Tag Archives: Somalia

Somalia and the slippery slope of ‘Jubbaland’

May 19, 2013 1 comment

If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zone—somewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshed—you are not alone. Due to the array of compe...

Mobile clinic for displaced opens in Puntland, Somalia

May 11, 2013 no comments

GENEVA, Switzerland, – African Press Organization (APO) –IOM and Puntland’s Ministry of Health this week jointly opened a mobile health clinic that will cater for some 10,000 internally displac...

New EU support for governance, justice and police in Somalia

May 7, 2013 no comments

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, May 7, 2013- African Press Organization (APO) – Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, today announced that the European Union will further support the justice s...

According to the U.N. – Nearly 260,000 people killed by famine i...

May 5, 2013 no comments

DOHA, May 2 2013 (Al Jazeera) - Almost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in Somalia, according to a U.N. report that admits the world body should have...

Real terrorism and mock media

May 4, 2013 no comments

The recent terrorist attacks that took place in Mogadishu and Boston were not just intended to kill and mutilate many civilians, but to create widespread terror, disarray, and insecurity that would l...

IMF Recognizes the Federal Government of Somalia after 22-year interva...

April 15, 2013 no comments

MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ –The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today recognized the Federal Government of Somalia, headed by President Hassan Sheikh Moham...

AMISOM welcomes deployment of Sierra Leone troops in Somalia

April 7, 2013 1 comment

MOGADISHU, Somalia, – African Press Organization (APO) – The African Union Mission in Somalia has welcomed members of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) who have joined AMISOM. A...

Somalia’s judicial reform conference on human rights kicks off in Moga...

April 2, 2013 1 comment

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Monday officially opened the start of a five-day long judicial conference aimed at discussing ways forward in reforming the country’s judiciary. The Somali national...

One journalist killed, another one wounded in Mogadishu car bomb

March 19, 2013 no comments

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns strongly today’s car bomb attack which killed and wounded civilian peo...

Somalia: Thousands of people still looking for relatives

March 14, 2013 1 comment

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 14, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – Although the humanitarian situation in Somalia has improved slightly, there remain significant concerns: among them, the...

Ending ‘Doormat Politics’ in Somalia

February 1, 2013 no comments

“More than ever, foreign policy is economic policy. The world is competing for resources and global markets.”   John Kerry. Considering the positive trend of the past eighteen months, Somalia is en r...

Connecting the dots in the triangle of threat

January 7, 2013 1 comment

Just as the temperature of ‘security threat’ slowly declines in Somalia, it rises in other parts of East Africa. Elements of mainly political, religious, and clan/ethnic nature continue to shift and ...

Rising from the ruins of Somalia – The Somaliland success story

December 4, 2012 no comments

HARGEISA, Matthew Newsome (IPS) – As Somalia starts to emerge from its quagmire of instability and chaos, 20 years of relative peace and stability are starting to pay dividends for its close neighbou...

Somalia’s “Iron Lady” faces tough foreign policy challenges

November 25, 2012 no comments

MOGADISHU, Abdurrahman Warsameh (IPS) - As little-known politician Fauzia Yusuf Haji Adan was sworn in as Somalia’s first female foreign minister and deputy prime minister on Monday Nov. 19, the stat...

Kenya’s military success against terror group Al-Shabaab in Soma...

October 20, 2012 no comments

MOGADISHU, Abdurrahman Warsameh - (IPS) - A Kenyan military advance into Somali territory to push back Islamic militants has had some measured military success – but is not without controversy. The c...

Mission Accomplished – KDF Soldiers take over Al-Shabaab’s stronghold...

September 28, 2012 5 comments

News streaming in on Friday 28th from the Somalia warfront indicates that the ongoing Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) mission in Somalia is rather hitting the climax following today’s capture of AL-Shabaa...