The Somalia Conference took place at Lancaster House on 7 May 2013, co-hosted by the UK and Somalia, and attended by fifty-four friends and partners of Somalia. We met at a pivotal moment for Somalia. Last year Somalia’s eight-year transition ended and Somalia chose a new, more legitimate Parliament, President and Government. Security is improving, as Somali and AMISOM forces, and their Ethiopian allies, re ...

For the first time in more than two decades, the United States has granted official recognition to the Somali government in Mogadishu. "There is still a long way to go and many challenges to confront, but we have seen a new foundation for that better future being laid," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday in a joint news conference with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who stood beaming ...

September 12, 2012 Isbaheysiga Madaxabannaan ee turxaan bixinta Soomaaliya (IFISO) ayaa ugu hambalyeynaya Xasan Shiikh Maxamuud doorashada uu maalintii Isniinta Barlamaanku ugu doortay in uu noqdo Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya. IFISO oo tixgalineysa fursadda taariikhiga ah ee aan caadiga aheyn ee la siiyay Xukuumadda Federalka ah ee Soomaaliya ayaa ku borrineysa in la soo afjaro taariikhda Soomaaliya ee ku dhisan ...

Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheik Ahmed spoke to The Independent's Andrew Mwenda. Mr. President, thank you very much for giving us this opportunity to interview you. Now Mr. President you were the leader of the Islamic Courts Union. One of the things I have heard is that the Islamic Courts Union was the first Movement in Somalia to transcend the politics of the clan and establish a common identity of all ...

Press Release 20 August, 2012 IFISO Independent Vetting Coalition calls upon the newly selected Federal Parliament to elect candidates committed to values of transparency and democratic governance. IFISO also raises serious concerns over the lack of a mandated gender quota in the new Federal Parliament and reports of intimidation and manipulation in the nomination process, while heralding the success in kee ...

Meles Zenawi, who ruled Ethiopia for more than 20 years, has died while undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness, according to Ethiopian state television. It announced on Tuesday that the 57-year-old prime minister died from a sudden infection while recovering from the illness at a hospital abroad. "Prime Minister Zenawi suddenly passed away last night. Meles was recovering in a hospital overseas for ...

Shortly after 7pm last night a correspondent of Radio Bar Kulan, Mohamed Noor Mohamed Sharif, was returning home from work when he was attacked by three unknown gunmen in Hamar-Jabjab district of Mogadishu. Mohamed had just finished work when he was shot outside the Horn Cable TV studios. The assailants fled after a friend and colleague, who was with Mohamed at the time, chased them away. The nature of the ...

A trainer working with the Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) was killed on 27 April 2012 during an anti-piracy mission in Iskushuban District, Bari Region of Puntland State of Somalia. Click here to find more.  PR_28Apr2012_En Kashife Online ...

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Ethiopian troops and allied local militia on Monday wrestled control of key strategic base in central Somalia from Al-Shabaab rebel fighters, government spokesman and residents said. "The town of El Bur fell without much fight from Al-Shabaab militants who fled hours before our forces and those of our allies took over," Somali government spokesman Abdurrahman Omar Osman told Xinhua. The small town of El Bur ...