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1. Alexander Nderitu Introduces Africa November 27, 2011 I was surprised, and more than a little amused, as I listened to a BBC Radio programme on Africa earlier this year. A field reporter on assignment in mammoth China wanted to know how deep the locals’ knowledge of the African continent went. The results: It barely scratched the surface. Intermixed with laughter were suggestions that the world’s second-largest continent is composed of lions, elephants and bush. There were mentions of Mandela, South Africa and the film ‘Out of Africa’. No, they didn’t think there were any towns to speak of. Yes, there were plenty of wild animals. But most shockin... (read more) Author: Alexander Nderitu

2. Somaliland camel corps - insulated wire cable Manufacturer - insulated copper cable May 08, 2011 Beginnings and the "Mad Mullah"In 1884, the British established a protectorate in northern Somalia. They immediately recognized the affinity between the Somali people and camels. The "Somaliland Camel Constabulary" was an early attempt to harness this natural affinity militarily. By 1899, the "Mad Mullah" (Mohammed Abdullah Hassan) period of Somali history had started. The period was to last until 1920.Main article: Somaliland CampaignOn 9 August 1913, the "Somaliland Camel Constabulary" suffered a serious defeat at the Battle of Dul Madoba at the hands of the "Mad Mullah." Hassan roamed Briti... (read more) Author: fgfb fdfd

3. Rajo Foundation March 06, 2011 RAJO Organization: Rajo Foundation is a non-profit grass root organization formed of a group of individuals from United States that are passionate about changing the face of poverty in Somaliland. Rajo aims to develop programs that build capacity within the Somaliland communities, improves human skills through sharing knowledge and resources, along with promoting Diaspora’s role in contributing to social development in Somaliland. Rajo provides equal opportunity to all citizens of Somaliland regardless of tribe, gender, region or political affiliation. Rajo Foundation started from the... (read more) Author: Halimo Osman

4. 40 Centuries & 20 Years of Inexorable, Infinite Punt - Somalia, East Africa's Most Radiant Nation I February 04, 2011 In an earlier article, first of the present, commemorative series titled ‘’40 Centuries & 20 Years of Inexorable, Infinite Punt - Somalia, East Africa’s Most Radiant Nation’’, I denounced the vilification effort against the late President of Somalia Siad Barre, which has been undertaken by the political and journalistic regimes of the New World Order. I specified that basically the Freemasonic World Order’s hysteria against Siad Barre was due to the fact that Siad Barre was not ‘’theirs’’, namely that he did not belong to that low class of filthy and miserable persons, who could be bou... (read more) Author: Shamsaddin Megalommatis

5. 40 Centuries & 20 Years of Inexorable, Infinite Punt - Somalia, East Africa's Most Radiant Nation I February 04, 2011 Exactly 20 years ago, all the Somalis woke up in an incredible nightmare applied to them by the criminal Freemasonic gangsters and their puppets, the statesmen of the New World Order. The great President Siad Barre left the presidential building at Mogadishu in the evening of January 26, 1991, trying to find elsewhere support to counter-attack the insurgents, recapture his capital, and reinstall the Somali public order that so much promoted all the Somalis and so much disturbed the racist and evil, colonial powers – all those who had for more than a century invented every possible devilish tri... (read more) Author: Shamsaddin Megalommatis

6. Linguistic similarities in Somali and Swahili translation January 23, 2011 Somali and Swahili translation are consistently becoming a rising area of opportunities as of late for linguists because there is a growing demand of content to be translated from Somali or Swahili into English or another language and vice versa. Each the Somali and Swahili languages are spoken in African countries. Somali language is mainly spoken in Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Yemen and Kenya. Few Somali spoken communities can be discovered around the world primarily in Middle East, Europe and North America. Apart from these few communities, the principle Somali speaking area i... (read more) Author: Julia Bekess

7. Linguistic similarities in Somali and Swahili translation January 23, 2011 Somali and Swahili translation are constantly turning into a growing discipline of alternatives today for linguists as a result of there's a rising demand of content material to be translated from Somali or Swahili into English or some other language and vice versa. Both the Somali and Swahili languages are spoken in African countries. Somali language is especially spoken in Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Yemen and Kenya. Few Somali spoken communities will also be found around the globe mainly in Middle East, Europe and North America. Other than these few communities, the main Somal... (read more) Author: Susy Lasnic

8. Somaliland Pushes for International Recognition November 27, 2010 Somaliland has been fighting for its independence for three decades. Its newly elected president, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, is in London to strengthen economic ties and lobby for support to have his country recognized as a sovereign nation. Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo launched a new economic cooperation center here in London, the Anglo-Somaliland Chamber of Commerce. The president is in Britain looking for economic as well as political support.  "We would like recognition for our country of course, but we would also want to see the international community and Britain our friends en... (read more)

