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May 22, 2009 BBC Somali Service,  Mohamed Abdi "Gandi", a student of Besancon, driven by a relentless carrierism, and a lust for power at any cost, takes official responsibility for the killing of 53 and wounding of over 200 Somali citizens in Mogadishu.  He minces words and calls the killing "legal" and "necessary", thus setting the stage for an imminent genocide. Listen	CATCHING UP WITH SHEIKH XARIIF BUNKII LA CUNO, BODOWGIISA AA LA RABAA	WANTED!   WANTED!   WANTED!
				The Unacceptable Transitional Charter "Mental science would attribute such behavior to a psychopath, with a severely aggressive, perverted, criminal, anti-social mental disorder, fueled by hallucinations of fascist grandeur, and supported by followers who are blinded by the lust for revenge and a longing for power at any cost."

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For Immediate Press Release
Benadir-Watch, June 17, 2006
Benadir-Watch welcomes the hard work of the Somali population in Mogadishu to save the Somali nation at this critical juncture in its history.  The population of Mogadishu have spoken:

Cases on crimes against humanity

Press Release: Delegation of Authority within the indigenous people of the Benadir & on the deployment of foreign troops to Somalia.

The Birth of a Homeless President by Abdishakur Jowhar

Prof. I. M. Lewis on the Somali Talks

The Vampire of Barawa (Benadir)

The Unspeakable Atrocities in the Lower Shabelle (Benadir)

Somalis: You "ain't seen nothing" yet, by Faisal Roble

 Mengistu - Madaxweyne Gaaray Hadafkiisii by Mohamud Wardhere

Somalia's Worrisome Leadership, Oct. 20, 2004, Prof. Samatar

Solemn Appeal to the International Community, Dr. Said Mohamud 

Books on Somalia:

The War Behind the War: The Struggle for Land in Somalia by Catherine Besteman, Lee Cassanelli, & 7 other writers,
ISBN 1-874209-08-1 To be read

Blood and Bone: The Call for Kinship in Somali Society by I. M. Lewis, ISBN 0-932415-93-8

Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda by Scott Peterson
ISBN 0-415-93063-4

Dhanbaalka Hooyo (The Message of a Mother) - in Somali language by Maxamedeyn,
ISBN 90-9016113-9
 

News on genocide, human rights violations, & colonialism in East Africa

September 14, 2007

USA using democracy to rule Africa via puppets

2nd Class Puppets Adde Muse and Riyale in talks with Meles to ship Ogadeni oil and gas from the Somali northern ports

Ethiopia, The Dirty War, Human Rights Watch Search for "imaginary oil" drives real violence in Ethiopia, Chicago Tribune Letter from US Senator Feingold on reported Ogaden human rights abuses

Tanzania oil find stoke debate over mandate of US Africa command, Standrd

Ogaden - Som territory under Ethiopian colonialism for over half a century

MSF blocked from entering and seeing the carnage in the Ogaden ONLF urges UN to probe Ethiopian human rights abuses Malaysian  colonialists - turn of Petronas in the Ogaden Petronas determined to steal Ogadeni gas

ONLF freedom fighters seek UN investigation into Ethiopian crimes UN to examine Ogaden, distribute some corruption monies, food, etc...

Puntland

Mafia bosses rob, stab, and drown refugees

Djibouti

African Development Bank rejects Ethio-Djibouti power additional loan

Ethiopia

British company exploring Gambella rich oil basin Meles hiring foreign pilots to fight the growing insurgency More foreign companies interested to steal oil of  indigenous populations Czech Aerospace and Ethiopia arms deals

July 25 - August 1, 2007

Revisiting Aden Abdul Osman - seeking Truth in our National History

Lowering the standard - UN officials, diplomats endorse clan conference

US, Ethiopia accused over Somalia, FT Eritrea Press Release from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shabait.com Eritrea rejects UN arms report on Somalia, Reuters

UN bureaucrats unable to see the elephant in the room - accuse Eritrea of sending arms to the Somali resistance

Finally, some truth from the mouth of the horse, failed states & a failed UN

Red Cross deplores expulsion from the Ogaden ICRC rejects Ethiopian charges after explusion, Xinhua Red Cross condemns Ethiopian eviction order

France calls for urgent UN force in Somalia, but credibility remains the issue

Time has come for continent to get protective over resources, Nation Nato warships once more around Africa

Wonderland: Learning how to draft a constitution from the cave man, but first he must free the Somi slaves that he holds in chains in the Jezzan Valley

Reconciliation is as elusive as ever, The Economist Pirates demand $1.5m, but are who are they? Somali, Kenyan, or Indian?

ICU scared big time to go to Mogadishu, sounds wise, given the record!

The Anti-Colonial War in Southern Somalia

Pro-colonial troops arrest people from mosques in Mogadishu Pro-colonial troops torture Gunmen attack pro-colonial military base in Mogadishu About 18,000 Somalis fled violence in Mogadishu, Xinhua 5 killed in Mogadishu violence 2 killed in Mogadishu restaurant Pro-colonial troops rape 5 refugee women Ethiopian colonialists kidnap Somalis from Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu Over 1,500 missing in Mogadishu, thousands in concentration camps Business as usual - pro-colonial troops loot a market in Mogadishu Ugandan mercenaries in Mogadishu overstretched - Report Somalis flee capital, Qatar News Agency 13 killed, 20 injured in Mogadishu explosions, Shabelle Merchants refuse to pay illegal taxes

Residents flee Mogadishu violence, head South, Shabelle

Ogaden - Som territory under Ethiopian colonialism for over half a century

Ethiopian colonial troops massacre civilians in the Ogaden Ethiopia marketing Ogadeni resources

Ethiopian slave traders (army) abduct Somali young men from Ogaden ONLF urges UN intervention in Ogaden war crimes Ogaden at risk of "Meles famine" Ogaden - Hundreds of thousands risk starvation Ethiopian military burning multiple towns in Ogaden Genocide Alert: Meles blocks emergency food aid to Ogaden region

Puntland - where is the oil and where is the money?

Puntland troops fire at crowd, wounding 5 Adde Muse must resign - demonstrators storm parliament over paper money

China gambles on Somalia's unseen oil, FT Chinese oil giant ventures into Somalia, FT

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonialism for over half a century

UK firm gets oil search contract (in Somalia waters?) China returns 4 oil blocks, including the Lamu, Anza, Mandera basins Kenya wants to build second port at Lamu, what is the need? After messing up the Mbigathi Talks, Kalonzo finds the NFD an easy prey

Somaliland

Where only 3 clans can form political parties - the rest must hit the road!

EU confusion - in Somaliland they pledge to support elections, but in the south, they support dictators and war criminals

Djibouti

Gov't discusses Djibouti-Ethiopia railway with Kuwaiti Company

Mahir (Sanag) - the latest to join the club of bankrupt city-states

New region established in disputed region, Shabelle

Ethiopia

Ethiopia, Czech discussing arms sale to the Emperor North Korea high level delegation in Addis to sell arms to Ethiopia Ethiopian attrocities a challenge to the State joining the EAC, EAS

Kenya

Colonialist for decades in the NF, Moi wants some good history now

Yemen

The cave man exiles 200 Somali migrants, holds thousands as slaves and concubines with chains in the Jezzan Valley

July 16 - 24, 2007

Horn of Africa

Refugees fear sharing the fate of Kunte Kinte, Chicago Tribune

Shaken and stirred in Somalia, Business Day Jokers club want a United States of Africa! Cruel, selfish leaders are the cause of African tragedy, The Star Why all the suspicion (about Africom)? Daily News Kenya's dreaming professor! Uganda wants donor status for invading Somalia, Congo, Rwanda

$100 for entry ticket into so-called reconciliation conference

Yemen helps Somalia with new constitution, but first it must free the Somali slaves and concubines that it holds in chains in the Jezzan Valley!

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - where protesting a poll renders a life imprisonment, Amen! Ethiopia's dysfunctional parliament - only 2 minutes for the opposition!

Somali MP seeking asylum in Germany Rebel group removes leader, Ethiopian Review US gives Ethiopia 72 million dollar grant

The Anti-Colonial War in Southern Somalia

Roadside bomb wounds 6 pro-colonial soldiers Heavy gun battle rocks Mogadishu Fascist pro-colonial regime orders imams to register

Lower than ever - searching worshippers in a mosque! Gedi and Yusuf responsible for abducting 3 foreign teachers in Mogadishu

After aiding and abetting the killing of thousands of Somalis, IGAD and EU talk about a political solution for Somalia, - pay reparations first! Gunmen attack aid convoy in Central Somalia EU working behind the scenes to get Aweys to so-called reconciliation conf

Reconciliation and peace-keeping industry

US surprised over Gedi's claim for lack of funds Gedi's extortion tactic to get more money for his supporters AU chieftains blame EU for non-payment of Darfur salaries

Mbigathi group - not getting paid for siding with Ethiopian colonialism

Ogaden - Som territory under Ethiopian colonialism for over half a century

Free Makhtal! ONLF condemns sentencing of opposition leaders, Ogaden Online

Puntland - where is the oil and where is the money?

Bonuses (and kick backs) in exchange for offering Somali oil fields to China

Busy on vengeance - Gedi not aware of Puntland oil deal

Chinese imperialism dealing with illegal city-states to exploit Somali oil China seeks more overseas exploration rights

Somaliland

RSF condemns detention of journalist, RSF Disagreeing with EU superficial assessment of so-called reconciliation conf.

Djibouti - Who killed French Judge Borrel in Djibouti in 1995?

