Puntland State of Somalia has embarked on its first ever Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Programme of 500 security force personnel with a view to reducing the number of security personnel, while increasing peace, security and development in the state. The exercise is expected to
In a written decree, Somaliland (northeast Somalia) told the European representative Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud to leave the country within forty-eight hours accusing him of meddling with Somaliland's internal affairs.
EU has been working with Somaliland’s government for sometime and had a
Four men and two women were killed and robbed near Bakara market after they shopped for tomorrow's Holly Eid, observed after the end of holly month of Ramadan. The massacre devastated Mogadishu residents who were preparing for one of the holiest and happiest days in the Muslim world.
Families wh
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<|boqore_pm_pr.jpg|left: PM, Mr. Boqore, President|left|>Mr. Osman Elmi Boqore who was sitting for absent speaker of the in Mogadishu defected to Jowhar quietly in a surprise change of heart today. His first stop was the presidential compound where President Abdu
<|seabourn_pirit.jpg|Spirit|left|>Somali pirates tried to capture a luxury cruise ship "Seabourn Spirit" carrying 150 passengers and 160 crew members off Somalia today. The ship owned by Miami, USA based Seabourn Cruise Lines was traveling from Alexandria, Egypt to Mombassa, Kenya when two boats ful
<|snetnews.jpg||left|>Somalia prime minister, Mr. Ali Mohamed Gedi escaped unharmed in a bomb attack in Mogadishu today. At least three people were killed and eleven wounded in today’s blast. The prime minister’s well guarded convoy was traveling from a small airstrip near Mogadishu wh
<|national_emblem_bw.gif||left|>A press release distributed my Somali government's liaison office in Nairobi sheds light on who was behind yesterday's attempt on the prime minister's life. A remote controlled bomb placed on the road on which the prime minister's convoy was traveling exploded on two
HUMAN RIGHTS ENVOY CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON SOMALI PRIME MINISTER
7 November 2005
Kuwait –UN Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia, Dr. Ghanim Alnajjar has strongly condemned the assassination attempt on the life of the Prime Minister of the Somali Tra
<|un_somalia_0705.jpg||left|>(UN) 8 November 2005 – With Somali armed groups reported to be still receiving weapons despite a 1992 embargo, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has re-appointed four members of the sanctions Monitoring Group called for by the UN Security Council.
In
(UN) 7 November 2005 – An assassination attempt made on the life of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi, which occurred as he rode in a convoy in Mogadishu yesterday, was deplored today by the United Nations political office for the strife-torn country on the Horn of Africa.
"These con
