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
Sudanese, Somalian on trial for ‘joining Al-Shabaab’ in UAE
A United Arab Emirates news outlet, The National, reported yesterday that three Sudanese and one.
Somalia: Elders confer on draft Constitution, for legislative elections
The conference of Somali elders in Mogadishu which opened last Saturday has continued all this.
Al-Qaeda commends Al-Shabaab, advises against negotiations
Al Qaeda leader Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Somalia’s Al Shabaab group militia to.
Ethiopia: Amb. Shinn doubts gov’t promotion of Al-Ahbash ideology
Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia, David Shinn, said, ‘I doubt that [the government] would push.
Ethiopia: Norway signed a new MoU and to ‘double support’
Ethiopia and Norway signed a new Memorandum of Understanding yesterday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis.
Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda in Kenya to unify the ‘Horn of Africa jihad’
The militant group Al Shabaab said it has allied with Al Qaeda in a drive.
Al-Shabaab split threatens to open new conflict between Somalia’s Islamists
Despite recent celebrations of its merger with al-Qaeda, Somalia’s Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen movement has been.
Ethiopia: Oil- explorer expects billions of barrels in Ogaden basin
SouthWest Energy, an Ethiopian oil- exploration company, said it’s optimistic about the results of a.
Ethiopia to host frm. Yemen president Saleh for 2 years | Yemen media
Yemeni news outlets are reporting that Ethiopia agreed to host their former president, Ali Abdullah.
Analysis: Dahir Aweys and the Politics of the Al-Shabaab Split
An analysis published on AfricanArguements on April 4, 2012, authored by Abdi Aynte, a journalist.