have impounded eight trucks for illegally smuggling maize
out of Tanzania.
The smugglers have allegedly been using secret routes going
out of the villages of Kubiterere, Gosebe and Sirari to
spirit cereals and animals to nearby Kenya, Somalia and
Sudan even as many parts of Tanzania face critical food
shortages.
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Martin Fletcher
WITH the death of Osama bin Laden and the improving
strategic position of Western forces in Afghanistan, Yemen
and Somalia appear to be the last strongholds of the wounded
al-Qa'ida terrorist network. Its influence in Iraq is waning
but still a concern.
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A
commercial sex worker in Hargeysa, capital of
Somaliland
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Mogadishu, Somalia, May 7, 2011 – Residents of Somalia's
capital, Mogadishu, are understandably more concerned with
dodging bullets than avoiding HIV, but this lack of
knowledge means widespread ignorance about HIV prevention,
while people who are HIV-positive are often ostracized by
their communities.
Today, Nasteho Farah Elmi is an active member of an
organization for people living with HIV/AIDS, but six years
ago, when her family found out she was HIV-positive, they
sent her away.
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Security Arrest Trainer Of Las
Anod Terrorist Cell |
a scene from Las Anod,
Somaliland
Las Anod, Somaliland,
May 7, 2011 (SL Times) –
Somaliland intelligence
and security officials
said they had
apprehended the trainer
of the terrorists in Las
Anod.
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Abdifatah Aidid Fined
And Threatened With Jail |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 7, 2011 (SL Times) – The regional
court of Hargeysa fined the editor of the Somali language
newspaper Saxafi, Mr Abdifatah Mohamoud Aidid, 6,000,000 Somali
Shillings (about $1000) for publishing a news item about misuse
of Kuwaiti funds by the ministry of Aviation.
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Somaliland President Meets With Parties Advisory Committee |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 7, 2011 (SL Times) – Somaliland
President Ahmed Sillanyo met with the advisory committee on
political parties. They discussed the most appropriate time
for announcing the results of the information gathering that
the committee had undertaken.
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Somaliland: The Way Forward - Achieving Its Rightful
International Status |
Press release
Somaliland – the way forward is a set of two-volume books
which are the result of a collaborative effort of various
observers to document the recent advances in Somaliland in
terms of culture, and the inter-related web of peace,
development, good governance and economic revival.
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Yemen And Somalia Are Last Strongholds Of Terror Network Under
Siege |
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AQAP's
charismatic figurehead,
Anwar al-Awlaki.
A US-born
cleric of
Yemeni descent,
al-Awlaki's
internet sermons
in fluent
English attract a global following |
Somalia and the Horn of Africa are probably the best places for
al-Qa'ida to gain in strength
By
Patrick Cockburn
London, UK, May 7, 2011 – These days there are far more
"terrorist experts" earning their living because of their
supposed knowledge of al-Qa'ida than there are real members of
al-Qa'ida. This is an important reason why the organization will
not fade from the headlines or from the list of threats that
governments see as facing their countries despite the death of
Osama bin Laden.
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Nairobi, Kenya, May 7, 2011 – A small ship, originating from
North Korea and carrying rockets and other armaments destined
for Eritrea, was intercepted in the international waters of the
Indian Ocean by international navy enforcing sanctions against
Eritrea.
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Mogadishu, Somalia, May 7, 2011 – Al-Shabaab, the radical
Islamist group in Somalia, has for the first time reacted to the
killing of Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda, by an
American special unit in Pakistan a week ago.
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Nairobi, Kenya, May 7, 2011 — The European
Union, one of the major financiers of Amisom and the Somali
Transitional Federal Government, has threatened to cut further
support if the current office holders do not relinquish power
when their term of office comes to an end in August.
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Osama Bin Laden Death: Al-Qaeda
Leader Killed After He Retreated Into His Room |
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According
to US officials, bin Laden's decision to retreat
back inside his room was critical Photo: AP |
US special forces fired at Osama bin Laden as
he stood in the hallway of his compound but missed, senior
politicians have disclosed.
By Steven
Swinford
Washington, May 7, 2011 – New details of the al-Qaeda leader's
final moments revealed that Navy Seals shot at him while he
was in the doorway of his bedroom. He subsequently retreated
back inside, a move that was assessed to be an "act of
resistance". He was shot twice in the head and once in the
chest.
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Cairo Protesters Decry Bin Laden
Killing |
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Cairo, Egypt, May 7, 2011 — About 200 demonstrators gathered
outside the United States Embassy here Friday to protest the
killing and burial at sea of
Osama bin Laden as manifestations of what they called
American hostility to Muslims.
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Damascus, Syria,
May 7, 2011 – Activists claim that up to 30 people have been
killed in Syria where thousands have taken to the streets
for another day of anti-government rallies, dubbed a "day of
defiance".
