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Pirates 'Seize'
Greek-Owned Tanker Off Oman |
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Attack said to be the first successful assault on an
oil vessel off the Horn of Africa in more than a
year.
Nairobi, Kenya, May 12,
2012 – Pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned oil
tanker carrying 135,000 metric tones of crude oil
while in the Arabian Sea, the first successful
attack on an oil tanker off the Horn of Africa in
more than a year.
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London, UK, May 12, 2012 – Somali reporter Jamal
Osman is named journalist of the year at the One
World media awards for a collection of his films for
Channel 4 News.
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Minneapolis, MN, May 12, 2012 – Dozens of Somalis in
the Twin Cities are being joined by members of the
area’s Latino community to protest their inability
to transfer money back home to their loved ones.
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Having teamed up with the likes of Nas and Nelly
Furtado as of late, Somali-Canadian poet and hip-hop
artist K’naan has recently unveiled “Hurt Me
Tomorrow,” the lead single off his forthcoming fifth
album release Country, God or Girl, which is set for
release sometime in July.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 12, 2012 —Ethiopia's
government has expelled two Arabs who flew in from
the Middle East after the pair went to a mosque and
tried to incite violence, an official said Saturday.
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Lusaka, Zambia, May
12, 2012 – A media release from the Zambian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs obtained by ZANIS says the Somali
Embassy in Lusaka does not have an Ambassador
following the demise of Omar Muhamud Umal in August,
2010.
The Statement says the Somali Government is yet to
replace the late Umal while Mr. Shirwa Abdullahi
Ibrahim is First Counsellor In-Charge of Political
Affairs at the Embassy.
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Article written by Dominic
Casciani
The black flag of
al-Shabaab flies on Twitter - and its tweets are in
English - English that reads like it is written by a
native speaker.
We don't know who the
writer is - but over the last five years there have
been mounting questions over the number of people
from the UK who have been going to Somalia to help
al-Shabaab, the organization affiliated to al-Qaeda
that controls part of the country.
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Nairobi, Kenya, May 12, 2012 – European Union (EU)
said it is training Somali soldiers and officers to
provide protection to the transitional federal
government and also help counter Al-Shabaab attacks,
an official said on Wednesday.
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Nairobi, Kenya, May 12, 2012 – A British man on
trial in Kenya for an alleged bomb plot was linked
to the widow of one of the 7/7 London bombers, the
prosecution has said.
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Somaliland
Participates In IGAD Conference |
Hargeysa,
Somaliland,
May 12, 2012
(SL Times) –
A Somaliland
delegation
including
Foreign
Minister Dr.
Muhammad
Abdillahi
Omar,
Interior
Minister
Muhammd Nur
Arrale and
Planning
Minister
Sa’ad Ali
Shire took
part in an
IGAD
conference
in Addis
Ababa.
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Row
Between Somaliland And Puntland Slows Oil
Exploration |
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By Kelly Gilblom
Nairobi, Kenya, May 12, 2012 – A dispute between
Somaliland and a semi-autonomous region of Puntland
in Somalia is delaying exploration for oil and gas
over fears that local authorities are issuing
licenses to explore blocks that overlap in each
other's territories, officials said.
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Mary
Harper Praises Somaliland |
Nairobi, Kenya, May 12, 2012 (SL Times) – A book
reception for the BBC editor for Africa, Mary
Harper, was held this week in Nairobi.
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Electoral
Commission Gets A Three Story Office |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 12, 2012 (SL Times) –
Somaliland vice President Abdirahman Abdillahi
Ismail (Zayla’i) cut the ribbons for a three story
office that will serve as the headquarters of
Somaliland’s election commission.
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Head Of Quality
Control Briefs Upper House |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 12, 2012 (SL Times) – The
head of quality control in Somaliland Saeed Suleiman
Mire blamed some of the government ministers for
blocking the implementation of the laws and
regulations that are needed for the Quality Control
Committee to do its work.
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, May 12, 2012 (SL Times) – A
celebration to honor the president of the University
of Hope and to acknowledge highest scoring student
was held in Hargeysa’s Safari Hotel.
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Djibouti, May 12, 2012 (SL Times) – The Governments
of Somaliland and Djibouti have signed agreements to
enhance their diplomatic, economic and security
relationship following the visit of Somaliland’s
Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr Mohamed Abdilahi Omar
to Djibouti last week.
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Series 1 – 3
Review by: David Butcher
Just because Simon Reeve breezes around, high-fiving
locals and cracking jokes, don’t make the mistake of
thinking he’s a lightweight. The moment you begin to
worry this series might lapse into sun-dappled
travelogue, he’ll alight on a weighty local issue
and find a human way to tell the story.
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By Mike Mount
New York, May 12, 2012 – Somali pirates captured on
the high seas and prosecuted in other countries are
now being transferred to a new prison in Somalia.
It's a significant change for countries combating
piracy but are seeing their own jail systems
overwhelmed as the U.S. and other countries continue
to catch and turn over pirates to countries willing
to prosecute them.
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Gold-Chaser Farah
Escapes Olympic Buzz |
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Farewell London. Hello Portland, Oregon, May 12,
2012 - Family, friends, and the London football club
-- Arsenal -- that Mo Farah adores are now thousands
of miles and many time zones away, a self-imposed
exile which suits Britain's 5,000-meter world
champion just fine.
