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 [...]

     Mogadishu Dec 05, 2011 (NationalTurk) – Unidentified gunmen have attacked overnight a Turkish Aid hospital in the Somalian capital Mogadishu, causing damages and casualties of the medical staffs and the building of the central, according to eyewitnesses said on Monday. At least one of the guards of the centre was confirmed shot dead in the [...]

 The  following are excerpts  discusiing new Somalidiid recognition strategy: the e-mails, the minister clearly states that he has been in contact with TFG members. The e-mails also indicate that the Somaliland Foreign Minister, Dr. Mohamed Abdillahi Omar had, allegedly,  been withholding information from Somaliland’s parliament during the time he had been called to answer questions regarding [...]

  Anaheim Super King Market paid $527,000, but money doesn’t go to people who bought the meat. By ERIC CARPENTER THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Nov. 30, 2011 ANAHEIM – Local Muslims who read a Register story about a District Attorney’s Office investigation that determined an Anaheim market was falsely selling meat as halal said they [...]

The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing. The Fed didn’t tell anyone which banks were in trouble so deep they required a combined $1.2 trillion [...]

 Politics this week Nov 26th 2011  Big protests erupted in Cairo and other cities, with calls for the generals who have run Egypt since Hosni Mubarak’s fall in February to hand over to civilians. Some 40 people were killed by the security forces. The ruling military council said that parliamentary elections due to begin on [...]

the Ethiopian government should cease using its overly broad anti-terrorism law against journalists and peaceful political activists, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. On November 23, 2011, the trial of 24 people charged with terrorism offenses on November 10 will continue. Those charged include six journalists and two members of the opposition Unity [...]

Pakistan has cooperated secretly with the U.S. on several war-fighting missions in an odd-couple alliance that also sees factions in Islamabad backing the fiercest American enemy. The uneasy relationship is being put to the test again, as Pakistan accused NATO on Saturday of unleashing a helicopter strike on a Pakistan army border outpost and said [...]

I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency [the National Security Agency] and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so that we never cross over that abyss. That is the abyss from which [...]

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam — the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large — was captured as he traveled with aides in a convoy in Libya’s southern desert, Libyan officials said Saturday. Thunderous celebratory gunfire shook the Libyan capital as the news spread. A spokesman [...]

2011 COLUMN CONTEST WINNER DLM is a home-schooled pastor’s kid, a real life Bible-college educated evangelical in the middle of Portland, Oregon. Currently living in low-income housing with a bunch of Somali Bantu refugees, a husband, a baby, and a very cranky cat, DLM writes about her missionary dreams and cross-cultural schemes while ardently striving [...]