9. Somaliland President Shuts Down Parliament After Impeachment Motion September 10, 2009 President of the Breakaway Republic of Somaliland, Dahir Riyale in his office in Hargeisa (File)The president of Somaliland has forcibly closed the breakaway republic's parliament after it began debating impeachment charges against him, just a few days after elections were indefinitely postponed. The speaker of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament accuses of the territory's leader of dictatorship. Security forces controlled by Somaliland President Dahir Riyale stormed into the parliament on Tuesday and removed the members. Since that time, security forces have locked up the parliament buil... (read more)

10. Somaliland Elections Postponed Once Again September 07, 2009 Elections in the breakaway republic of Somaliland have been postponed again. Somaliland's election commission said it reached its decision after determining the vote scheduled for later this month could not be properly held in the current political environment. Somaliland's election commission has not set a new date for elections. The latest announcement marks the third delay for the vote that was originally scheduled for April 2008. The seven-member commission said it decided on the postponement unanimously, after agreeing that fair elections could not take place in the absence of proper v... (read more)

11. Al-Shabab Leader Threatens Somaliland September 04, 2009 The spiritual leader of the radical Somali militant group al-Shabab has sharply criticized the leadership of the breakaway region of Somaliland for having ties with Ethiopia. The radical leader also called the brand of democracy practiced in the Somaliland un-Islamic and demanded implementation of Sharia law. In a thinly-veiled message warning of future attacks, al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Sheik Muktar Abu Zubayr, warns residents of Somaliland not to do business with Ethiopians and to stay away from Ethiopian-owned property.In the taped message, the al-Shabab leader also... (read more)

12. Media Rights Group Says Somaliland Cracking Down on Dissent August 25, 2009 Map of SomalilandThe government of Somaliland, a key Western ally in the Horn of Africa, is being accused of cracking down on dissent before presidential elections scheduled for next month. Somali media rights group, the National Union of Somali Journalists, says harsh sentences handed down to two reporters earlier this week in Somaliland are the clearest indication of the government's determination to muzzle free speech. The two journalists, Yasin Jama Ali and Mohamed Said Abdullahi, were accused of reporting and disseminating scandalous stories about several government officials in B... (read more)

13. Tensions Rising in Somaliland Ahead of Vote August 07, 2009 Escalating tensions ahead of a presidential vote in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are raising fears that a prolonged political crisis may give the al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group, al-Shabab, the opportunity to spread its extremist ideology. The associate professor of religious studies and Arabic at the University of South Africa, Iqbal Jhazbhay, says political bickering between the government and opposition parties in Somaliland is threatening to derail much-delayed elections there, scheduled for September 27. Jhazbhay says the feud must be resolved quickly before it inflict... (read more)

14. Rights Group: Somaliland Democracy Under Threat July 13, 2009 A human rights group says democracy in Somaliland is under threat because of what it calls the government's disregard for the law.Dahir Rayale Kahin (2005 file photo)The breakaway republic, which is formally part of Somalia, has maintained stability while the rest of Somalia remains stuck in conflict.However, Human Rights Watch says Somaliand's gains are threatened by human rights abuses and power-grabbing moves by the administration of President Dahir Riyale Kahin.The group says Mr. Riyale has trampled the courts by appointing security committees that arrest and detain people with no due proc... (read more)

15. Somaliland Official Says No US Residents Being Held as Terror Suspects  February 10, 2009 Officials in the breakaway republic of Somaliland say reports it is holding more than a dozen U.S. residents as possible terrorist suspects are not true. The reports have fueled speculation that 20 Somali men who were living in the United States have been recruited by the radical al-Shabab group to destabilize Somaliland and other parts of Somalia.    In an interview with VOA, Somaliland's Interior Minister Abdullahi Ismail Irro says airport security officials detained several Somali men late last month, after they had arrived on a flight from the southern Somali capital Mogadi... (read more)

16. Fears of Military Clash Growing Between Somaliland and Puntland   July 11, 2008 Residents in the town of Las Qoray in a disputed region between Somaliland and Puntland say there are signs of an impending military clash between the two regional rivals, following the take over of the strategic coastal town two days ago by Somaliland troops. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, tension between Somaliland and Puntland began escalating about two weeks ago when Somali pirates arrived in the Las Qoray area with four hostages.  Las Qoray resident Mohamed Aynab tells VOA that the town is at the center of a brewing conflict and scared... (read more)

