Ahlu Sunna Waljma’a Clerics Call TFG to End Clashes in Mogadishu
Listen Dusamareb — The Islamic organization of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a in Galgudud region has called for the transitional government to end the clashes going on in the Somalia capital Mogadishu, officials told Shabelle radio on Wednesday. Sheik Omar Sheik Mohamud Farah, a chirman of Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a held press conference and talked more sides about [...]
Ugandan minister Meets Al-Bashir, Denies Cooperation with ICC
Listen It reportedly Ugandan foreign minister met yesterday with President Omar Al-Bashir in Egypt town of Sharm Al-Sheikl. The motive of the meeting was for clarifying Ugandan government situation as regard to International Criminal Court ICC decision stipulates for the indictment of president Al-Bashir. Following the meeting the Ugandan minister told reporters that his country [...]
French Journalists Kidnapped in Somalia
Listen Mogadishu, 14 july 2009- Somali armed men stormed into a hotel in the capital Mogadishu and kidnapped two French security consultants working for the government, a hotel worker said. The two French men, whose names were not immediately available, were initially thought to be journalists. But a government official said that they had pretended [...]
Uganda Calls for Change Of UN Mandate In Somalia
Listen UGANDA, whose forces form part of the African Union peacekeepers in Somalia, called Tuesday for a change of mandate for the force to allow them tackle insurgents in the war-ravaged country. “Right now we are engaged in peacekeeping where there is no peace,” Ugandan army spokesman Major Felix Kulaiyigye said. “They need to change [...]
AU calls on world to re-energize support for Somalia government
Listen NAIROBI, July 14 — The African Union on Tuesday called on the international community to re-energize its support towards the transitional federal government of Somalia (TFG) so as to help stabilize the Horn of Africa nation. AU Special Representative to Somalia Nicolas Bwakira also called on actors in Somalia to work in close collaboration [...]
Dissolve the African States – Part 1
Listen By Salah Abdi Sheikh Africa is a concoction of states brought together by a colonial decree that haphazardly created states out of existing nations. The states were to govern a physical location created out of disparate tribes and clans with no common language, culture or interests. Large clans and small clans, pastoralists and farmers, [...]
Somalia, Outside the Violence Box
Listen Whether in Somalia or elsewhere, any attempt to tame religious extremism with violence leads to costly tragedies and disenchantments. And anyone who doubts this ought to simply reevaluate the miserable results of GWT — the global war on terrorism. So it goes without saying: a non-violent paradigm to solving problems is direly needed. And [...]