Jan 29
(01-03) 08:58 PST YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Myanmar began releasing some prisoners on Tuesday, but activists and relatives said a government clemency fell short of national reconciliation promises and showed that political prisoners may remain behind bars for a long time. President Thein Sein signed a clemency order on Monday marking this week’s 64th anniversary …
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Jan 28
January 26, 2012 · 2627629 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fsomalilandpress.com%2Fwhat-if-somaliland-does-unify-with-somalia-26276What+if+Somaliland+does+unify+with+Somalia2012-01-27+02%3A00%3A01Qalinle+Husseinhttp%3A%2F%2Fsomalilandpress.com%2F%3Fp%3D26276 The following piece is part of our continuous coverage on the upcoming conference on Somalia in the British capital. our policy of encouraging free and open discussion of the issues or presentations of all facts and opinions is always open to all regardless of view/political affiliation or beliefs. OPINION …
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Jan 22
Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio®. for personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of use. for other uses, prior permission required. Last month, Ethiopian troops re-entered Somalia to join the Kenyan army and forces of the African Union against the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group al-Shabab. Ethiopia last invaded Somalia in 2006 and withdrew three years later. …
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Jan 19
Six Somalis were killed Thursday in a bomb blast near a camp for displaced people after they had received food aid handouts in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu, a UN source said. “Six people were killed, including two police officers,” the source said. The blast, believed to be a homemade explosive device, went off in …
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Jan 12
Garowe Online (Garowe) Garowe — a well-organized event attended by the top leaders of Somalia opened Wednesday in the capital of Puntland State, in northern Somalia, Radio Garowe reports. The event marking the opening of the Somali National Consultative Constitutional Conference in Garowe was attended by TFG President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, TFG Prime Minister Abdiweli …
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Jan 04
US-backed Ethiopian troops have spilled into Western Somali border town, opening a new front against local fighters of al-Shabab. Witnesses say residents fled as the Ethiopian forces advanced. they say local fighters have retreated to another point. Al-Shabab is now fighting hostile militaries on three sides. Kenyan troops moved into Somalia in mid October, in …
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Dec 12
Borama (Sunatimes) – Twenty long years have elapsed since the one-clan secessionist state called “Somaliland” was declared unilaterally in Burao in 1991 under the blazing guns of the then victorious SNM fighters, following the collapse of the Somali state led by the late Mohamed Siyad Barre. the real objective behind the creation of this phantom …
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Dec 08
President Guelleh: “The Somaliland dilemma is different, and I fear they have put the cart before the horse” Djibouti president, Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, has recently granted a long interview with the weekly Jeune Afrique. President Guelleh talks about succession, Somalia, Arab revolutions, the death of Qaddafi and his relations with France. When asked by …
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Nov 07
by Rupa Shenoy, Minnesota Public Radio, Laura Yuen, Minnesota Public Radio October 30, 2011 St. Paul, Minn. — the extremist group al-Shabab in Somalia says an American man was one of two suicide bombers who carried out an attack in Mogadishu on Saturday, killing 10 people. the only evidence of the bombers’ identities so far …
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Nov 04
As far back as 1993, the world renowned Somali affairs expert and anthropologist Ioan Lewis, has put forward the importance of recognizing the social clan structure of Somalia. Lewis pointed out the disparity of political and social conditions at the infancy of the conflict. He explained the existence of stable governing structures in the Northern …
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