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Ifrah Ahmed: Dublin
Activist Leading Fight On Many Fronts Special |
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By Farid
Omar
Toronto, Canada, May 2012 - With impeccable public
relations skills and the drive and determination to
bring change, the Dublin-based, Mogadishu-born,
Ifrah Ahmed, continues to work tirelessly in her
quest to fight for the rights of the most vulnerable
members in society.
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Free-trade zone to surpass Ngqura in
the draught of ships it will accommodate, writes
Nicky Smith
Djibouti, May 12, 2012 – A
LARGE investment programme worth $4,3bn is being
undertaken by the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones
Authority (DPFA) to expand its operations and
support the growing economy of its larger landlocked
neighbor and main customer, Ethiopia.
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By Simon
Reeve
Westerners face the threat of suicide
bombings, roadside bombs, car bombs,
shoulder-launched rockets, sniper fire, kidnap, and
terrorism
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By Harry C. Alford
It is election time in many parts of Africa.
Advocates will disappear or suddenly die
mysteriously or are just murdered. A recent example
is the West African nation of Mali.
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Foreign
Affairs and National Security Policy and Strategy
"The question could be raised regarding the
recognition of Somaliland as an independent state.
Taking this initiative is not preferable to Ethiopia
because it would create negative feelings on the
part of Somalis living in the rest of Somalia and
others would be suspicious of our intent. Therefore,
our cooperation with these regions should not
include recognizing the regional administrations as
independent states."
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Sultan Suleiman Ali Ismail And The Art Of Speaking Well |
Foreign
observers and travelers had often commented on the
importance that Somalis attach to the ability to speak well
or the gift of the gab. The reason Somalis cultivated the
art of speaking well is not hard to pin down: Somalis lived
in a predominantly oral society throughout most of their
history. In such a setting, the spoken word was the primary
instrument of communication. It was not just what you said
that mattered, but also how you said it. The idea being,
that your words should be selected so they will have the
exact effect that you want them to have.
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Are The Somali
Unionists’ Predictions On Somaliland’s Collapse
Crumbling On Their Feet? |
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Dear Mohamed F
Yabarag,
I quickly skimmed through your opinion entitled, "Is
“Somaliland” Crumbling on Ahmed Silanyo’s Feet?"
published on wardheernews website because hardly was
a need for me to ponder on the content of any of
your “articles” for the obvious reasons. That is,
for you recycling the same paper repeatedly seems to
be an unwinnable contest. As always after reading
one of your emotional and subjective “papers”, I ask
myself: “Haven’t I read it before? Or is this just
another darn déjà vu?”
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Somaliland: Istanbul
Is Not The End Of The World |
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By Yusuf
Dirir Ali
I strongly feel that we should have had this public
debate months ago and not just few weeks before the
Istanbul conference for Somalia. We had the
opportunity and abundance of time to discuss and to
firm up a united strategy and then go around the
world and make our position known to all.
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Abortive TFG-Somaliland
Talks: Golden Opportunity for Somaliland |
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Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy
can kill us - John Kennedy
By Abdi Hussein Daud
The International Conference on Somalia hosted in
London on February 23, 2012 proclaimed that the
question of Somaliland’s independence is an issue
for Somalis to negotiate. The participants of the
Conference therefore encouraged a preliminary
bilateral dialogue between Somaliland and Somalia,
as the resulting Communiqué emanated from the
Conference substantiated. Honoring the clause, the
two parties agreed upon the nature as well as the
manner in which the dialogue ought to be conducted.
The path to the bilateral dialogue was the admission
of the relative status of the two sovereign states.
Put bluntly, the agreement was that Somaliland and
Somalia will re-negotiate as two separate sovereign
states based on their respective status prior to the
union; namely, the former Somaliland Protectorate
(Somaliland) and the former Italian colony
(Somalia).
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Somaliland-Ethiopia
Relationship |
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Overpowering Gratitude Vs Vexing Misgivings
By Ahmed I. Hassan
Author’s Note:
This is the chapter on Somaliland-Ethiopia
Relationship in a book titled “Somaliland: The
Legacies of Non-Recognition” which is still in
the works. I thought a preview of this chapter would
not be out of place in contributing to endeavors
towards examining and understanding a highly complex
subject—AIH
Somalilanders will, in all likelihood, always be
grateful to Ethiopians.
This is because once upon a time, Somalilanders,
thoroughly attrited, were fleeing in mass on foot
for dear life. And Ethiopia happened to be the only
country where they found the safe havens which saved
them from almost complete genocide.
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What Does The
Somaliland Flag Really Represent? |
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Abdul Hussein
The current Somaliland
flag was adopted in 1997 during a period when
debating about a flag was the least of their
concern. The Somaliland public has not madly fallen
in love with the flag but were happy to replace the
blue flag.
The new flag, three equal
horizontal stripes of green-white-red with the
Islamic creed made little sense to the Somaliland
people. Largely because the designers of the flag
never really explained the symbols and how that
relates to the people. Somalilanders seen various
versions of the flag and numerous interpretations of
it.
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