A Somaliland Journalist Association SOLJA special report Harassment, detention and imprisonment of journalists Somaliland reached a record high in 2012. In its annual census of imprisoned harassment, detention journalists, Somaliland journalist Association SOLJA identified 81 individuals behind bars on December 16, an increase over its 2011 tally. Note: The harassment, detention and imprisonment against Somaliland [...]
Awdalpress–30 Jan, 30—Somalia took a fresh step in its return to the international fold Wednesday with a high-profile EU visit by its leader that comes days after finally winning US recognition. Months after his election, new Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was to meet the European Union’s top officials, marking what a senior diplomat said [...]
Awdalpress(Hargaysa) 30 Jan,13–Somaliland leader Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo on Wednesday lauded the recent U.S government’s move to recognize the newly elected Somali government headed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. In his annual speech to his regional parliament, Silanyo said his administration welcomes the U.S decision to recognize the current Somali government. ‘’We are not feeling bad [...]
Sayla’ councilors on Tuesday elected a new chairman and his deputy to lead the local council affairs after days of controversy over the recent municipal elections in the region.The ten-member council elected Hussein Idle Barqadle as the council chairman and Sa’ad Dahir Ige as his deputy at a session in Sayla’ town. The elected officials [...]
Awdalpress(Cairo)Protesters have attacked Western embassies in Tunisia, Yemen and Sudan, as a wave of demonstrations against an anti-Islam film swelled and swept across much of the Muslim world after Friday prayers.The US embassy was the common target while the UK and German embassies in Sudan were stormed by angry mobs. In Tunis, the Tunisian capital, [...]
Radio-Barkulan(Nairobi)Police in northern Somali town of Borame on Thursday arrested Bar-kulan’s correspondent Hashim Sheikh Omar Goth for allegedly covering a story on the views of locals on the election of the new Somali president. Goth is now being held in Borame’s central police station. His arrest came after Goth covered a story on the reaction [...]
Moving Somalia Toward Lasting Stability Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Somalis react in favour of Somalia’s new draft constitution, in Mogadishu, Somalia,Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Somali leaders voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to adopt a new constitution that contains new individual rights and sets the country on a course for a more powerful and representative government. Tuesday, August [...]
President Obama sent a letter, dated 20, 2012 to Congress declaring the situation in Somalia poses “an unusual and extraordinary national security threat to the United States.” The President cited “piracy, escalating violence, and the deterioration of the security situation in Somalia” as reasons for his actions. “I found that that the deterioration of the [...]
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(Awdalpress-Washington)The United States placed sanctions Thursday on six alleged backers of Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels in Somalia, naming them as two Eritrean government officials, a Sudanese national and three Kenyans. The US Treasury said the sanctions, freezing any US-located assets of the six and forbidding any US business or individual from having dealings with them, were [...]
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Awdalpress(Borama) 12 Jan,12– Somaliland police have arrested three local journalists in Borame town since Tuesday morning, reports say. Reports say two journalists were arrested on Wednesday while the third one was arrested on Tuesday under unknown circumstances. The journalists, Ali Ismail Are and Mohamed Omar Sheikh, work for Waaheen and Sahafi newspapers respectively, while Yussuf [...]
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