Shir Madaxeedkii 20aad ee IGAD oo Addis Ababa ka Furmay (Sawiro)

Addis ababa (MomentMedia) Shir madaxeedkii 20aad ee Urur Goboleedka IGAD ayaa ka furmay magaalada Addis ababa ee xarunta wadanka Ethiopia iyadoo arimaha Soomaaliya iyo koonfurta Suudan ay yihiin ajendayaasha ugu waaweyn.

Shirkan ayaa waxaa ka qeybgalaya hogaamiyaasha wadamada xubnaha ka ah urur goboleedka IGAD, Wakiilada ururada Midowga Afrika, Qaramada Midoobay iyo Jaamacada Carabta. Waxaana shirka martigelinaya raysul wasaaraha Ethiopia Meles Zenawi.

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Somaliland: areas for discussion at the horn of africa meeting in london

The following documents received from our source in Nairobi are a detailed description of the synopsis for the up-coming meeting in London on Somalia and the Horn of Africa.  The meeting which has been organised by the United Kingdom government and will be hosted by the British Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Ethiopia Says Eritrea Behind Killings of European Tourists

Ethiopia accused neighboring Eritrea of backing gunmen who killed five European tourists yesterday in the northeastern region of Afar. Eritrea’s ambassador to the African Union rejected the accusation as an “absolute lie.” Those killed include people from Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Austria, Ethiopian Communications Minister Bereket Simon said in a phone interview today from Bahir Dar, 320 kilometers (199 miles) northwest of Addis Ababa, the capital. They were attacked while exploring volcanic sites in the Erta Ale area, about 25 kilometers from the Eritrean border, he said.

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Loreena McKennitt – Emmanuel

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Somaliland: 7 journalists arrested in a week, 3 still held

President Ahmed Mohamoud Silyano pledged to improve press freedom conditions in Somaliland during his 2010 election campaign. (AP/Teresa Krug)

New York, January 13, 2012– The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the recent spate of arrests of independent reporters in the semi-autonomous republic ofSomaliland

At least seven journalists have been arrested since last week, with three still in custody without being charged, local journalists said. According to Somaliland’s constitution, a judge can authorize police to hold a suspect without charge for up to 21 days for further investigations.

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Kenya: Security Forces Abusing Civilians Near Somalia Border

(Garissa) – The Kenyan security forces are beating and arbitrarily detaining citizens and Somali refugees in Kenya’s North Eastern province, which borders on Somalia, despite repeated pledges to stop such abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.

On January 11, 2012, in the latest of a series of incidents documented by Human Rights Watch since October 2011, security forces rounded up and beat residents of Garissa, the provincial capital, in an open field within the enclosure of the local military camp. A Human Rights Watch researcher witnessed the incident.

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Ethiopia Makes Gains Against Militants in Somalia

By SOLOMON MOORE

NAIROBI, Kenya—Ethiopian government officials vowed Monday to hold a key Somali town that Ethiopian troops wrested from al-Shabaab over the weekend, as the Islamist militant group was said to be massing its troops on the outskirts

The Ethiopian troops’ seizure of Beledweyne on Saturday was another blow to al-Shabaab, which recently ceded ground in Mogadishu to Ugandan and Burundian troops fighting under the authority of the African Union mission in Somalia. Ethiopian troops are working independently of the mission, known as Amisom.

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Kulankii Baarlamaanka ee Maanta ee lagu Dooran lahaa Gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka oo ku Dhamaadey Buuq iyo Feer Jilib

 

Xildhibaano Maanta oo isniin ah kulan ku lahaa Xarunta Golaha Shacabka kuwaas oo 12 ka bishii hore Xilka ka qaadey Gudoomiyihii hore ee Baarlamaanka Shariif Xasan Shiikh Aadan, waxaana kulankaan shir Gudoominayey ku simaha Gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka ahna Gudoomiye ku xigeenka Baarlamaanka Axmed Rooble Casoowe waxaana laga doodayey qaabka loo dooran lahaa Gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka waxaana lagu guda jirey in Musharaxiinta u taagan Gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka ay halkaa ka jeediyaan Wax qabadkooda.

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Xaabsade Oo ka Dambeeyay Xariga Laba Wariye Oo Ka Hawlgala laascaanood

Wasiirka Warfaafinta Maamulka Somaliland ayaa la sheegay inuu ka dambeeyay xariga lagula kacay laba wariya oo ka hawlgala oo maana lagu xidhay saldhiga dhexe ee magaalada laascaanood wariyayaasha telfeshinada madaxa banaan ee HCTV wariye Cabdiraxmaan Cali Ducaale iyo wariyaha TV Universal Cabdi qani Xasan Faarax Gadari xili ay ku jireen hawl maalmeedkooda shaqo.

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Ethiopia-ONLF: The 2012 expected peace negotiations

 Anyone can give up; it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together

when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.“
By anonymous sage.

The students of Ethiopian politics perceive the forth coming peace talks between the ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) and the Ethiopian Government as one of the toughest talks ever entertained by any Ethiopian government. Even though the peace talks weren’t officially proclaimed by the concerned parties, yet there is reliable information to that effect from trustworthy sources that the Ethiopian government informed formally the Kenyan government that it wants to talk to the ONLF in the presence of a third party.

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