Moumin Bahdon denies asking murdered French judge to probe top officials

The 'arms smuggler', the murdered judge, and a scandal ... The Independent Ghelle plane fails to take off in Livingstone, Zambia

Kenya

Report faults Kenya for mistreating refugees Deporting a Moslem scholar

Uganda

Ugandan special envoy wants a share of the Somali pie for his country

It pays to be a mercenary! $50,000 for one man, & lashes for 10,000 Somalis

July 8 - 15, 2007

A picture is more than a thousand words! Governor and Governed! Replica of Italian style fascism in Southern Somalia! Capitulation and betrayal!  Mogadishu, July 2007

Second scramble for Africa is on, Nation Begging time: AU launches mission to the United States AU fiasco - Is the dictator's club becoming the jokers club? US military to help secure oil, Vanguard Intellectual prostitutes

Ogaden - Som territory under Ethiopian colonialism for over half a century

Rebels With a Cause Ogaden National Liberation Front Click to watch the video

In the Ogaden, horrors caused by the Ethiopian colonialists In the Ogaden, fears and cries of genocide Swedish company restless for Ogadeni oil Colonialist oil companies suspend oil exploration in the Ogaden Census in the Ogaden and Afar region delayed until October, 2007

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial rule for over half a century

NFD FM radio profiled

Puntland

Ras al Khaimah (RAK) sets up the Puntland Hydrocarbon Dev. Company RAK eyeing Puntland Hedge funds and oil over Nogal and Darin basins RAK to explore oil in Puntland Puntland and RAK sign Puntland Hydrocarbon Development Company

Ethiopia

Human rights body condemns Ethiopian genocide of Somalis 3 New York Times journalists detained in Ethiopia

Uganda

Uganda mercenaries to fight Eritrea

July 7, 2007

Revisiting Aden Abdulle Osman, in search of where the decay ever started

Genocide Alert: Ethiopian army decimating the Somali Ogadeni population Warlord Meles kills thousands of Somalis & then says errors were made A lesson for AU Konare - planting devils will not yield stability Kenyan Muslims denounce renditions

May 1 - 7, 2007

More and more, the international community is becoming aware of the colonialist nature of the Ethiopian regime headed by a poorly educated man with delusions of greatness!

Ethiopia accused of torture, Makhtal tortured, Toronto Star Ethiopia tops press freedom offender list, UPI Sweden demands release of prisoners (kidnapped and held by Ethiopia) Sweden sharpens tone against Ethiopia over captives, Xinhua Human rights group condemns Kenya's decision to close Somali border, AP

500 Somalis kidnapped and illegally held in Ethiopian prisons Human rights rapporterus denounce deadly conflict in Mogadishu Yusuf and Gedi heading nothing less than a criminal enterprise called TFG How the war in Somalia could spread, Toronto Star America's renditions are a mockery of human rights, The Nation International community responsible for lawlessness & slaughter in Somalia.

A dozen UN experts jointly express deep concern over casualties in Mog

Security Council conspires with the Ethiopian invaders on one hand and sheds crocodile tears for the rising civilian deaths in Somalia

The song of distraction cannot hide the truth, Shabait.com Beginning - ferro e fuoco in Baidoa - Gedi bodyguard kills 1 person

Militarization of Africa - SADC to launch military brigade in 3 months, DN Armed robbery intensifies in Southern Somalia, Shabelle

Genocide Alert in the Ogaden! Ethiopian troops are killing & arresting the native Somali population

Ethiopian colonialists detain hundreds of Somalis in the Ogaden Ethiopian colonial regime detain 57 civilians in the Ogaden Ethiopian colonial regime killing &arresting Somali population in the Ogaden China's risky venture in resource-rich Africa, IHT Asia must ensure energy race does not lead to colonial adventures

My dear Lord David Triesman, you owe the native Somali population in the Ogaden a big apology, because it was your gov't who handed over the Ogaden to the Ethiopian colonialists half a century ago because Ethiopia was rued by a Christian monarchy while the Somalis were Moslem!

"Minii la yaabo, Yaasiinka!" Mentally disturbed Dheere on Mogadishu - no worse calamity could have befallen on the population - see what his thugs did to the native population in Giohar - the long awaited dance of the fat old lady has begun!-

Return of the warlords, Guardian Butcher Dheere - mayor of nowhere - who elected you in the first place?

Associated Press writer Salad Dhuhul misrepresents & glorifies the Butcher of Giohar, aka Dheere, where even weddings could not take place without his permission, not to mention the land and property seizures

Butcher Dheere unveils his fascist plan

The anti-colonial war in Southern Somalia

Fascist bill over a suffering population Ugandan mercenary commander cautions against calling Somalia victory Divided Mogadishu residents suffer in silence, EAS Ethiopia faces "Iraq situation" in Somalia, EAS

Gun battle kills 3 in Afgoi - the beginning of the Dhowoy land seizures to be distributed to the pro-colonial forces and the Ethiopian generals

NFD - Somali territory under colonial military regime for half a century

Kenya orchestrating the clan wars in the NFD Kenya udating its colonial records in the NFD

Puntland

Clan militia reportedly hijack 3 vessels in Puntland, Shabelle Puntland welcomes the betrayal of the pro-colonialists in Mogadishu

Djibouti

World Bank $2m for Ghelle for remaining silent while the South is on the iron

Ethiopia

Ethiopia hinting to blackmail Egypt with Nile water if it does not back off

Chinese ZTE and Ethiopia sign $200 million telecommunication contract, SC South Korea paying back Ethiopian solidarity in 1956 war

Tanzania

Tanzania to train fascist troops, making Somalia a cleint Tanzanian police detain 42 Somali, Ethiopian refugees, violating int'l law Tanzania arresting Ethiopian refugees, on behalf of Meles Tanzanian court fines Ethiopian refugees in violation of int'l law

April 24 - 30, 2007

Somalia descends again into anarchy, courtesy of the UN, AU, and IGAD EU writes to Yusuf on one hand, and feeds him with the other hand

Chaos radiate from Mogadishu to engulf region Eritrea will not endorse invasion of Somalia, Shabait Eritrean president accuses Kenya of extraditing citizens as POWs, Shabait Call to salvage Somalia from the barbarians Africa silently becomes a UN colony, "which is a good thing", EAS Ethiopia opened a Guantanamo-like prison near Addis Ababa Butcher after butcher, Gedi, Yusuf, Dheere, Qeybdiid, .... Ethiopian opposition calls for withdrawal from Somalia, Reporter

Good news for Gedi, the Pinnochet of Somalia, aka the Trojan Horse - Western diplomats dismiss victory claims in Mogadishu

Corruption Time

Lack of funding threatens Uganda mercenary mission in Somalia AU lacks funding to maintain Somalia invasion

US Africa Command

US still holding consultations on new Africa command, Radio France Intl US military's Africa command will help African chieftains Pentagon: Africans misunderstood plan for new military command, AP Africa: Next US oil war venue, Black Star News

Ethiopian crimes against the population of Somalia

Fighting brings fresh misery to Somalia, Daily Telegraph Looting mercenary troops prey on Somali refugees, forced to pay the shade

Looting abounds as Somalis clear dead from roads, DPA Ethiopians kidnapping Mogadishu residents, looting, Goobjoog

Up to 400,000 flee Ethiopian shelling of Mogadishu Ethiopians launch new attacks in Mogadishu Thousands flee, hundreds killed in Mogadishu, Guardian UNICEF condemns mortar attack on hospital, UN News Service Ethiopian artillery shell hospital, killing 20 patients Militia takes over Kisimayo, Shabelle

Rewarding the Ethiopian colonialists for invading and occupying Somalia

Ethiopia gets 100 million dollar World Bank funding EU donates 8 million Euros for removing landmines

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial & military regime

Eyewitness account of ONLF attack on illegal oil ONLF attack on illegal oil company ONLF warns off of oil foreign companies ONLF kills 75 involved in illegal oil work in Ogaden Blood for oil in the Horn of Africa, Salon Energy hungry Beijing suffers backlash in the Ogaden China "go out policy" means trouble, South China Morning Post Ogaden war scares supporters of Ethiopian colonialism Foreigners exploring for oil face consequences, ONLF Ethiopian colonial forces detain and torture Somali civilians in the Ogaden

Ethiopia

Tigrinya taking  Oromo land in Addis Ababa 3 Ethiopian generals stripped off of their ranks Ethiopian ministry of defense starts manufacturing military hardware, Report

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial & military regime

Kenya instigating clan wars in the NFD

Kenya

Kenya security minister meets US officials on Somalia, The Nation Kenyan Muslim leaders call for opening of Somali border, Daily Nation Kenyan colonialists support Ethiopian invasion and occupation of Somalia

Puntland and Yemen rulers - killers of refugees!

Another 20 refugees killed on the high seas by criminals hiding in Puntland

Somaliland

Somaliland, Puntland preparing for all out war, Somalinet

Yemen

500 Somalis in Yemen seek resettlement in third country, IRIN

April 17 - 23, 2007

Security Council remains silent on Ethiopian violations to import poisonous weapons from North Korea  in defiance of existing UN sanctions

Situation in Somalia worsening due to external interference, Shabait Meles  opened Guantanmo Bay-lCike prison in Ethiopia Immediate & unconditional withdrawal of Ethiopian mercenaries frm Somalia

Egyptian radio urges Ethiopian withdrawl from Somalia IGAD 19th century chieftains side with the killers of the Somali population AU chieftains shed crocodile tears over the war in Somalia

UN aid agencies ask for more funds for Somali crisis - an organization where one group sets up the wars while the other group makes a living out of if

Ethiopian and Kenyan extra-ordinary rendition - another name for 19th century Ethiopian slave traders in East Africa

Kenyan extra-ordinary rendition of Somalis New Jersey man (Meshel) kidnapped and held in Ethiopian jail Canadian (Bashir Makhtal)  kidnapped and held in Ethiopian jail RSF fears for the safety of kidnapped Eritrean journalists in Ethiopian jail Ethiopian mercenaries rape Somali women

The anti-colonial war in Southern Somalia

Some 10, 000 Ethiopian mercenaries killed in Somalia,OLF

Hundreds of Ethiopian mercenaries in Somalia defect to Yemen, Goobjoog Scores of Ethiopian mercenaries flee Somalia to Yemen Yusuf hideout in Mogadishu shelled Somali suicide bomber strikes Ethiopian army camp Car explosion devastates Ethiopian base in Mogadishu Ethiopian mercenary army truck destroyed by insurgent blast Mogadishu roads barricaded by fighters from the resistance Ethiopia and its stooges shell Mogadishu residential areas Ethiopian army sends reinforcements to Somali capital, Al-Sharqa al_Awsat Pro-colonialists impose curfew on Baidoa Governo della malavita

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial & military regime

Ethiopian colonialists tendering 2 oil blocks out of the 20 blocks in the Ogaden - the sharks include Petronas, Pexco, South West Energy, Lundin, and Global Oil and Energy Limited

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial & military regime

Kenya instigating clan wars in the NFD

Puntland and Yemen rulers - killers of refugees!

