US Envoy a loose talker; Kenya PM Raila hits out at US over WikiLeaks
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – Despite advanced statements about Wikileaks not affecting Kenya-US relations, it has emerged that the opposite is happening with both the president and PM issuing statements to denounce assertions by US diplomat in Kenya that the two leaders are obstacles to reforms in Kenya. Speaking to BBC in an interview PM Raila [...]
America looks to Puntland and Somaliland
Listen By Hussein Yusuf: The United States has been involved in Somalia since the early 1980s, first during the Cold War and then in 1992 during the country’s massive famine by launching the humanitarian mission Operation Restore Hope. In the last decade, however, the United States has become even more involved, actively supporting the Transitional [...]
Kenya Somalis population explosion cancelled in census results
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – Census results in eight districts mainly bordering Kenya and Somalia in North Eastern province have been cancelled due to inconsistencies in expected numbers, Planning Minister Wycliffe Oparanya said while releasing on Tuesday the August 2009 census at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre . Kenya’s Somali population had shot up to 2,385,572 [...]
Kenya’s 2012 Elections: No front runner for the Presidency
Listen As we approach the general elections, the main political parties in Kenya are still in disarray. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) of Raila Odinga, the Party of National Unity (PNU) of President Mwai Kibaki and the ODM-Kenya of Vice –President Mwai Kibaki, are so far the top contenders. ODM is however losing ground in [...]
Uganda President declares 7 Days of Mourning as terror blast death toll hits 74
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) – The Uganda Government has announced a week of mourning following Sunday bomb blasts that claimed the lives of 74 people, among them 14 foreigners, says Beatrice Wabudeya, the Minister for the Presidency. President Yoweri Museveni declared that all flags at public buildings countrywide will accordingly fly at half-mast, adding in a [...]
Obama’s Presidency…Failing Somalia
Listen Somalia’s aggravating situation gets worse every passing day, there is neither hope nor change for the country’s endless crisis, an opposing sentiment to US president Obama’s pre-election promise to build a foreign policy that largely rested in the believe of hope and change. “Indeed the historic victory of President Obama has created profound prospect [...]
Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka: A Front Runner in 2012 Elections.
Listen Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, the Member of Parliament for Mwingi North, is the 10th Kenya’s Vice-President.Mr. Musyoka’s celebrations to mark his 25 consecutive years in Parliament is here with us. He contested the 2007 disputed Presidential elections (10th General Election) and emerged third overall. President Mwai Kibaki then appointed him his deputy in January 2008.However, [...]
Hyper-activism: The Wrong Political Culture
Listen Throughout modern history, lack of motivation has been a commonly perceived cause of underachievement among teenagers. The essence of this universal assumption lies in the belief that teenagers with diminished inspiration to participate in social and political activities often end up dropping out of school and flitting into delinquency. Unconventionally, the exact opposite of [...]
Somalia Inquiry Committee
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – December 2009 will mark three years since the aggressive US-backed Ethiopia war of invasion and occupation of Somalia began. Despite what the media and some ill advised analysts say, the Ethiopian intervention in Somalia has not ended and Ethiopian troops have not left Somalia. The presence of Ethiopian, Burundi and Ugandan [...]
University of Hargeisa Chancellor In Europe to Promote Education.
Listen Stockholm (Alshahid) – University of Hargeisa Chancellor, Dr. Hussein A. Bulhan and Somaliland Representative to Sweden, Mr. Eidarus Sh Adan, visited the Swedish National Defence College in Stockholm on Friday. The delegation was received at the Swedish National Defence College (SNDC) by Mats Utas, Head of Africa Programme and at the same representing The [...]