By Olivia Rutazibwa In a violent Horn of Africa, Somaliland is an oasis of relations still and order. Twenty years ago Somaliland announced itself independent. Since, however, no nation has famous this small state in a northeast of Somalia. Broad, somewhat tilted streets in a whitewashed city. A variety of donkeys, H2O tanks, qat stands, [...]

The unholly alliance of the Secessionist One-Clan-Somaliland, Al Shabaab, and DahabShiil Money Transfer Company is the evil behind all that went wrong in Somalia. Nowadays, the evil has started to spill over in neighboring countries and the region with a strong concern that it could further affect other parts of the world, if not effectively [...]

  An Open Letter to:                                                              Hon Henry Bellingham Minister for Africa Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London. SW1A 2AH                                                    Subject: The London conference on Somalia (23 February 2012) Hon.minister We the Forum for Foreign Relations of the recently established Khaatumo State of Somalia, based on the northern regions of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn [...]

London Conference on Somalia: Building … So far, we’ve had an overwhelmingly positive reaction to the British Prime Minister’s announcement to host a Conference on Somalia in London next month. After 20 years of sliding backwards, it’s clear – and welcomed by many – that Somalia needs a step-change in effort, both from the international [...]

January 22, 2012 Yemen’s Parliament approved immunity on Saturday to free President Ali Abdullah Saleh from prosecution, following through on a requirement in a deal for him to give up power. The lawmakers extended the legislation to grant immunity for politically motivated crimes committed by all officials working under Mr. Saleh, according to the state-run [...]

Name the last nominee to the Supreme Court by a Democratic president who turned out to be a judicial conservative. Maybe Justice Byron White, appointed by John F. Kennedy, who dissented from Roe v. Wade, but one largely draws a blank. Ask the converse, and the list is long and disheartening. Republican appointees formed the [...]

VOAWednesday, January 18, 2012The U.N. refugee agency reports that 33 unaccompanied children, mostly  from East Africa, have left Tunisia’s Shousha refugee camp for  resettlement in Norway. The children are among 90 who arrived  unaccompanied from Libya during the conflict in 2011. UNHCR says  some of the children were already without their parents when they  arrived [...]

January 16, 2011 NSUM:- Born out of terror, the one-clan secessionist enclave calling itself “Somaliland” has espoused terror as a means to achieve its ends from the moment it declared its secession. A reconciliation conference held in Burco in May 1991 among Somalia’s northern clans, including those from Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) regions, was [...]

ICJ/1/25.10.07 International Court of Justice VI MUNRFE Session Advisory opinion People’s Republic of ChinaStatus of Somaliland MEMORIAL SUBMITTED BY THE EXPERT, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Introduction 1. This memorial on the issue of status of Somaliland is submitted to the Court on the basis of articles 65 and 66 of Chapter IV of the Statute of [...]

The reaction of the one-clan secessionist enclave calling itself Somaliland to the opening of the long-awaited SSC conference at the famous fort of Taleex on 26 December 2011 was predictable. Panic and palpable gloom now pervade throughout the enclave and among its diaspora. In their desperation, their media and government have typically resorted to their [...]

To: Ban ki-Moon, UN Secretary General CC: UN Security Council CC: The African Union CC: The Arab League     We, Somali citizens, former leaders and civil society personalities, are gravely concerned about the implications of the “Garowe Principles.” Signed on December 24th by six Somali politicians under the auspices of the UN Political Office [...]

JUBA, 12 December 2011 (IRIN) – Land deals done in newly-independent South Sudan “threaten to undermine the land rights of rural communities, increase food insecurity, entrench poverty, and skew development patterns” in the resource-rich but poor nation, a new report says. The US-based Oakland Institute (OI) says deals done prior to South Sudan’s independence this [...]

Security and diplomacy go hand in hand. Diplomacy is the ultimate weapon in the search for security. The group noted that stabilization of Somalia will contribute to dealing with piracy in the region. As members take practical steps consistent with international law to combat piracy, IOR-RIM could serve as an effective vehicle for sharing information, [...]

Anaga oo ah isimadda, cuqaasha, odayaasha iyo bulshaweynta Gobolka Cayn ee  gudaha iyo dibaddaba , waxaanu tacsi ugudbinaynaa,qoyska reer Aw  Cali Shire anaga oo ka xun  geeradda   teeraanyadda iyo naxdinta  leh ee ku timid marxuum Jama Cal Shire iyo Marxuum Mubarak Saalax Cali Shire. Garad Cabdullahi Garad Soofe Garaad Saleeban Buraale Boqor Cabdullahi  Ahmed Suldan [...]

Tartankii ciyaraha Degmooyinka Gobolada Cayn , Sanaag iyo Sool (CSS) ee beryahan socdey ayaa waxaa dheeshii ugu danbeysey isugu soo baxay, maalintii Sabtida ee bisha December 10,2011, Degaamada Saaxdheer iyo Shangalle. Ciyaartaas oo aan habka farsamada loo sinnayn, dhinaca orodkuna aanu dheeli-tirnayn, waxaa daqiiqadihii horeba la liqsiiyey laba gool, oo is daba jooga, kooxda Shangalle. [...]

  By LAURA KASINOF December 9, 2011 _________ ADEN, Yemen — For two decades, Somalis fleeing their failed state found in Yemen a safe haven, a place to work, and a gateway to wealthier gulf states. Now, Yemen, itself facing state failure, is far from the ideal refuge.  But driven by famine and war in [...]

By Amy Forliti Associated Press 12/09/2011 ________________ Somalis in Minnesota who depend on a key bank to  send money to loved ones in Africa are breathing easier after the bank  delayed plans to drop the service. St. Paul-based Sunrise Community Banks works with  money-transfer businesses known as hawalas to handle millions of  dollars in remittances. [...]

Buuhodle, Dec 08 – Guddoomiye kuxigeenka gobolka Cayn Maxamuud Sh Cumar Xasan oo maanta shir saxaafadeed ku qabtay magaalada Buuhoodleayaa siweyn u dhaliilay qaabka uu u ocdo shirka Khaatumo2 kaasi oo in muddo ah qaban qaabadiisa ay wadeen qurba-joog kasoo jeeda gobollada Sool Sanaag & Cayn. Maxamuud Sh Cumar, ayaa qaban qaabiyayaasha shirka ku tilmaamay [...]

 December 07, 2011 Since  the collapse of the State, Somalia  has been a dumping ground for successive mediocre Special Representatives of  the Secretary-General of the United Nations (SRSG). Almost all failed in their  mission but at least left no everlasting damage after their departure to the  country’s most important aspect- its unity. Augustine Mahiga, the [...]

                  Transparency International says corruption is a   hidden activity that is difficult to measure. By Arthur Brice CNN December 5, 2011 (CNN) — New Zealand is perceived as the least corrupt   nation on earth, and Somalia and North Korea are seen as the most corrupt, a   German watchdog organization said in a report released this [...]