17. Somaliland Residents Express High Hopes for Independence March 04, 2008 The people of the African republic of Somaliland voted in 1991 to become an independent nation. They argue that there are enough cultural, political and social differences between them and the people of Somalia to make Somaliland a separate country, as was the case briefly in 1960. But the world has not yet formally recognized an independent Somaliland, a cause dear to the hearts of its people. Cathy Majtenyi files this report for VOA on the push for international recognition. In Somaliland's capital Hargeisa, people gather for a rally to reaffirm their independence from Somalia, a war-t... (read more)

18. Gunmen Kidnap German Aid Worker in Northern Somalia February 12, 2008 Somali officials say gunmen have kidnapped a German aid worker after ambushing his car in northern Somalia. Officials say the man was seized Tuesday in the Sanag region. Local officials say the man's driver was wounded when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle. Another German woman traveling in the car was left behind unharmed. The German aid agency Agro Action has confirmed that one of its employees was kidnapped. In Berlin, the German Foreign Ministry said it is investigating the incident. It is not clear what motivated the abduction. Sanag is a disputed area claimed by Somalia's semi-autonom... (read more)

19. State Department: US Not Moving To Recognize Somaliland January 17, 2008 The Bush administration said Thursday the United States is not recognizing Somaliland as an independent country despite a State Department visit earlier this week by the breakaway Somali region's leader, Dahir Rayale Kahin. U.S. officials say they defer to the African Union on the recognition issue. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department. The luncheon meeting Monday between Kahin and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer was the highest-level contact between the parties in several years. But officials here insist it does not portend any early U.S. move... (read more)

20. Tensions Between Somaliland, Puntland Heat Up    October 15, 2007 Officials in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in Somalia are warning that a full-scale war could break out within days between Puntland and its neighboring breakaway republic of Somaliland. The warning follows renewed clashes in the contested Sool region in the north of the country. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi. A senior political adviser to Puntland's President Mohamed Adde Muse tells VOA that thousands of Somaliland troops entered the disputed town of Las Anod in Sool Monday morning and are now battling Puntland troops in the area. But t... (read more)

21. Northern Somalia Fighters Claim to Capture Town October 02, 2007 The breakaway republic of Somaliland says it has captured a disputed town after clashes with fighters from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region. Somaliland's defense minister said Tuesday that his fighters have captured the town of Los Anod and killed six fighters from Puntland.  The defense minster says Somaliland fighters wounded 20 Puntland soldiers and took 24 others prisoner. The Associated Press quotes Puntland's deputy information minister as saying those claims are a "fabrication." On Monday, residents of northern Somalia reported at least five people had been killed in Los... (read more)

22. Officials Express Concern About Somaliland-Puntland Clashes September 27, 2007 International officials working in Somalia say they are "deeply concerned" about rising tensions between Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region and the breakaway republic of Somaliland. Forces from the two sides exchanged artillery fire in the disputed Sool region last week. Thursday, leaders of a group known as Coordination of International Support to Somalis called on all parties to pull their forces from the area immediately and resolve their differences through dialogue. The statement from the group's co-chairs, United Nations official Eric Laroche and World Bank official Chris Lovelac... (read more)

23. Advocacy Group Says Somaliland Holding Journalist July 18, 2007 A reporters' advocacy group says authorities in Somaliland have been holding a local journalist for nearly a week without giving a reason. Paris-based Reporters Without Borders says police arrested Abdirahman Mohammed Habane of the Jamhuuriya newspaper on July 12 in the town of Borame.  The group says Habane was arrested, because of a controversial article in which he referred to incidents that took place during the swearing-in of an elder as the local chief. Somaliland is a breakaway republic from Somalia that has not won international recognition.  Reporters Without Borders say So... (read more)

24. Somaliland Troops Clash with Puntland Forces April 12, 2007 Officials in the breakaway republic of Somaliland say their forces clashed with troops from the semi-autonomous Puntland region earlier this week over a disputed strip of desert that has been the source of violence for years.  As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, analysts say rising tensions between the two regions is further complicating efforts to pacify the Horn of Africa. A statement issued by the Somaliland Information Ministry says that Puntland security forces in nearly 24 trucks, most mounted with heavy weapons, attacked the town of Dahar... (read more)

25. Eight People Sentenced to Death for Killing Aid Workers in Somalia November 14, 2005 A court in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced eight people to death for killing three foreign aid workers. Seven others were sentenced to life in prison Monday for their role in the murder of two British aid workers in 2003 and a Kenyan in 2004. The court also ordered further investigation into the killing of an Italian aid worker in 2003. Somaliland, which is not internationally recognized, broke away from Somalia after it descended into anarchy following the overthrow of Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. The United States and other western intelligence agencies see Somalia as ... (read more)

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