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Somaliland: British MEP
Encourages Recognition |
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The UKIP MEP, Godfrey Bloom |
London, UK, February 11, 2012 – At the recent London
Somalia Conference, on 8 February 2012, British MEP,
Godfrey Bloom, called upon Britain to recognize
Somaliland.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 11, 2012 –
Somaliland’s President Ahmed Mohammed Sillanyo
visited Addis Ababa on Tuesday and met with Prime
Minister Meles. The two leaders discussed bilateral
and regional issues of mutual concern including
regional peace and security, trade and economic
affairs, as well as the implementation of signed
bilateral agreements.
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President of Somaliland, Ahmed Sillanyo
(left) and Ismail Omar Guelleh, the
president of Djibouti |
Djibouti, February 11, 2012 -- The head of state, Mr
Ismail Omar Guelleh, on Wednesday [8 February]
received the president of Somaliland, Mr Ahmed
Mahamoud Sillanyo, who was leading a large
delegation from his country.
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Foreign
Secretary spoke at the British Government
Consultation on Somalia at Chatham House on 8
February.
Speaker: Foreign Secretary William Hague
Event: British Government Consultation on Somalia
Location: Chatham House, London
“I am very grateful to Robin Niblett and to Chatham
House for hosting this event. Chatham House’s Africa
programme is highly regarded internationally,
especially for their work with diaspora communities,
so this is a very appropriate place to hold today’s
consultation.
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By Katrina Manson in Nairobi and Robert
Wright in London
Somali pirates collected an estimated $160m in
ransoms last year. But they are not the only ones
making money. Lawyers and insurers have benefited
too. More controversially, the rise in piracy has
spawned a valuable, ill-regulated and, critics fear,
potentially lethal maritime security industry.
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Nairobi, Kenya, February 11, 2012 – An Al-Shabaab
commander is among 14 militants reported dead after
they were ambushed by Kenyan troops in Southern
Somalia, the military claimed on Wednesday.
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Rome, Italy, February 11, 2012 — The United Nations
World Food Programme (WFP) has been hosting rap
music star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, on a field
visit to Somalia and Kenya to see at first hand the
fight against hunger in the Horn of Africa.
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Juba, South Sudan, February 11, 2012 - South Sudan
signed a agreement to build an oil pipeline to the
port of Djibouti via neighboring Ethiopia, officials
said Thursday, after Juba shut down its only export
route via former foe Sudan.
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Nairobi, Kenya, February 11, 2012 -- The United
Nations says that at least 11 people drowned and
another 34 are missing after a boat crewed by human
traffickers overturned this week in the Gulf of
Aden.
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Petrotrans Negotiates
To Extend Somaliland Port |
London, UK,
February 13,
2012 -
PetroTrans,
a Chinese
oil and gas
producer
could
conclude
preliminary
negotiations
with
Somaliland
for the
extension of
the key port
of Berbera
by the end
of this
year, but
has scrapped
plans to
build a
liquefied
natural gas
facility.
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UK
Parliament Debate On Somaliland |
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London, UK, February 11, 2012 (SL Times) – The
coming London conference was debated at the UK’s
parliament. It was a lively debate and the issue of
Somaliland came up many times.
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Somaliland President Returns Home After Visits To
Ethiopia And Djibouti |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 11, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland President Ahmed Sillanyo returned to
Somaliland’s capital after brief visits to Ethiopia
and Djibouti.
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Armed
Conflict Flares Between Somaliland Army And Buhoodle
Militias |
Buhoodle, Somaliland, February 11, 2012 (SL Times) –
There were armed confrontations earlier this week
between Somaliland’s military and some militias from
the Buhoodle area who are opposed to Somaliland.
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Somaliland Military
Command Replaced |
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Gen. Mohamad Hassan
Jidhif, the ex-commander of Somaliland army |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 11, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland President Ahmed Silanyo made changes in
Somaliland’s military command.
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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, February 11, 2012 (SL Times) – The
Somaliland Soccer Coordination Council lashed out at
the minister of Youth and Sports, Abdi Saeed Fahiye,
and accused him of dereliction of his duties.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 11, 2012 (SL Times) –
As the date for holding local government election
draws nearer there are no signs that the election
would not be held on the scheduled date, and it is
more than likely that it will be postponed.
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PRESS RELEASE
February 10, 2012
The Somaliland Mission and the Somaliland
Communities in the USA announces the 2012 Somaliland
Conference in the Metro-Washington DC area on May
18th-19th.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, February 11, 2012 — More than
two decades after it unilaterally asserted its
independence from the rest of Somalia, Somaliland
plans to lobby hard at a major conference in London
in February for something it has sorely lacked since
its inception: international recognition of its
sovereignty.
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Whitney Houston, Pop
Superstar, Dies At 48 |
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Beverly Hills, Calif, February 11, 2012 –
Whitney Houston, the multimillion-selling singer
who emerged in the 1980s as one of her generation’s
greatest R & B voices, only to deteriorate through
years of cocaine use and an abusive marriage, died
on Saturday in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 48.
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Is Ethiopia's Zenawi
Really Eying The Exit Door? |
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By Argaw Ashine
It is a topic more likely to be whispered about than
discussed openly, but could Ethiopian strongman
Meles Zenawi, now closing in on his 17th year as
Prime Minister (after four earlier as President), be
thinking of calling it a day?
