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
Why Two Eritrean went to Saudi stealing President's Plane
Until recently, the Eritrean Air Force had a single luxury airplane, an 1970s-era American corporate.
Ethiopia surprises itself with peaceful transition after Meles
(By William Davison) Fears that unrest would follow the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Somaliland journalists under fire
Journalists in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are increasingly being harassed and arrested by security.
Somalia: Al-Shabaab bans Islamic Relief aid group
Somalia’s Shabaab insurgents on Monday banned the aid agency Islamic Relief, one of the very.
Somalia: Parliament endorses the new Prime Minister
In an extraordinary session held today (October 17) Somalia’s Parliament unanimously endorsed Abdi Farah Shirdon.
Eritrean prevarications and evasions
The Eritrean regime has a habit of selective reading of texts to fit them into.
Somalia: Security improving after Kismayo’s capture
The long efforts by the TFG and other pro-government forces, including AMISOM and Ethiopian units,.
Research | The North African Uprisings and the African Union
[Editor’s note: Italicized and underlined numbers are footnote references.] THE NORTH AFRICAN UPRISINGS UNDER THE.
Somalia: Al Shabaab retreats from Kismayou city
Islamist militants in Somalia say they have withdrawn from their southern stronghold of Kismayo, following.
PM Hailemarim Desalegn speech at the UN [full text]
Statement by H.E. Mr. Hailemarim Desalegn Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.