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
China’s Growing Role in Africa – Implications for U.S. Policy: Amb. Shinn
Remarks made by Amb. David Shinn, in a hearing held by the Senate Committee on.
Puntland and Somalia: The Year Ahead: President Abdirahman Mohamud Farole
Highlights: * It is [Puntland’s] consistent position that the remaining federal states in south-central Somalia.
Somaliland’s President visits Addis Ababa
[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Nov. 4, 2011 issue.] Somaliland’s President Ahmed.
A Leaked US Embassy Cable reveals that Pres. George Bush’s favorite General cautioned PM Meles.
Leaked Cables of US Embassy Addis Ababa refutes the recurrent claim regarding the December 24,.
Despite the repeated media claims that Ethiopia went to Somalia ‘to do America’s dirty job’,.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister was wary of a possible US condemnation about two month before.
It is fashionable for detractors of Ethiopia to claim that ‘Zenawi invaded Somalia at the.
USAID: Horn of Africa drought fact sheet – Fiscal Year 2012
HORN OF AFRICA – DROUGHT FACT SHEET #4, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2012 Oct. 27, 2011.
Al-Shabaab ambushed Kenyans | Army perp for an assault on Burgabo
An estimated 45 Al-Shabaab fighters ambushed Kenyan troops who were travelling from the Somali town.