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
Kenyan Army 100 km inside Somalia – ‘Operation Linda Nchi’
Kenyan army launched a full scale military offensive against the Al-Quaeda-linked terrorist group Al-Shabaab on.
Somaliland to extradite alleged OLF, ONLF operatives to Ethiopia
Somaliland is to extradite hundreds of Ethiopians, unofficial reports indicated. Somaliland is a breakaway northern.
Eritrea: President Isaias Afeworki and his supporters
[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Oct. 7, 2011 issue.] Mutual back-scratching by.
UN: Communiqué on Somalia mini-summit [full text]
The following communiqué was issued after the mini-summit on Somalia, held in New York, 23.
The BBC’s Newsnight – viewers call it ‘morally questionable’
[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, the weekly press release of the Ethiopian.
European Parliament resolution on Eritrea [full text]
Highlights (quotes): * Calls on the [EU] Council to urgently consider applying targeted sanctions on.
Communiqué of COMESA, EAC, SADC & IGAD Infrastructure Investment Conference – Sept 2011, Kenya
Tripartite & IGAD Infrastructure Investment Conference, 28th -29th September 2011, Nairobi, Kenya Outcomes, Conclusions &.
UN: Ethiopia criticizes ‘double standard on terrorism’ [full text]
Ethiopian Dep. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hailemariarn Desalegne, delivered a speech at.
A leaked Cable of US Embassy Addis Ababa, dated June 2009, provides a summary of.
East African drought: Projections for Oct. to Dec. 2011 [full text]
Highlights: * Somalia – 4 million people are in crisis (IPC Phases 3, 4, and.