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
Wikileaks: Ethiopia proposed ‘semi-recognition’ for Somaliland
A leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa shows Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi lobbying.
Three leaked Cables US Embassy Addis Ababa, dated July 15, 2009 and classified as ‘Confidential,.
Two leaked Cables of US Embassy Addis Ababa, both dated January 14, 2008, and classified.
Wikileaks: US – Ethiopia: 17 imperial demands [full text]
A June 2008 leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa shows the Ambassador so irritated.
Update on Ethiopia’s drought and Somalian refugees
A food security outlook update by FEWS NET indicated that ‘the influx of refugees from.
Wikileaks: US didn’t sponsor Ethiopia’s Somalia intervention [full text]
Leaked Cables of US Embassy Addis Ababa unambiguously confirmed that Ethiopia’s 2006 intervention in Somalia.
Somalia: After Shabaab withdrawal from Mogadishu
There has been a couple of notable developments in Mogadishu following the recent withdrawal of.
Q & A: UN Committee on Ethiopia’s Gender affairs performance
An Ethiopian delegation led by Zenebu Tadesse, Minister for Women, Youth and Children Affairs, presented.
Ethiopia: British media fuels aid apathy | Horn of Africa drought
At a time when about 12 million people in the horn of Africa suffer from.
11plus blunders in BBC, TBIJ report of Ethiopia’s aid misuse
Two British news outlets made headlines last week when they published a story on Ethiopia.