REPORT OF THE IGAD CONFIDENCE BUILDING MISSION TO MOGADISHU AND KISMAYO 16-19 MAY 2013       I.         Preamble Following the decision by the 21st Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of IGAD as per paragraph 10 of the communiqué released on the 3rd May in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Executive Secretary, Amb. Eng [...]

PHOTO | BILLY MUTAI A Federal Government of Somalia soldier screens a Kismayu resident before entering Kismayu University for presidential poll celebrations on May 21, 2013.  NATION MEDIA GROUP By JOHN NGIRACHU jngirachu@ke.nationmedia.com Posted  Wednesday, May 22  2013 at  23:30 IN SUMMARY ‘Changed’ Madobe seeks to rid State of Shabaab remnants and establish administration structures On a [...]

Farah Noor Kolley najmaf@live.com May 18, 2013   UN Secretary General United States President British Prime minister        Somali Government: another missed opportunity! Excellences, The passage of the provisional federal constitution by constituent assembly in August 2012, the selection of the parliament, the end of the transitional era, and finally, the election of [...]

Unity under federalism brings Progress and Strength   By Abdullahi Hassan Mohamed May 21/2013   Somaliland has celebrated 22 years of self-declared independence from Somalia. During the celebrations which were held in the capital Hargeisa, on 18 May 2013, the leadership of Somaliland vowed to intensify the struggle for international recognition. President Ahmed Silanyo, said [...]

Updated Saturday, May 18th 2013 at 23:02 GMT +3    By M M MUHUMED Somalia’s clan elders have created a new mini-state and elected a Kenyan ally as its leader, a move likely to anger Mogadishu and sour ties between the two neighbouring countries. Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has reportedly welcomed the development, strongly rejected [...]

Close to a hundred members of the Somali federal parliament have signed a motion against Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon barely six months after he took the oath of office. Although the motion against the premier hasn’t yet been formally presented for vote in the parliament, the debate has caused tension in the capital Mogadishu. [...]

Somalia: Somali Parliamentarians Ask Shirdon, Cabinet Members to Seek Vote of Confidence 16 MAY 2013 At least 97 Somali lawmakers tabled a motion in parliament Wednesday (May 15th), asking Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon and his cabinet to seek a parliamentary vote of confidence, Somalia’s RBC Radio reported. Second Deputy Speaker of parliament Mahad Abdalla [...]

Re: Robbery victims assisted by thieves In the aftermath of Second World War, in a meeting held on 24th October 1945 in San Francisco, the Charter of United Nations Organization was finalized and countries liberated from the AXIS Forces were named “Occupied Enemy Territories” and they were recognized as existing countries. In the line with [...]

Congratulatory message to the new President of Jubbaland State   Abdullahi Hassan Mohamed, former President of Somali Regional State of Ethiopia I would like to express my profound and sincere congratulation to the honorable President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam for the occasion of his election as president of Jubbaland State. President Sheikh Ahmed is a [...]