More refugees robbed and killed by criminals in Puntland and Yemen Puntland and Yemen responsible for the killing of another 130 refugees They killed  62 more Southern refugees in the high seas

Somaliland

Editorial faults US policy on Somalia "words have consequences, the sooner US officials know that, the better" Somaliland Times

Djibouti

India indebts not Djibouti but Ismail Ghelle

Kenya

Kenya, US discuss role of new military command for Africa Another 5,000 Kenyan refugees cross over to Uganda

East Africa

Regional growth declines because of corrupt 19th century chieftains, busy at lining up their pockets while serving former colonial powers

Nigeria

Nigeria delays plan to send mercenaries to Somalia

April 10 - 16, 2007

Ali Mahdi charged with the killing of 98 Galgalle civilians Swedish teenager held in Ethiopia says she was detained in US led operatio Canadian may be among detainees in Ethiopia, National Post US allowing Ethiopia - North Korea arms deal a mistake, Yonhap Arrogant US ignores rules, Yonhap

These Tigrayns are not sophisticated at all! Sudan admits border tension with Ethiopia, Al-Sharq-al_Awsat AU mired in Somalia and Darfur as a result of flawed policies Rights group blasts "rendition" of Somalia, Reuters Puntland and Somaliland feuds dismembering Somalia Ransom paid for hijacked ship, Lloyd's List

As if Somalia was its storage facility, IGAD plans congress in Somalia but before anything it must pay compensation for aiding and abetting war criminals in the genocide against the Somali population

The plight of the Somali population

Yemen: More than 15,000 Somali refugees live in squalid condition, the Yemeni gov't feeds its army and police with the food rations provided by the UNHCR to the Somali refugees

Courtesy of the UN, AU and IGAD for their flawed policies in the service of former colonial powers  - 124,000 have fled Mogadishu in past 2 months

Somalia: Country torn apart by clan rivalry, Business Day Uganda detains 53 Somalis at Entebbe for no reason

The anti-colonial war in Southern Somalia

Ethiopia amassing troops in Mogadishu Ethiopia and Somali stooges deny EU report on Mogadishu genocide Gedi and Yusuf deny report on genocide ONLF denounces Ethiopian war crimes in Somalia Fierce fighting renews in the capital, Shabelle Somali Journalist Union demand immediate release of journalists Fascists arrest TV crew and ban public events More than 1,000 (Somalis) killed in attack on Mogadishu, DPA

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial & military regime

ONLF in huge victory over the colonial Ethiopian troops OLF kills 11 (Ethiopian) government soldiers in northwest,

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial & military regime

NFD in Kenyan colonial elections

Puntland

Canmex on Nogaal and Daroor oil project

Puntland - it is a misrepresentation to call them smugglers - these are cowards who are fighting the Somali civil war in the high seas, killing and drowning helpless & unfortunate refugees belonging to southern clans!

Three dozen refugees drowned, UN Somali refugees drowning increase, 34 more drowned, UN Up to 100 Somalis, Ethiopian drowned, UN 29 drowned, UNHCR horrified, UNHCR Gulf of Aden smuggling, UNHCR

Somaliland

Somaliland weekly advises Ethiopia to withdraw from Somalia, ST Business as usual - only certain clans have the right to form political parties

Djibouti

DC World draws a line between Djibouti and Ethiopia

Cuban delegation in Djibouti, ADI

Ethiopia - a history of slavery, colonialism, and human rights violations

Ethiopia: a long history of human rights abuses Ethiopia - an outlaw state in the Horn

Kenya

Kenya keen to make more money out of the tragedy of the Somali people Kenya buying helicopters to fight anti-colonial liberation movements

March 27 - April 9, 2007

War crimes committed in Somalia

War criminal Yusuf calls for revenge of Mogadishu Hawiya clan

Gedi and Yusuf determined to reduce Mogadishu to a cemetry Europe investigating war crimes claims in Somalia, Int'l Herald Tribune Somali battles bring claims of war crimes, New York Times EU says war crimes may have been committed in Somalia Canada, Sweden, Eritrea seek information on detainees in Ethiopia Canada pushes access to detainee, Toronto Star UNHCR underestimating the number of civilians killed in Somalia People fleeing war secretly detained, Human Rights Watch Fighting in Somalia forces thousands to flee, FT Stop rights abuse, slavery way, Monitor Eritrea holds Kenya responsible for renditioning its citizens to Ethiopia

New power allow US immigration to pursue alleged human  rights violators living in the US - past and present - use it!

Norway calls for withdrawal of foreign troops from Somalia Foreign troops in Somalia complicate matters, Norway Isaias: So-called deployment of troops, a trap, Shabait Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of fabricating lies to wage war, Shabait A victim of dependency and expectations, Gulf News Opening the gates of hell What peace are they keeping? Nation Christianity for Bay, Catholic Information Service

Yemen becomes 4th Arab country to ratify ICC statute - but slavery of captured Somalis in chains continues to fluourish in the Jezzan Valley

American faces Prisoner of War hearing in Ethiopia - who fought who?

UN to send peace keeping operations "experts" to Africa, good at instigating civil wars and supporting 19th century chieftains Second Somali Government created in Eritrea, Reporter

For the buck, crooks of Africa unite!

Burundi: Tutsi mercenaries rethinking the dangers of the Somalia invasion "here could be terrorist cells in Somalia" Uganda army chief, Kenya TV Using the Koran to make money, nothing holy and nothing Koranic radio

Genocide Alert again in Mogadishu and in other parts of the country!

Yusuf and Gedi setting up another genocide in Mogadishu What is Ethiopia telling Somaliland about the upcoming genocide? Ethiopian forces arrive in Puntland, Garowe online Somaliland receives EU delegation - stay away or look the other side?

Rewarding Ethiopia for the invasion of Somalia

World Bank, Ethiopia sign 30 million US dollar grant agreement, ENA

The anti-colonial war in Southern Somalia

Eritrea insists on Uganda pullout from Somalia EU Solana sheds crocodile tears while supporting fascism in Somalia

Eritrea rejects Uganda plea, New Vision US Senator Inhofe supports Ethiopian aggression of Somalia Bodies of Ethiopian mercenaries decomposing in Mogadishu streets, Waga Bodies lie in streets as battles rage in Mogadishu for fourth day, Reuters

UN - :"End suffering" over 100,00 displaced but accept fascism - an organization whose right hand does not know what the left hand is doing!

Somalia fighting worst in 15 years, Independent Violence rocks Mogadishu, Toronto Star Ethiopian mercenaries shell markets to cause maximum death Belarus warns air companies against flying over Somalia, Ukraine News Ag Explosion rocks Ethiopian army base, Shabelle Group vows to launch war against foreign forces in Somalia, Al-Jazeera

Puntland in signs of fascism

Puntland arrests 120 Somalis expelled from Saudi Arabia, Shabelle Ambassador of nobody insults Somali victims of the Ethiopian genocide

Adde Muse must stop instigating trouble in the south Puntland accused of clan separation At least, 100 Somalis or Ethiopians dead or missing off Yemen, AFX Southern Somalia residents demand release of men arrested in Puntland Puntland asked to release Southern boys, Shabelle

Horrific death of refugees caused by vestiges of 19th century slave traders, veterans fighting the Somali civil war, and corrupt local and UNHCR staff Instead, Puntland must be told to close the refugee camps in Bossasso Range Resources to acquire 49.9 percent of oil project Cammex on Daroor and Nogaal oil

Ethiopia

Ethiopia mending its western border with Sudan Afar freedom fighters demand recognition of their rights before releasing .. Europe sees only the Ethiopian side of the Afar question US envoy calls for immediate release of kidnapped Ethiopians, ENA

Justice delayed is justice denied - opposition trial adjourned again Opposition parties oppose Commission's report on the uprising in Ethiopia

Gambela - Territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

Petronas Carigali, the man behind the Gambela oil, dies in Addis Ababa

Uganda

Uganda broke, cannot even get jet fuel for its airlines Raiders of children cannot bring peace to Somalia

Kenya

Kenya senior officer "I was misled about deportations" Muslim leaders demand government statement on killing of Moslems Kenya buying helicopters to fight freedom fighters Kenya denies entry to 7,000 Somali refugees Kenya intensifies persecution of Somalis in their NFD territory Kenya illegally arrests 13 Somali citizens in the NFD Kibaki first messes up Somalia then goes to Arabs for help on Somalia

Egypt

Egypt refuses UN request to help sway Sudan leader - the days of using Africans to catch Africans are coming to an end

March 20 - 26, 2007

Slipping backwards, an insurgency in the making, Economist External intervention will not help, EU Uganda, finally some truth from the horse, a chance to live off Somalia

Meles the parrot - "Horn of Africa, much safer now"

New Jersey man who fled Somalia ends up in an Ethiopian jail, NYT Anger at US rendition of refugees who fled Somalia, Independent US protests over deported man, Daily Monitor In signs of fascism, Al-Jazeera protests closure of Mogadishu office

Mogadishu street violence, sign of deeper insurgency, Reuters Kenya extraordinary rendition on over 100 Somalis to Ethiopia and Somalia Somalia coverage, only half the story, Toronto Star Invading a nation, and taking its citizens as prisoners of war, strange!