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One of the richest countries in Africa, Equatorial
Guinea, is rapidly expanding its naval power. The
fleet of the 600,000-strong country will be larger
than that of 160 million-strong Nigeria. Is Africa
preparing for a major war?
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Meeting Report - Chatham House, January 2012
This paper presents issues raised in a discussion held at
Chatham House in July 2011 on Somalia's transition.
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Scotland could take
steps toward seceding from Britain, The Times' Henry
Chu reports. It isn’t the only place in the world
with an independence movement
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By Adjoa Anyimadu, Research Assistant, Africa
Programme
Last week Foreign Secretary William Hague
made a surprise visit to Somalia's capital,
Mogadishu, ahead of an international conference on
Somalia taking place in London this month. The visit
comes at an important juncture for Somalia's
internal politics and its relations with the rest of
the world. Twenty one years without functioning
state institutions has left the country ravaged by
violence, food insecurity, terrorism and extreme
poverty.
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By Richard Dowden
If I were a Somali I would thank Allah for the
pirates. For more than 20 years the world has stood
by while successive civil wars destroyed the
country,
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By Parselelo Kantai and Patrick Smith in
Nairobi
There is an unprecedented build-up of military force
in Somalia. African Union peacekeepers are set to
double to more than 17,000 while Kenya and Ethiopia
have launched their own invasions.
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Somaliland Government Will Be Responsible For Outcome Of London
Conference |
Four important
events, all of them related to the London conference, took
place in Somaliland last week. First, Somaliland government
agreed to attend the London conference. Two, the political
parties endorsed the government’s decision. Three, the
legislature agree to lift the article that prevents
Somaliland government from attending such conferences. Four,
Somaliland legislature backed government’s decision to take
part in the conference and legislators shall be part of the
President’s delegation to the conference.
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From Garadag “State”
To London Conference: Mr. Sillanyo’s Checkered
Journey To Power |
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By Bashir Goth
As Somaliland takes a slide into the unknown, many questions
come to the mind of those of us who advocated and
still believe in the legitimacy of the Somaliland
cause and have a great faith in the ingenuity and
wisdom of the people of Somaliland.
Among the questions that race through the mind is whether
this downward slope brought about by the Somaliland
government’s rush to attend the London Conference on
Somalia, will cause it to free fall into the abyss
or whether the slide will be due to a temporary
misstep after which Somaliland will regain her
balance and will continue the journey with her
renowned stride.
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“Somalia’s” Terrorists
Are Invading Somaliland |
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By
Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi
Terrorists across “Somalia” are gathering at the Buhodle town
of far south-east Somaliland, to establish
safe-haven for their illegal armed operations across
Somaliland and Ethiopia. ONLF, Al-Etihad Al-Islamiya,
Al-Shabaab and tribal militia loyal to Warlord Ali
Khalif Galaydh are building illegal army in the town
to destabilize the region.
Al-Etihad Al-Islamiya and Al-Shabaab are internationally
known terrorist organizations. ONLF is leading
illegal and fruitless struggle against Ethiopia and
violates the human rights. Mainly, religion is the
victim of such extremism where it is been used as a
tool to recruit the uneducated and young Somali boys
in the terrorism business. These terrorist groups
want to enforce Sharia Law in eastern parts of
Ethiopia – mainly dominated by ethnic Somalis.
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Obsession With
Recognition Is Diverting Attention From Real
Progress. |
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By Liban Obsiye
Not a week goes by that I do not read something about
Somaliland recognition. It has become an incurable
obsession for most from this self declared
independent State who believe in its release from
the violent marriage they were tricked into after
independence in 1960. Perhaps they are right in
that they have met all the international
requirements for Statehood. They have also held two
free and fair elections, created State institutions
and are working towards strengthening their
democracy. However, as a long term observer of
events in the region it is easy to conclude that the
passion for independence is not matched by policy
successes on the ground.
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Getting Somalia Wrong
- A History Of International Misreading |
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By Abdi Aynte
Living up to its title, Harper's book shows how (and why) the
international community has misread the situation in
Somalia over the past 20 years. Harper recounts the
U.S. and UN intervention in the early 1990s, which
ended in the now infamous "Black Hawk Down" episode,
where 18 members of the American Special Forces (and
countless Somalis) died in an epic battle across the
dusty streets of Mogadishu.
"[this] was probably the most dramatic example of getting
Somalia wrong," Harper writes. But, in fact, I think
the 1993 events were just the first example of the
book's title. More than 10 years later, Washington
would again misdiagnose Somali conundrums, with
potentially disastrous effect.
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Expression Of Than You
Rt. Hon. Alun Michael And Mr. Tony Baldry |
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Dear Friends,
I would like to take this opportunity to express our Wales
Somaliland Community appreciation for the excellent
performance of Rt. Hon. Alun Michael, MP and Mr.
Tony Baldry, MP at the Somalia Debate yesterday at
the Houses of Parliament.
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Motivations For
Somalis With Special Focus For The Youth! |
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The famous quote by Kennedy was: “ask what you
can do for your country and not what your country
can do for you”. This is a patriotic question
that cuts across a chink that separates us with the
idea of civic responsibility, the responsibility
towards one’s own country.
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