London Conference stripped Somalia of its indivisibility, sovereignty and polity
Listen The communiqué of February 23 Conference on Somalia, dominated by the International Contact Group (ICG) and the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia fell far short of all expectations. The promised new approach or step-change by the British leaders to tackle the root causes of insecurity and lack of functional government [...]
Uganda police battle a handful of opposition protesters
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) -Police Wednesday used teargas and live bullets to quell opposition supporters who staged a protest in Ugandan capital Kampala against the outcome of the February 18 presidential poll. The police said at least 10 people were arrested after the a gang of protestors started beating passersby dressed in yellow—the ruling party’s official [...]
Kenya, Ethiopia may attack Somalia alshabaab rebels
Listen Isiolo, Kenya (Alshahid) – Kenyan and Ethiopian troops could attack Somali rebel group al Shabaab inside the Horn of Africa nation following the rebels’ latest threat to strike at Kenya, security sources said on Monday. The al Shabaab group, which claims ties to al Qaeda and has been waging a four-year insurgency against Somalia [...]
Somali President sends congratulatory message to Uganda’s Museveni
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) –Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) president Sheikh Sharif Sheik Ahmed has congratulated his colleague, Yoweri Museveni on his resounding reelection for another term as president of Uganda. The Somali president said the people of Uganda have expressed their confidence in their new leadership of Yoweri Museveni by handing him a landslide win [...]
Justice according to Al-Shabaab
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid), When the punishment, 100 whip lashes, was postponed because she was pregnant Ms Anab Mussa thought she was the luckiest woman in the world. She had misread the Al-Shabaab-backed court. The court in Wanlaweyn town, some 100 kilometres west of Mogadishu, had convicted Anab for having sexual relations out of wedlock. Two [...]
Regional security, landscape will change forever after Sudan poll
Listen By ASUMAN BISIIKA -On January 9, the people of Southern Sudan will vote in a referendum that will determine whether they become an independent state. Observers say that whichever way the vote goes, there will be far-reaching ramifications for the people of both North and Southern Sudan, as well as the entire region. The [...]
UN council OKs big increase in AU Somalia force
Listen United Nations (Alshahid) – The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday authorized a boost in the African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia from 8,000 to 12,000 troops to shore up the country’s government against Islamist insurgents. The force, known as AMISOM, currently consists of soldiers from Uganda and Burundi. Uganda is expected to provide the [...]
Death of gravely ill Somalia
Listen The inevitable outcome of the contradictory and illusory actions of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG), of the armed Islamists, of the clan-based Regional Entities, of the neighboring and occupying countries of Somalia, of the International Community (IC), and of the “Transnational Somali Diaspora” is the quick death of gravely ill Somalia. TFG [...]
Peace Keepers or Peace Killers in Mogadishu? UN/AU Continues Somali Slaughter
Listen For over a year now the United Nations/African Union troops in Mogadishu, so called “peacekeepers”, have been regularly firing mortars and artillery into Somali neighborhoods in retaliation for attacks by the Somali resistance. “Peacekeepers” firing artillery into civilian neighborhoods? “Peacekeepers” killing untold thousands of innocent women and children whose only crime was being Somali [...]
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 [...]