US trains African chieftains, not peeacekeepers

US war on terror, sectarian conflicts threaten minorities, DPA Terrorism war guise for minority crackdown, Reuters

Irony - clan chauvinists in Mogadishu seek the human rights they denied their fellow citizens, gentlemen, time for redemption (Hawiya Press Release)

Aftwerke to Musalini (of Uganda) - get out or else have fun with Vietnam

Aftwerke to Musalini (of Uganda) - see the colonial history behind the  Ethiopian invasion and the plight of the Somali population

Another delay in trial of former NSU professor, Virginia Pilot On colonialism and prosperity, Financial Mail

The anti-colonial war in Southern Somalia

Wounded increase to 300, clashes continue, DPA

Genocide Alert - Musalini of Uganda wants to do it the Congo way!

Genocide Alert - AU mission in Somalia calls for fast deployment of troops All crew members of shot down II-76 are Byelorussians, TASS 5 injured after grenade attack in Kisimayo Mogadishu clan elders vow to continue fighting, Shabelle Heavy defeat endured by Ethiopian mercenaries in Somalia Over 70 Ethiopian mercenaries killed in Mogadishu fighting

34 said killed, 92 wounded in Somali fighting, IRIN

Ethiopian helicopters terrorizing Mogadishu residents Unwanted Yusuf guarded by Ugandan mercenaries Striking against illegal taxes, Mogadishu public transport drivers Somali man sets fire to UN-chartered plane at Uganda airport, Daily Mirror Dying for a colonialist and for a dictator - Is it worth?

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

Information on Lundin, the oil company after Ogadeni oil

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime

Kenya oil search Kenya persecuting the native population with "illegal arms campaign" Kenya after NFD and Mombasa oil and gas

Puntland

28 refugees thrown from the boat by criminals in Puntland Asphyxiation, beating, and drowning of 28 refugees Puntland admits 10 soldiers killed in Central Somalia fighting, Shabelle

Eritrea

Eritrea says it has right for alternative ways to resolve border raw, Shabait Eritrea expels UN mine clearance chief for violation of regulations, UN 6 Ethiopian soldiers seek asylum here, Shabait

Ethiopia

Ethiopia determined to mislead the international community by presenting the Somali population as clans, while Ethiopia would come out as a nation!

Afar: TPLF the most repressive regime in the history of the feudal statr Afar rebel group struggling for rights 1956 Korea War - S. Korea pays back Ethiopia with free Jimma airport design Ethiopian political prostitution Inventing illegal laws to disinherit native populations Ethiopia enlisting demobilized soldiers, Shabait

Kenya

Where there is no law and no angels in sight - Ethiopian troops seize 6 Somalis from Belet Hawa inside Kenya

Saudi Arabia

After half a century of enslavement, new laws to regulate maid enslavement

Kuwait

Kuwait bans import of live sheep from Somalia (pay the middlemen)

March 6 - 19, 2007

Africa's new Mobutu Washington and London turn blind eyes to Musalini's transgressions, BSN

Media ignores genocide in Uganda, Okello Bunia UPDF's role in mission now in doubt, East African America's friend, Uganda, Economist TPLF regime''s desperate "Eritrea and terrorism ploy", Shabait Courtesy of the UN, AU, and IGAD - up to 40,000 civilians flee Mogadishu Eritrea commentary urges Uganda to leave Somalia immediately, Shabait Ethiopia, a troubled country, Sam Marsden Cookie time - soliciting corruption money to buy backward clan "elders" Growing insurgency and political intrigue feed fears of renewed chaos, AP AU conspiracy - defeat the ICU, bring the ICU back Regional background behind kidnapping of Britons in Ethiopia Horn: Territorial conflict ... has led to wars and bitterns, Daily Telegraph

Genocide Alert - Yusuf asks the Ethiopian occupation forces to stay in  Somalia so that he may use them to crush certain clans

A lesson for the chameleon - meeting with the Ethiopian occupation forces, and complaining about them is also counter-productive

A lesson for the chameleon - going back and forth to hold talks with the Ethiopian occupation forces is too early

Arrested journalist held without charge, denied legal access, CPJ Journalists kicked out of Mogadishu airport 4 reporters assaulted, another detained by pro-colonial forces More reporters tortured in Mogadishu, Shabelle Uganda mercenaries human rights record horrendous The Somali quicksand, Daily Trust US report criticizes Ethiopia for human rights violations Yusuf building a dynasty, back to Siyadism

The anti-colonial war in Southern Somalia

Insurgents seize southern town of Badhaadhe, Ruunkinet Pro-colonial forces adopt shoot-on-sight policy Pro-colonial forces to kill suspects Explosion in Somalia kills six, DPA Pro-colonial forces kill 4 militias in the outskirts of Mogadishu Wounded UPDF mercenaries back to where they came from Belarus says aircraft carrying Uganda mercenaries was shelled Ethiopian canon attacks kill 16 in Mogadishu 3 Shabelle staff beaten by Ethiopian mercenaries Insurgents and Ethiopian mercenaries clash in Mogadishu Ethiopian mercenaries accused of rape and torture Fascists ban demonstration in Kisimayo

Emperor Meles feeling great over the invasion and occupation of Somalia AU troops ambushed in Mogadishu 11 killed in Mogadishu, Shabelle Somali Islamic Courts call for jihad, Al-Jazeera African mercenaries in Somalia facing popular resistance

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime

Kenya marketing oil & gas from the NFD and the Muslim State of Mombasa

Puntland

Canmex issuing oil shares

Somaliland

Awkward move, Somaliland bans commercial flights from the rest of Somalia

Djibouti

Police confiscate rights leader's passport, Radio France International

Ethiopia

Ethiopia stealing Gambella oil Depressed among the Danakil, Economist TPLF Colonial state tax may be behind kidnapping of Britons Houses of slave trade, still a reality Ethiopian rebels kill 19 in north, Ethiopian Peoples Patriotic Front Ethiopia fooling Jamaicans with false history

Kenya

Muslims threaten to disrupt race over deportations, Nation

February 27 - March 5, 2007

Sultan Hure Human Rights Focus letter to British PM Tony Blair: "Our concern with treating as guest a warlord in Britain" SHHRF

"Walaac aan ka qabno in Britain soo dhaweyso dagaal ooge" SHHRF

Haitian colonel and member of the High Command ordered to pay $4.3 million for human rights abuses, Centre for Justice and Accountability

British naturalized citizens, former generals of the defunct fascist state of Siyad Barre, accused of war crimes committed recently inside Somalia

Meles book, Il Duce! We have been there before! 5 Britons kidnapped in Ethiopia's land of death, Independent UN: Bullying a nation into submission and calling it "best chance" in years Eritrea blames "mistaken" US policies for crises in Somalia, Shabait Somali hijack sparks anarchy fear, Lloyd's List Back to square one in Somalia, Mideast Mirror Ethiopian opposition urge government to withdraw troops from Somalia US forces on terrorism proving "disastrous" for Horn, East African

US Treasury impedes Ethiopia-Sudan transactions, Addis Fortune

Time for Sheriff Sheikh Ahmed to shut up!

The anti-colonial war in Southern Somalia

Mortar fire hits Mogadishu seaport, Reuters Mortars hit Somali capital, wounding 6, AP Fascists drop body of tortured dead man near Mogadishu seaport Blast hit Somalia capital Mogadishu, Reuters Musalini"AU troops will not impose peace, (they will crush the opposition)" Ugandan mercenaries in talks with warlords Gathering 3,000 paid clan elders cannot legitimize an illegal occupation Who in the ICU is talking to Musaveni? Ethiopian flags said hoisted in Mogadishu, HornAfrik Angry Somalis destroy "Ethiopian flags" hoisted in Mogadishu, Shabelle About 3,500 additional Ethiopian troops reportedly arrive in Somalia, NetRa Thousands of fresh Ethiopian troops to settle camps closer to Mogadishu Fascist laws imposed in Somalia Ethiopia courting Ghana to legitimize its invasion and occupation of Somalia

Rewarding Ethiopia for the invasion and occupation of Somalia

Ethiopia, UN sign $754 million grant agreement, ENA Germany, Italy eye Addis Ababa trade fair to enhance ties, Daily Monitor Ethiopia, Italy business relationship promising

AU and UN campaign to send mercenaries to Somalia

Cookie time - AU seeking urgent funding for the invasion of Somalia 1,500 Uganda mercenaries sent to Somalia Musaveni using Somalia to get out of debt - country's debt drops to $1bn Sorry Burundi, no moneys left, share with your puddy, Musalini

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

Meles holds talks with Swedish official (over Ogadeni oil)

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime

China selling off NFD oil rights, illegally given to them by Kibaki

Hunger, product of half a century of Kenyan colonial and military regime Origin (oil company) on oil and gas in the NFD

Ethiopia

British embassy staff abducted in Ethiopia, UPI Background to Ethiopia's Afar rebels, BBC Shaabiya popular movement persecuted Oromo rebels claim military encounter with government troops in east Oromo rebels claim killing 5 government soldiers in East, OLF Sudanese police evict Ethiopian asylum seekers from UN office in Khartoum Malawi police intercept vehicle trafficking 46 Ethiopian refugees, MBCRadio Waiting Falah Mura languish in squalor, IRIN Unable to travel abroad for war crimes charges, Meles sends Girma to US

Kenya

Ki-Sawahili cultural expansionism

February 20 - 26, 2007

Statement of US Senator Russ Feingold on Somalia Full text of Somali insurgent statement warning African troops to Somalia

