Monthly Archives: January 2012

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

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.

 “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 [...]