Category: Somalia
Somalia has been in a state of civil war and anarchy since 1991, when the central government of Mohammed Siad Barre was overthrown. Various clan-based armed groups took control of parts of Somalia, while its northern part, Somaliland, declared independence.
In second half of the 2000s, the international recognized Transitional Federal Government managed to control most of the territory, with the help of Ethiopia. In 2012, a federal Constitution was adopted followed by the formation of the Federal Government of Somalia. The government’s mandate is slated to end in 2015 with the adoption of a new constitution and elections.
President Hassan Sheik Mohamud is the incumbent.
Read the posts related to Somalia below
Ethiopian, Somaliland officers detain senior al Shabaab defector
Officials in Somaliland have detained a senior militant commander who defected from al Shabaab terror.
Eritrea says: US responsible for sour relations
Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs: US Hostility, Not Eritrean Rigidity, Responsible For Sour Relations United.
Ethiopia says: Eritrea responds only to strength
The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said: “The lack of movement, whether in normalizing relations between Eritrea.
Somalia: Ethiopian Army joins AMISOM
(Mark Doyle – BBC international development correspondent) More than 4,000 Ethiopian troops have been formally absorbed.
Real reasons behind South Sudan crisis
* The escalating crisis proves that secession is not a panacea for peace and democracy..
Somalia: Puntland’s presidential election
The election of the President of the Puntland State of Somalia was held on Wednesday.
Political infighting threatens Somalia’s government
As Somalia’s new prime minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, gets ready to announce his new cabinet,.
Ethiopian deportees of Saudi in dilemma
They went in a bid to escape poverty, but few really succeeded, even if they.
Why is the African Union still failing its people on peace and security?
(Martin Plaut) The conflict in the Central African Republic is spiralling out of control. “Strife.
The Flight of the Eritreans
There’s a joke about the US state of Ohio that goes something like this: “Twenty-four.