Enough is enough for the Somali people, Jibril Ibrahim Violence, once again, a Somali status quo, International Herald Tribune Somalia on the brink of total collapse, International Herald Tribune The New Somalia, A grimly familiar rerun of chaos, New York Times African Union force in Somalia doomed to fail, New Vision Africa: US seeks greater influence in the New Scramble, The Nation France watches Africa slip from its grasp, Sunday Telegraph Would an American military base work for Uganda? New Vision

The anti-colonial war in Southern Somalia

Heavy fighting breaks out in Mogadishu, 3 dead, Reuters Insurgents threaten suicide attacks against incoming AU mercenaries Shelling on Ethiopians kills 4 and wounds 5, Somali NetRadio Armed men attack pro-colonialists and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu Mortars hit Mogadishu International Airport Two Mbigathi officials assassinated in Mogadishu Pro-colonialists, Ethiopian forces abduct prominent clerics from homes Artillery kills 10, wounds 50, Cameroon Tribune Exodus from Mogadishu, Shabelle Mortar blasts rock Mogadishu, Reuters Mogadishu mortar exchanges wound 42, Shabelle 10 killed in mortar, rocket fire, Shabelle

Fascist unit formed in Somalia Fascists order broadcasters to censor their coverage Fascists ban media reports of displacement, mortar, and rocket fire

Warlords rearm in Mogadishu, Shabelle Vigilantes hired in Mogadishu, UPI Somalis in UK stage protests against Yusuf visit to the UK, Qaadisiya Armed robbery intensifies in South, Central Region, Shabelle

AU and UN campaign to send mercenaries to Somalia

Ugandan Minister of Defense arrives in Mogadishu, HornAfrik

850 Nigerian mercenaries expected to be deployed to Somalia

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

Ogadeni oil/gas up for grabs, tenders invited

Djibouti

Djibouti, Iceland firm sign agreement on geothermal energy production, ADI

Somaliland

Some 43 people die in alleged tribal wars Warring clans, Radio Hargeysa

Eritrea

Eritrea celebrates amidst fears of Ethiopian attack, Turkish Daily News 5 Ethiopian soldiers seeks asylum in Eritrea, Shabait

Ethiopia

Kisimayo completely under Ethiopian colonial military regime Playing the virgin, Ethiopia denies it allowed the US to stage attacks Chief warlord Meles, US intelligence team discuss Somalia

Kenya

Kenya accused of discrimination against its Moslem population

South Africa

Cabinet condemns violence against Somalis, allAfrica.com

February 12 - 19, 2007

Trial against former Haitian colonel for murder, extrajudicial killing, CJA

Africa scramble, Business Day Ethiopia determined to dismember Somalia US extends shaky hand to Africa, Camberra Times South Africa: Gov't hints at deal on new mercenary law, Business Day Human rights expert concerned about threats to the media in Somalia, UN UN rights expert calls for release of journalists, end of threat to the media UN panel close to framing law on state aggression, UN Ayaan Hirsi, product of a colonial sub-culture Mayor of nowhere, who elected him in the first place?

Gedi begging France for financial support, to be followed by "this is mine, and this is yours." How long will these masters of deceit continue to succeed in lying to the international community?

CSIS defends watching mosques, National Post USA to hold talks with Kenya on establishment of new command, DN Marines, Djibutians train side by side in image nautilus Military command will worsen Africa's problems, Business Daily New US military command reflects Africa's growing importance

The anti-colonial war in Southern Somalia

Victims of Ethiopian crimes, Goobjoog Dahir Makhtal, son of Somali hero Makhtal Dahir, renditioned to Ethiopia Gedi seeks Jordan to train fascist police Militia frees south central town from pro-colonialists Four killed in Mogadishu car explosion - witnesses, Reuters Militia attack military positions in Mogadishu, HornAfrik Main Mogadishu port comes under attack, Qaadisiya Security situation in Mogadishu continues to worsen, Shabelle Over 50,000 Somalis displaced to seek asylum in Ethiopia Displaced people leaving capital in face of violence, UN One person dies after mortars explode in Mogadishu, Shabelle Mortar bombs in Mogadishu kill 3, Shabelle Mogadishu again lives in fear, IRIN Kenya illegally detaining Somali citizens Living in constant danger, IRIN Food shortages in the South as insecurity increases, IRIN Clan chauvinist, Ulusso, attacked for collaborating with Ethiopia

AU and UN campaign to send mercenaries to Somalia

Burunid to send 2 mercenary battalions to Somalia

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime for over half a century

Ethiopia to tender Ogadeni gas Ogadeni resources up for sale

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime for over half a century

Wajir to become 4th International Airport to spearhead Kenyan colonialism

Puntland

Suleiman Hassan, victime of Gen. Adde Musse Hirsi Mother & father thrown from the boat & drowned together with over 100 refugees by criminals based in Puntland

At least 30 people drowned, Al-Jazeera Refugees speak out in Yemen, IRIN Death toll climbs to 107, DPA 117 forced into sea and drowned, Toronto Star

Puntland to start drilling oil, Radio Banadir

Djibouti

Ismail Ghelle would do better to talk about the weather

Somaliland

Riyale, old guard of Siad Barre, accused of "persistent violations" of law

Ethiopia

In libel case, Ghelle believes, "la jiifiya banaan, la joojiya banaan"

Chief warlord Meles Zenawi planning to invade Eritrea Cause for alarm - Turkey around the corner!

Kenya

Kenyatta family plea rejected, they owe Ksh 80 million UN Environmental Agency to be moved from Nairobi due to its corruption Tiomin halts mining due to popular resistence Thousands displaced in land clashes, IRIN

Nigeria

Nigerians fighting over pensions in 1941 invasion of Somalia

February 6 - 11  2007

Southern Somalia

US moves in on Africa, Guardian A peace agenda acceptable to all is fundamental, Cameron Tribune Ethiopia reportedly planning to execute Somali prisoners, Qaadisiya Somali prisoners reportedly airlifted by Ethiopia said to be 39, Qaadisiya Continuing US bombardment causes misery in Southern Somali Island, HA Dialogue while Somalia is under occupation dommed, Shabait Ugandan rebels hire legal team to represent them at Hague War Criminals German foreign ministry funded DBG and Caritas in Buale US to create a single command for military operations in Africa, NYT Rumors to relocate the UNDP from the Kenyan corruption to a cleaner place

Yusuf scared big time Nearly 1,000 pro-colonial tribal militias trained in Kisimayo area Emperor Meles orders Ayr clan elders to come to the palace in Addis Pro-colonialists launch Kenya controlled passports

The anti-colonial war in Somalia

Bomb attack kills 4 at pro-colonial ceremony Rockets kill 2 in Mogadishu Gun battle south of Mogadishu Mortar fire on square in Somali capital Militias strike Yusuf residence in Somali capital, DPA Fascists ask Yemen to provide information on Islamists As in the colonial days, fascist governors arrest elders At least six rockets fired at sea port, Shabelle Heavy fighting erupts in Central Region, shabelle Puntland troops clash with militia in Central Somalia, Shabelle Mortars rain down on Mogadishu, Shabelle Pro-colonialist force shoot each other Insecurity rages in Merka, Southern Somalia, Shabelle Gunmen shoot dead pro-colonialist "colonel'

AU and UN campaign to send mercenaries to invade Somalia

AU releases funds for sending mercenaries to Somalia Mandate of Ugandan mercenaries to Somalia clarified Cheap Uganda gets only $12 million for sending mercenaries to Somalia Uganda gets Sh. 21 billion for sending mercenaries to Somalia UN pushes the AU to send mercenaries to Somalia Uganda paper calls Somalia hell on earth Opposition terms Somalia invasion "meaningless" UPDF mercenaries will die for the dollars in Somali mission

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime for over half a century

Insult to injury - blaming the native Somali population of the NFD for the underdevelopment of the territory after half a century of brutal Kenyan colonial and military regime

Puntland

Massacre of refugees crossing the Red Sea increases Deadly massacre of refugees from Puntland to Yemen Massacre and drowning of refugees crossing the Red Sea continues

Somaliland

Imprisoned journalists transferred to provincial jail Business as usual - paper accuses city state government of corruption Inmates in Somaliland begin fasting to protest, Shabelle

Kenya

In Kenya's capital, a sense that danger is ever stronger, New York Times

Tanzania

Tanzania offers to train the fascist forces Tanzania police harassing Somalis

Yemeni

Death of refugees increases Show - Dane, Yemeni charged with smuggling arms to Somalia, DPA

January 29 - February 5, 2007

Southern Somalia

What the US hopes to accomplish in the Horn of Africa, Virginian Pilot The quiet war in the Horn of Africa, The Virginian Pilot Somalis must decide for themselves, Sunday Times Mbeki blasts Blair for hypocrisy, Sunday Times Somalia: The calm before the storm, The Sunday Vision

Time for Sheikh Sheriff to shut up, and bury the dead, first and foremost! Mortar attacks in Somalia's capital kill at least 7, AP US says Somali Islamists regrouping outside country, Shabelle Islamic forces led by Aweys reportedly mobilize for "hit and run", Halgan Diaper wearing Yusuf wants to be forgiven for his crimes More demonstrations in Mogadishu and Belet Weyne Armed men shoot mercenary dead in Mogadishu Ethiopian mercenaries intercepting defecting native pro-colonial forces

AU and UN campaign to send mercenaries to invade Somalia

Ugandan mercenaries to Somalia to earn 5 times their wages Uganda: Ruling party MPs reject rapid deployment of army to Somalia Uganda: Ruling party block attempt to rush Somalia deployment, Monitor Namibian to seek cabinet approval before sending mercenaries to Somalia Malawi not sending mercenaries to Somalia, MBC Radio Ghana: Party cautions president against sending mercenaries to Somalia AU 21st century "slave catch slave" force on the cards African chieftains to set up a continental pro-colonial government

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime for over half a century

Ogaden rebels kill 45 colonial soldiers in southeast. Radio Freedom

Puntland Oil - A national resource, regional resource, or a clan resource?

