SomalilandPress

Somalis rescue migrants in Gulf of Aden

BERBERA (Somalilandpress) — Some 126 people have been rescued by Somali fishermen from the Gulf of Aden after human traffickers reportedly forced them into the sea at gunpoint. The migrants, mostly from Somalia and Ethiopia, said they had set off from northern Somalia a week ago. They said their boat had developed engine trouble and drifted for [...]

Somaliland elections: Observers welcome progress towards setting date for poll

HARGEISA, 8 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – As part of the UK-based team coordinating election observers for the much-delayed presidential elections in the internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland, Progressio today welcomes recent progress made to resolve the Somaliland voter registration process – a key sticking point – and calls on all parties to push ahead and [...]

Female religious leaders lead the fight against AIDS.

Monday Feb 08 (SomalilandPress)-Female religious leaders have taken a central role in the fight against AIDS in Somalia. This follows a series of trainings recently conducted by local organizations, with support from UNDP. In Somaliland, UNDP supported four training events for female religious leaders in Hargeisa, Borama, Berbera and Buroa, in collaboration with the Somaliland [...]

Ethiopian troops cross into Somalia

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — Ethiopian troops have crossed back into the northern regions of Bakool and Hiiraan in Somalia on Sunday, local residents confirm. Ethiopian troops return comes as Somali government launches a fresh offensive against Islamist insurgents in the south of the country vowing to drive them out. Residents in Elbarde and Yeed said that they saw [...]

Fighting kills 9 civilians in Somalia

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — At least 9 civilians were killed and 14 others wounded in clashes between Somali government troops and insurgents in Mogadishu on Thursday and Friday, Human rights group said. The heavy fighting erupted late on Thursday and continued into Friday morning in the capital in one of the bloodiest days in recent weeks. A Mogadishu [...]

Ten die on drifting Gulf of Aden migrant boat

HARGEISA, 8 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – At least 10 migrants died and 30 went missing when the boat smuggling them from Somalia to Yemen suffered an engine failure in the Gulf of Aden, officials said Sunday. Seventy people, mostly Ethiopians, were rescued when the coastguard in the northern breakaway state of Somaliland’s Sanag region spotted the [...]

37 Sano Ka Dib Geeridiisii oo Xalay Si Wayn Loogu Baroor-diiqay Abwaan Timacadde

Hargeysa (Somalilandpress)- Munaasabad Balaadhan oo lagu Xusayay Sanad-guuradii 37aad ee ka soo Wareegtay Geeridii Abwaankii Waynaa Alle ha u naxariistee Cabdillaahi Suldaan Timacadde ayaa Xalay Lagu Qabtay Hotel Emperial ee Magaalada hargeisa, unaasabadaasi oo ay Soo Qabanqaabisay Shabakada Wararka ee Timacade News Network (TNN) ayaa waxaa ka soo Qayb galay, Seddexda Xisbi Qaran,Wasiirro, Abwaano,Qorayaal, Aqoonyahano, Salaadiin, [...]

Why Should I Send My Daughter to School?

Nimo was an 18 year old orphan girl born into a poor family, she lived with her mother in the Sheikh Nour village in the outskirts of Hargeisa. As many other young people in this area, she can not afford to continue her higher education. She completed 26 June Secondary school last year and according [...]

Ethiopia Gets Microsoft Software In Amharic

Addis Ababa, 7 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – US software giant Microsoft has launched Windows Vista in Amharic, the first operating system in the national language of Ethiopia, the official news agency said Saturday. “Launching the Amharic version software is a major step forward for Amharic to be a language of technology,” Director of the Ethiopian ICT [...]

The Mourning Tree: an autobiography and a memoir of prison by Mohamed Barud Ali (update)

Book Launch: The Mourning Tree – the autobiography of Mohamed Barud Ali Saturday, 20 Feb. 2010 at 4pm Oxford House, Derby Shire Street, E2 6GH The Mourning Tree: an autobiography and a memoir of prison, by Mohamed Barud Ali Ponte Invisibile Ed (redsea-online), February 2010, 256 pp – 13×20cm (soft cover) Kayd Somali Arts and Culture in collaboration with redsea-online.com [...]

SOMALIA: Islamist insurgents pour into Mogadishu

NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) — An influx of fighters from Islamist insurgents have filled the streets of the capital of the wartorn nation of Somalia as the government announces fresh offensive against Islamist rebel, residents and witnesses told Somalilandpress. A local journalist has said on conditions of anonymity that heavily armed Al-Shabab fighters arriving from the town of [...]

Somaliland: Two Died As Demonstrations Rock Lasanod

Lasanod, 6 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – A violent demonstration rock Lasanod today as tens of people burned tires and were throwing stones against the security forces in the city. The demonstrations took place as the police arrested teachers at Islamic madrasas in the town in connection with the recent bomb attacks. The demonstrators were chanting [...]

Appeal For Urgent Humanitarian Assistance and Livelihood Support For Humanitarian Crises Prevention in Somaliland

Hargeisa, 6 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Predictions were made that food security and nutrition situation may worsen in most parts of Somaliland by Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) of FAO in its early warning briefs . Some of the reasons cited included: i. Poor “deyr” rains that preceded by dry “Hagaa” season which negatively affected pastural [...]

Djibouti, Somalia urge enforcing sanctions on Eritrea.

Addis Ababa (Somalilandpress)- Djibouti and Somalia have argued the international community to tighten the sanctions imposed on Eritrea over Somali Islamists’ backing. At the conclusion of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the government of Djibouti and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG] urged the international community to take new measures against Eritrea [...]

Kenya: 50 People Die of Cancer Everyday

Kenya, (SomalilandPress)-Statistics which was released on Thursday has said about 50 Kenyans die each day various forms of cancers. About 80,000 cases of cancer are diagnosed in Kenya each year, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Chief Executive Officer Dr Jotham Micheni announced. All the patients can only use the required treatment at KNH which is the [...]

Lessons from Somaliland on self reclamation from mayhem

Any reader may wonder if anything other than piracy, warlords tussle and the sound of bombs can ever come from Somalia. Such negative perception of Somalia is understandable if one is to refuse the de facto break-up of Somalia into two disparate parts that have had paradoxically different trajectories since 1990. Prof Iqbal Jhazbay’s recent [...]

Book presentation: Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed

LONDON (Somalilandpress) — Kayd Somali Arts and Culture is pleased to invite you to the presentation of new book; ‘Black Mamba Boy‘ by Nadifa Mohamed. Join us to discuss this new novel with the author on Friday,12 Feb. 2010 at 6:30pm -9:00pm, Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 6HG. This event will be [...]

Danish Forces Storm Seized Ship

Nairobi, 6 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Danish special forces who were taking part in the NATO mission against Somali pirates have stormed a Slovenian cargo ship seized by pirates and rescue 25 crew, EU naval officials and the Danish navy said on Friday. The crews of the ship has made possible the operation because they managed [...]

New Global Health Partnership Stregthens Work in Somaliland

HARGEISA, 6 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre formally launched a new global health partnership with the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) on 4 February 2010. Renewing an existing 10 year partnership between THET and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, (one of the founding members of King’s Health Partners) [...]

Somaliland: The Other Somalia

HARGEISA, 5 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) – There are some places you just can’t consider for a vacation. While even Iraq has recently opened up to carefully handled tours, Somalia remains out of bounds. What with an Islamist movement proudly proclaiming its ties to Al-Qaeda, and a decades-long civil war between rival clans, there’s no chance [...]