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Dr. Omer
Osman Raabi |
Dr Abdishakur Jowhar
A reflective mood
Somalilanders are in a reflective mood as they prepare for
the 20th Anniversary of the birth of their
nation. These days there is a sense of contemplation,
thoughtfulness and re-evaluation in Somaliland circles.
It is in this context that Somaliland’s premier publisher
and intellectual powerhouse Dr. Jama Muse Jama has initiated
a process that can translate this self reflection into solid
form.
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Recently
trained Shabaab fighters stand during a military
exercise in northern Mogadishu's Suqaholaha
neighborhood on January 1, 2010. The group's senior
officials said they are prepared to cross Gulf of
Aden in order to assist Islamist fighters in Yemen. |
By Geoffrey York
Mogadishu, Somalia, May 7, 2011 –
It was supposed to be proof of how peace and stability have
progressed in Mogadishu: For the first time, a small group
of foreign journalists would be permitted a brief walk in
the streets of the world's most dangerous city.
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In its May 6, 2003 “A Week in the Horn” report, Ministry of
Foreign Affaiers raised issues on the conclusion of Egypt’s
Public Diplomacy Delegations’ visit, Budding Regional
Cooperation in the Eastern Nile area,
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Edna Adan
in front of the maternity hospital she founded and
runs, with the help of American supporters, in
Hargeysa, Somaliland. |
By Nicholas D. Kristof
Hargeysa,
Somaliland, May 7, 2011 – In a few days Americans will
celebrate Mother’s Day with roses, chocolates and fine
dinners, inducing warm and fuzzy feelings all around. But,
in addition, I’ll bet helping mothers less fortunate would
also render any mom giddy.
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Paul Joseph Watson
Washington, May 7, 2011 – A multitude of different inside
sources both publicly and privately, including one
individual who personally worked with Bin Laden at one time,
told us directly that Osama’s dead corpse has been on ice
for nearly a decade and that his “death” would only be
announced at the most politically expedient time.
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Bin
Laden’s Death |
After about 10 years
and trillions of dollars, the Americans finally got Bin Laden.
He was killed by navy seals who stormed the compound where he
was hiding in Abbottabad, Pakistan. What happened to him is
exactly what he liked to do to his enemies: to pick a time and
place, and to use such lethal force that the victims do not have
a chance. This time his enemies picked the time and place and he
was so outgunned, he did not stand a chance. Although the
details that the Americans gave about the sequence of events
during the operation changed several times, the heart of the
matter is that he was physically eliminated.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part LXXV |
By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan, Hargeysa, Somaliland
This is the seventy-fifth article of a series of articles that Dr.
Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military coup and its legacy
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First, I would like extend my warm congratulations to
Somalilanders, wherever they live, on the occasion of the 20th
anniversary of the Somaliland restoration of their
sovereignty and statehood.
I would like also to inform the readers of the series of my
articles entitled “1969 Military Coup and its legacy”
that today’s article will the last of these series.
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Bin Laden’s Death May End A
Painful Era For The Muslim World |
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By Bashir Goth
Bin Laden is gone. He died
as he wished to die, a martyr to some but to many others an
evil incarnate who chose to live by the gun and surely died
by the gun.
But the nagging question
is will the world be any different? Not so soon. As the
Somalis say: Ayax teg, eelna reeb (gone is the locust, but
it has left behind a lasting breed). Bin Laden has left
behind a proliferating breed of Al Qaeda affiliates in many
parts of the world. Indeed the world may experience nasty
reminders in the near future as his followers try to
demonstrate their ability to avenge their leader’s death.
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Somali Region Has No Interest
In Reunification |
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By Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi
After failure of 1960 unity (Somaliland gained its first
independence on 26th June 1960 from Britain and
united four day later with Italian Somalia on 1st
July 1960. Again after decades of armed struggle with
“Somalia” it restored its sovereignty on 18th May
1991), the reunification based on language, religion and
culture is not at the interest of the region and will lead
further bloodshed. “Somalia” adopts territory expansion
policy to bring Somali speakers under one government –
“Somalia”. This policy led Mogadishu regime to invade
Ethiopia in 1977 and diplomatic chaos with Kenya.
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Wishful Thinking: “The
Declaration Of Awdal State Rattled “Somaliland”
Establishment” |
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By Dalmar Kaahin
After reading the opinion entitled, “The Declaration of
Awdal State Rattled “Somaliland” Establishment” published on
wardheernews.com (of course), I thought I show the author,
Mohamed F Yabarag, things from a different perspective—one
that he conveniently avoided addressing because it would
have certainly rattled his brain cells into a better shape.
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Back To The “Hargeysa Butcher”
In Mogadishu |
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By Abdirahman Mohamed Dirye
I spent a large portion of my time writing advocating
articles about Somaliland, but the country’s new
administration broke my heart when I found out that they
took part in conference which Somaliland constantly refused
to give in to its temptation over the past twenty years.
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