Range Resources raises $38 million for sign-on fee, Sydney Morning Herald Smugglers to Yemen take new routes, where they can rob, kill and drwon

Kenya

Human rights groups attack arrests of Somalis, Reuters Rights group press for release of 4 year old, Nation Kenya: Police accused if rights abuse, Nation Kenyan Muslims threaten to hold mass protests, Capital FM Radio

Tanzania

Tanzania trying to make sure that Somalia never stands back up again.

January 23 - 28, 2007

Southern Somalia

Center for Strategic International Studies Conference on Somalia US crisis unit trained in Suffolk for Africa Piracy flags may fly once more in Somali waters What is Hassan Abshir telling the Sultan of Oman? EU Report - Iran and Somalia top foreign affairs ministry's agenda Mortars fired at Ethiopian mercenaries in Somalia Ethiopia pull out - nothing more than a public relations exercise

Ethiopian soldier exposes direct involvement of US mechanized force in Som

Ethiopian mercenaries torturing Somali citizens Two Mogadishu fascist police station hit Blasts rock Somali capital, Shabelle Gunmen attack Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia, killing 1, AP Mortar attack hits Yusuf residence Somalis urged to stand by Islamists in defense of country, Halgan.net Gunmen kill 5 in restive Somali capital, mortar attacks injure 4, AP Tribal clashes, three dead in Qansah Dheere Tribal wars restart in Central Region, Shabelle

AU and UN campaign to send mercenaries to invade Somalia

South Africa opts out to send mercenaries to Somalia Rwanda wise not to send mercenaries to Somalia Rwanda limits itself to training Mbigathi troops Uganda to send 1,500 mercenaries to Somalia Uganda ruling party approves sending mercenaries to invade Somalia AU Chieftains support Ethiopian invasion of Somalia AU meets to send mercenaries to Somalia to prop up the fascist regime

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime for over half a century

Makhtal arrested by Kenya, renditioned over to Ethiopian security services Photographs of Ethiopian officers and soldiers joining the OLF Ethiopian rebels condemn gov't action on Oromos in Somalia, Ogaden Onlin

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime for over half a century

Kenya might be exploring or drilling oil in Somali waters Kenya strengthens its colonial regime in the NFD

Puntland Oil - A national resource, regional resource, or a clan resource?

Cammex announces oil production sharing agreement, CCN Range Resources in $US50 million farm in deal with Puntland Range Resources signed a $US50 million oil deal Range Resources in oil production share deal Range Resources under heavy trading

Eritrea

President Isias's interview with Al-Jazeera Nine Ethiopian soldiers defect to Eritrea, Shabait.com

Egypt

Eastern Nile Basin countries agree on 99% water agreement terms, IPR Africa cornerstone of Egypt's foreign policy, IPR Egyptian - Kenyan relationship, IPR

January 17 - 22, 2007

What next? Somalia, Economist Streets of Mogadishu, Indepedent This time it is revenge, Economist Somali Islamists "preparing to renew the war", Al-Hayat Circles of fire, starring into Somalia's complex inferno, Business Day Mortars hit residence, Yusuf inside Kenya, Ethiopian army officials hold talks on joint security, Kenya Times

History must be repeating itself, another historic plunder, the UN an AU trying to impose a fascist regime on the population of Somalia,

Mbigathi seeking funds with which to suppress the Somali population Fragile reconciliation between the clans in Baidoa, ION

Sh. Hassan sacked, now they lost an important line of communication?

The Killing fields of Baidoa and Lower Juba Ethiopia pulling out, humiliated in the battlefield

Paid Yemeni misrepresents the facts Busy sharing the spoils, building dynasties, what a misery?

The dreaded NSS of the defunct fascist regime re-established in Mog

Deadly clashes in Mogadishu, AFX

Is Somalia heading towards deeper crisis? Gulf News

Bankrupt & indebted African nations begging for World Bank clemency Revival of 19th century chieftains, the new role of the AU

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial regime for over half century

Kenya strengthening its colonial posts in the Somali territory of the NFD

Djibouti

BMMI gets Djibouti contract, Dubai Photo Media

Ethiopia

Ethiopian troops withdraw, unable to sustain the mission, Meeting with Heads of States to explain its invasion of Somalia

Kenya

Kenya police arrest 30 Somali citizens along the colonial border

Now it is Mombasa time, Police put mosque under surveillance

UN MP abducted by Ethiopian soldiers still missing, Kenya fully involved in the invasion of Somalia

Uganda

Should the temperature rise, Uganda wants an exit strategy out of Somalia

Egypt

Conflicts in Somalia do not affect Egypt's water security

Oman

Hard ball: Oman bans African livestock, kick the Omanis out of Africa!

January 3 - 16, 2007

Southern Somalia

Somali dilemma US and China united in ..... Camberra Times Collapse of the uni-polar system, Middleeast Mirror Aims of US military intervention in Somalia, Al-Jazeera South African paper warns against intervention in Somalia, Business Day

Somalia will not forget this latest catastrophe, Independent

State of emergency in Somalia today = state of persecution and genocide Islamists say ready to wage long war against Ethiopian invaders

Unidentified gunmen stage hit and run attacks, AP Grenade attack on Mogadishu hotel, Shabelle 6 killed in gun battle, Shabelle

Possible UN Mission and AU troops to build upon the genocide to be left left behind by the Ethiopian invaders in Somalia -

A gift of God!  Lessons from Darfur - no matter how much extensive support, the AU receives, it annot sustain a mission more than 6 months

EU calls for UN mission in Somalia, European Report They call it a "historic opportunity" bullying a people into submission! German commentary sees no present scope for UN role in Somalia, DieZeit

US and Ethiopian attacks inside Somalia

The Pinochet of Somali, Gedi, delighted at the impact of Ethiopian air strikes in Somalia, as Ethiopia admits to aerial attacks

Amnesty International condemns air strikes, Nation Kenya coastal leaders protest "US" invasion of Somalia, Standard Ethiopia confirms carrying out air strikes in Somalia, DPA Blair backs US air strikes in Somalia "Many dead" after US air strikes in Somalia US strikes in Somalia, not helpful, EU Somali elders say about 100 killed in US, Ethiopian air strikes

Ogaden: Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

Lundiin announces exploration and development budget in 2007

Eritrea

Leader says US intervention to incur "dangerous consequences." Shabait

Ethiopia

Blair on mission to Ethiopia

Uganda

Uganda unable to pay for the logistics - it is milking time! FDC oppose deployment of Ugandan troops in Somalia, Monitor

December 25, 2006 - January 2, 2007

Southern Somalia

Anti-Ethiopian protests rock Somali capital, Reuters Meles, America's new puppet, Guardian Top opposition party says Somalia war cover up for repression in Ethiopia Violence without borders, Nation Invading Somalia is no recipe for stability, Ft Plundering into Somalia, yet again, ICH Hint of insurgency looms, NYT US, Chinese energy rivalry behind Somali fighting, Yeni Safak Specter of rival clans returns to Mogadishu, Ft Playing with fire: Ethiopian attacks on Somalia, Houston Chronicle This war in Africa should not be taking place, Independent Needless Somali war feeds Islamic militancy, Camberra Times UN escaping from responsibility in Somalia, ENA

Int'l grouping, including UN, talk about a strange historic opportunity for Somalia, as long as the Somalis accept the fascism - made in Nairobi

US seeks return to Mogadishu Deja Vu, all over again, militias set up roadblocks in Mogadishu, Ayr clan letter to Gedi, what do they want? Yusuf nominates cousin Koshin as Ambassador to the USA Meles "Clan chiefs invited Ethiopia to Mogadishu.", Al-Jazeera Gedi flushes Mogadishu with kangaroo and clan judges Gedi threatens with more genocide

Yusuf urges immediate deployment of foreign troops, so that he can crush any Somali who opposes his regime

US signals support for Ethiopian attacks on Somalis Meles admits killing over 1,000 Somalis, AFP

AU calls for Ethiopian troops to pull out of Somalia Arab League urges Ethiopia to withdraw, Kenya: Four MPs condemn attack on Somalia Kenya MPs warn of Iraq-like situation in Somalia Kenya MPs back the dismemberment of Somalia Hurreh, "Somalis can now chew some "khat" drugs."

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime

Oil exploration

Puntland

Oil - Range, Cammex get the go-ahead from Somalia Puntland denies killing Islamist prisoners, Shabelle

Kenya

Kenya arrests 2 Islamic MPs Kenya arrests 6 more for being Moslem

Brazilian firm in East Africa oil exploration, East African "Press freedom has deteriorated in Kenya" Media Watchdog

2003 Transitional Charter

(KSH5.7 million were spent on the drafting of this bankrupt document)

1960 Somali Constitution

May, 15, 1943, in memory of the 13 founders of the Somali Youth League, their vision of a united and prosperous Somalia, based on justice and democracy remains the firm aspiration of millions of Somalis.  Statement by Ali Shiddo on the occasion of May 15, 2006 (Courtesy of Hiraan)

An appeal to the Secretary General of the African Union: In response  to the ICG Report, Unionists of Northern Somalia, June 3, 2006. To provide some background, the ICG and some hostile circles within the AU, instruments of third party interests, proposed and support the breaking up of Northern Somalia from the Somali Republic.  As in 1949, when the UN denied the unification of the five Somali territories, now it is the AU which wants to finish the unfinished job of the UN, a step which will inevitably lead to the proliferation of more clan-based city states, potentially four other city states in Somaliland alone, clan wars, and to the final dismembering of Somalia.  The ICG should withdraw its hostility to Somali unity, and apologize to the Somali people..   

Matt Bryden hostile to Somali unity & hence to Somali independence

UK army forces said training Ugandan troops for Somali mission 1940s Britain handed over the Somali territory of the Ogaden to Ethiopia 1950s Britain handed the Somali territory - Haud & R. Area- to Ethiopia 1963  Britain handed over the Somali territory of the NFD to Kenya 1967  Britain handed over the Somali island of Socotra to Yemen 1990s British scholars instigating the dismemberment of Somalia 2006  Britain training and funding IGAD troops to invade Somalia As if half a century of colonialism was never sufficient for Britain to hurt the Somali people!  It just keeps doing on and on!  This is perverse!

UN Security Council Resolution 1725 foreign troops to Somalia UN Security Council Resolution 1724 on Somalia arms embargo

US Council on Foreign Relations: Proxy war in Somalia risks broaden regional conflict, warns report, CFR

4.  News on genocide, human rights violations, & colonialism in E. Africa

December 25, 2006  Somali Union

Ethiopian planes bomb Mogadishu Airport, Al-Jazeera

December 19 - 25, 2006  Somali Union

Southern Somalia

Ethiopia launches attack on Somalia, Al-Jazeera It is war with Ethiopia ICU closing in on Baidoa town, capturing Ethiopian troops, Goobjoog More Ethiopian troops deployed in south central Somalia war zone, Shabel ICU demands Ethiopian withdrawal as precondition to talks

Emp Meles lacks vision which will eventually get him into big time trouble Kenya rushing to recognize Somaliland before it becomes too late,

ICU claims capturing 13 Ethiopian soldiers

Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania delighted to see end to the century old colonial treaty on the use of the Nile waters but unwilling to scrap off the colonial treaties under which the Somali territories of the Ogaden and NFD were handed over respectively to Ethiopia and Kenya.

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

Palladex PLC - Directorate change Oil exploration in the south - final results Malaysian company in talks with Ethiopia on Ogadeni natural gas Oromia gold resources

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime

12 people killed and thousands of cattle raided in colonial NFD

Another ship docks in Mombasa for oil surveys, Nation Oil drilling report NFD oil exploration Global Petroleum oil drilling

Puntland

Oil - Strategic $1.5 million investment in Range Resources Five migrants beaten to death and thrown overboard, States News

Djibouti

Ismail Ghelle upset because accused of siding with Somalia

Unlike Eritrea, Ismail Ghelle signs 20 year port agreement with Ethiopia, no matter Ethiopian plans to annex parts of Southern Somalia

Ethiopia

Annual trade deficit widens 21 percent

US Embassy eliminates non immigrant visa issuance fees, Daily Monitor Lions eat 200 people from colonized territory in the south ADF grants $98 million loans for upgrading Jimma Mizan Road, DMonitor

Kenya

Alienated and poor tribes in northwest Kenya set to fight over livestock

Uganda

Lessons for Musaverni from Mengistu

Sudan

Sudan walks of AU meeting - time to form an alternative AU

December 12 - 18, 2006  Somali Union

Southern Somalia

US Council on Foreign Relations: Proxy war in Somalia risks broaden regional conflict, warns report, CFR

Coming storm in Somalia threatens regional war, Guardian French military instructors train Yusuf- - the colonialists are back! Eritrean presidents warns against the invasion of Somalia Looming Somali war menaces whole region - UN, Guardian ICU now able to announce a government, Shabelle Unknown gunmen kill 2 Daynuuney soldiers Gedi: "We are surrounded'" Yusuf beating the drums of war ICU vows "major attack" unless Ethiopians leave Somalia, AP ICU gives Ethiopia 7 days to pull out its troops from Somalia, Shabelle

Annan (UN Sec. General) part of the conspiracy to dismember Somalia Konare (AU Chairman) part of the conspiracy to dismember Somalia

In new colonial plan, Somalia wiped off the map of the world

Puntland

Massacre of refugees crossing the Red Sea continues Clashes between police and public in Bossasso Mosque, Puntland Post

Ethiopia

Ethiopia beating the drums of war with Somalia

Meles, a short and dangerous man, suffering from delusions of grandeur, if not stopped, will hurl the Horn into unbelievable destruction

Ethiopian people protest against TPLF invasion of Somalia, Shabait.com Ethiopian rebel group urge Europe, USA, to stop "appeasing" gov't

Five reasons behind which Ethiopia hides its colonial mission

Uganda

Uganda withdraws from the adventure into Somalia Paper lauds position not to deploy troops to Somalia, Monitor MPs back UPDF deployment (with one way ticket)

Yemen

The barbarians kill 2 other Somali refugees Two Somalis shot dead by Yemeni coast guards, DPA

South Africa

USA requests South Africa & Nigeria to provide troops to invade Somalia

Thabo Mbeki showing signs of similarity with the white apartheid regime which in 1949 considered Somalia of strategic importance to South Africa

China

China-Africa ties come under fresh scrutiny, Nation

December 6 - 11, 2006

Northern Somalis for Peace and Unity (NSPU) Conference stirs up a...

December 6 - 11, 2006

Southern Somalia

UN good at imposing fascist gov'ts on the Somali people, first in    1849  and now, contrary to the wishes and welfare of the Somali people

Gedi and Yusuf should be charged with treason right now! Gedi happy with foreign troops - for the record! Gedi literally an embarassment! Gedi seeks the support of another pro-colonial chieftain (Nigeria)

Somali Islamists vow to fight UN force Islamist fighters clash with Ethiopian backed militias South African NGO official says USA, Ethiopia behind Somali conflict Egypt calls for fresh democratic elections in Somalia

Arab League cautions USA against lifting Somali arms embargo Report links recent car bombing to Ethiopian army

Djibouti meeting - who promised who what? The rumbling rumors of war, Economist

Evicting land occupiers in Mogadishu, a good start!

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

Ethiopian propaganda: ONLF leader defects to the evil empire

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime

US marines "mystery mission" in the NFD raises eyebrows

Lamu residents querry hunt for petroleum Search for oil taken to 38 areas Oil exploration land disputes Lamu oil rush Lamu oil excitement

Ethiopia

Emperor Meles creating a religious war among poor people Emperor Meles selling the Somali invasion to German minister Emperor Meles selling the Somali invasion to Albright Eight soldiers opposed to Ethiopia's policy on Somalia defect to Eritrea

Uganda

Uganda mercenaries ready to deploy to Somalia UPDF mercenaries cleared for Somali intervention Defense minister lies about arms supplies to Daynuuney group

November 21 - December 5, 2006

Southern Somalia

UN Resolution 1724 - reconfirming arms embargo on Somalia

US seeks regional force to oppose Somali Islamists, National Post Islamists ambush Ethiopian truck inside Somalia Islamist and Ethiopian troops exchange mortar shells in Galkayo Galkayo  - "shimbir buubuub badan madaw aweeso ayaay ku dagta." The wars of perception, New York Times

Islamist leader accuses Ethiopia of attack, UPI Gedi to issue passports to a state that will have only subjects!

ICG warns of military intervention in Somalia - taking distance from the upcoming genocide notwithstanding the damaging reports of M. Bryden

Demonstration against Ethiopia, US takes place in Mogadishu Identical uniforms issued to Mbigathi, Ethiopian, & Ugandan mercenaries 6 Ethiopians killed in Somali ambush, New York Times Ethiopian deaths spark fears of devastating war, Independent

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

ONLF denies backing Islamists, ONLF ONLF moves to answer Mogadishu call to arms Malysian firm to try second oil exploration in Gambella Region

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime

Somali clan files law suit against Kenyan colonialists

Puntland

Adde Muse surrenders - Puntland to adopt Sharia Law!  Now he must publicly withdraw from the obscure deals with the oil companies!

Somalilsnd

Twenty people arrested for rioting over disused cement factory - the untouchables were allowed to take the scrap

Djibouti

Ethiopian Herald calls Djibouti a tiny but strategic (city state which must eventually be governed from Addis)

Djibouti denies backing Somali Islamists

Ethiopia

Ethiopian military planes land in Bay region Emperor Meles - lying about the Somali invasion

Ethiopian rebels reportedly destroy government forces in north

Kenya

What a nonsense - Kenya denies it accommodated Ethiopian & US troops

Uganda

Daynuuney reportedly admits arrival of Ugandan mercenaries

November 14 - 20, 2006

Southern Somalia

UN report - a fairy tale UN report false, misleading, and designed to set up Somalia for invasion, UN report  baseless, intended to destabilize Somalia Courtesy of the UN: Somalia risks becoming another Iraq, UN

Instead the UN takes no stand on Ethiopian occupation of Somalia

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

ONLF warns foreign oil firm over pact signed with Ethiopia

Lundin Petroleum AB to exploit Ogadeni oil

ONLF attacks degenerate war criminal Qeybdiid

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime

Oil - Global Petroleum says Kenya rig on target for November Oil - Kenya rig status

Puntland

Somali oil up for sale in the stock market Somali oil sold in shares Puntland admits defeat in 12 October clash with Somalia Islamists, Shabele Adde Muse deploys 50 battle wagons to Galkayo to avert Islamic fighters Puntland prepares offensive on Somali Islamists, Puntland Post Adde Muse declares war on ICU but deeply worried about his fate

Somaliland

Ethiopia using the pro-colonialists in Somaliland and Puntland to wage war against the Islamists in the south

Djibouti

Ismail Ghelle in despair, pretends he did not know what to come!

Ismail Ghelle, clanist, architect of the bankrupt Arte Talks, has nothing to tell the Somali people other than a message from his colonial masters

Ethiopia

Ethiopian, Russian agree on hydro-electric power driven buses, ENA

Kenya

Kenya confused by its own colonial policy on Somalia No end to the problem, Kenya corruption, Times

Uganda

Musaveni, the lier denies invading Somalia Uganda deploys troops to Somalia Uganda justifying its aggression of Somalia Uganda mercenaries inside Somalia

Tanzania

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda agree on defense pact

November 6 - 13, 2006

Southern Somalia

Full-scale war feared in Somalia, UN Report 11 states fueling civil war in Somalia, Daily Telegraph US military official offers a bleak assessment of Somalia, New York Times USA commander reportedly rules out Somalia invasion plans, Kenya Time

US forces maneuver around Kenyan border with Somalia, Shabelle Venezuela signs economic assistance program with a Somali group,WHO?

Aweys might as well invite Meles to a tea party in Mogadishu Munye and "his" arms smuggling ships resurface!

What value can the hopeless jolly man bring to the Mogadishu Alliance, other than to score a few points - hardly making any sense at all!

Ethiopian and Ugandan troops positioned in the NFD

Ethiopian battlewagon blown up in Southern Somalia, Shabelle Charcoal trade on the rise, IRIN

Chinese President meets Yusuf - we want to know what was sold & what was committed - absent true representatives of the Somali people?

Yusuf to Singapore - what was sold and what was committed?

Assets of Barakat remain frozen for the fifth year, Shabelle Rule by decree - deeply disturbing and traumatic!

Galmudg - timely formation  - now you may pack, move back home, and let the indigenous communities of Southern Somalia have some peace!

Ogaden - Somali territory under Ethiopian colonial and military regime

Lundin Petroleum (Swedish) signs contract to explore Ogadeni oil Netherland based firm to explore Ogadeni oil Oil exploration pact in the Ogaden, Reporter

NFD - Somali territory under Kenyan colonial and military regime

Kenya - 2 int'l firms prospecting oil in Lamu and northern Mombasa

Puntland

Fierce fighting takes place between Islamists & Puntland forces, Shabelle Fighting erupts in northeastern Somalia, Xinhua

Ethiopia

Ethiopia, France agree to strengthen relations, Walta US gives $250 million for HIV, Daily International

Kenya

Corruption is opening Kenya to drug gangs, Daily Telegraph Kenya wants UN to lift arms ban on Somalia, The Nation Arabia lifts ban on meat from Kenya, The Nation

Rwanda

UK doctor accused of involvement in genocide, Press Association

China

What a non-sense - By dealing with an unrepresentative gov't, which is busy lining up its pockets, China seeks to support Somali peace!

Cookie time - China to build conference center for the AU, Xinhua Contracts inked worth $19 billion, Business Daily Update

China to extend USD 5bn credit to Africa, making the West irrelevant China and Africa signed USD 1.9bn contracts, Sincocast China, Egypt agree on nuke cooperation, China Daily

October 29 - November 5, 2006

Somaliland - all five territories

US warns of attack threat in Kenya and Ethiopia, New York Times Somali Islamists reject US warning, test rockets, Reuters

Legitimate historic demand: No talks with the pro-colonialists as long as Ethiopian troops, other foreign troops, and mercenaries are on Somali soil!

The danger, the price, and the anxiety associated with playing in two diverse camps at the same time - Sheriff Hassan making another U-turn!

Ethiopian troops in Kenya military uniform amassed at Kenyan border, Sh

Pirates hijack a ship off coast, Shabelle

It is illegal and against international law - Kenyan Courts do not have the jurisdiction to try and prosecute Somali citizens, snatched off the Somali coast, thrown into prison - even if they are pirates - they still have the right to due process!

Somali crisis fans fears of regional war, Financial Times Is China the new colonial power in Africa, The Observer

North-West (Somaliland)

Stings of subordination in exchange for recognition - 230 Volt high tension line from Ethiopia to Hargeisa and Berbera

Puntland

UNDP security head in Puntland expelled, Shabelle Islamists open new court in Puntland, Shabelle

Djibouti

Djibouti opposes foreign troops deployment in Somalia, Shabelle Ghelle party boycotts shedding light on assassination of French Judge

Eritrea

Eritrea blasts USA for "incessant deceptive statements" (on Somalia)

Ethiopia

Ethiopian police on alert after US warning, Reuters Meles using the usual self-serving language about Somalia Sudan urges Ethiopia to pull its troops out (of Somalia), Shabelle Diplomats under surveillance, ION Secretary General of Parliament on the run, ION More disturbing news from a former aid darling of the West, Economist

Kenya

Oil - Drilling rig mobilizing to Kenya Kenya messing up Somalia and pretending to be neutral

Kuwaitis to know fate of Lamu deal in December, AllAfrica

October 25 + 28, 2006

Somaliland - All five territories

Haitian death squad leader ordered to pay $19 million to torture survivors - (time to get something similar against the Somali fascists and war criminals - they are all over North America, Europe and Arabia)

Somali Islamist army closes in on (Daynuuney Gov't) in Baidoa

Up to 12 countries could be sucked into Somali conflict - where are the masterminds of this tragedy: Affey, Kiplagat, Abdulaziz, Djiin, & the many other bureaucrats who are hiding in their air conditioned offices?

Abdi Qeybdid, a degenerate war criminal, who will never learn and can never give up his grip on the population of Mogadishu until brought to justice, to form an Ethiopian military base in Central Somalia

Lonsany Falls (UN rep. in Som), after making a full circle, FINALLY, recognizes the sovereignty of the Somali people.  Had it not been for the Mogadishu Alliance, he would have preferred to get away with it!

Puntland

Puntland forces enter Central Somalia to pave way for Ethiopian forces

Thai citizen kidnapped in Bosaso

Ethiopia

Ethiopian troops enter Ballanbale (Somalia), Shabelle Media Network Ethiopian officer captured in Somalia, DPA Some 150 Ethiopian soldiers defect to Ogaden National Liberation Front Emperor Meles strikes again, expelling 2 EU officials

Eritrea

Eritrea rejects Jendayi Fraser's press statement, Shabait.com

Kenya

NFD on the road to self determination

EU/UN: Council calls for stricter rules on the transfer of hazardous waste

October 24, 2006

Ethiopia declares war on Somalia An insult to African independence, a history of colonialism, an ally of colonialists in the domination of the African people, a feudal state which survives on the subjugation of peaceful nationalities under its backward colonial regime. Somali nationalism must draw lessons from the state of destitution and misery in which the Somali people in Western Somaliland are kept for over a century.  Independence yes, colonialism never!!!

October 16 - 22, 2006

Somaliland: All five territories

The pro-colonialist forces took over Buur Hakabo

The Int'l Contact Group - what is their agenda - WE WANT TO KNOW?

Emperor Meles admits invading Somalia Somali Islamists recruit hundreds after call for jihad on Ethiopia, DPA

Responsible for endangering the sovereignty of the Somali nation by summoning the Daynuuney house to call in Ethiopian troops into Somalia, the "jolly" man of Somalia quits in despair, charges to follow!

Sudan selling Anuaka (Gambella insurgents) to EPRDF US - Ethiopian security ties deepen, UPI

UN withdraws its staff from Somalia (leaving behind a shameful legacy of dealings with warlords and organized crime)

Aid agencies "had no good reason" for pulling out of Somalia

The Somali Refugee Question - Courtesy of IGAD, AU, and UN

Racket: Kenya seeking $250,000 for emergency "ant-polio" campaign in the Somali territory of the NFD which remains under the savage Kenyan colonial and military regime for over half a century

Racket: UN seeks $35 million for Somalis in Kenya Racket Marketing - Somali refugees to hit 80,000 in Kenya,

Racket: UN warns of food shortage in an NFD refugee camp - they set up the wars which create the refugees to justify their own existence

Racket: Kenya using Somali refugees to get aid

UN to set up new camp for Somali refugees in Kenya, Xinhua Insult to injury - Somali refugees not healthy for Kenya,

Djibouti

Djibouti: Assault on salt, ION

Puntland

Info on new Canmex CEO - oil exploration company in Puntland

Kenya

Oil quest - prepare legislation, The Nation

Once in a while some candid truth - Kenyans may be corrupt, but the British are not clean either, The Nation

Kenya preparations for oil drilling (in Lamu basin) Firms gear up for oil drilling (in Lamu basin)

October 9 - 15, 2006

Musaveni: Democratic elections only solution for Somali crisis         Very interesting, even though it is unfortunate that hundreds of lives had to be lost to make this point.  We will know if Musaveni is sincere about this or if is trying to steal arguments from the Mogadishu Alliance?

Musaveni: Uganda has no vested interest in Somalia - Lies  - Britain is supplementing your balance of payments in exchange for the mercenaries you send to Somalia - you do not have the funds to pay a mission to Som!

Somaliland (All five territories) Ethiopia to attack Somalia large scale on October 15, 2006, Qaadisiya Emperor Meles, US official discuss military cooperation Somali Islamists accuse Ethiopia of invasion, Independent Emperor Meles calls int'l community to support Daynuuney gov't Hundreds of Kenyan soldiers massed near Somali border, Shabelle Monitors needed on Ethiopia - Somalia border - Italian envoy, Reuters Call for jihad as Ethiopian troops go into Somalia, Daily Telegraph The outlaw Barre Hiiraale commanding Ugandan & Ethiopian troops

Matt Bryden hostile to Somali unity and hence to Somali independence

Top finance (Turkish) officials meet with bogus Somali delegation, (They said that they had millions in Swiss Banks and the Turks fell for it) UN WFP  helps construction of airport landing strip in Gedo, Shabelle Tanzanian forces on high alert over situation in Somalia, Guardian Djibouti salt exports to Ethiopia flourishing

Courtesy of IGAD and AU - to whom do we attribute this tragedy?

IDPs increasingly vulnerable as conflict looms, IDP News Alert Refugees camps expanded as more Somalis arrive, IRIN UN Agency to set up camp for Somali refugees in NFD Somalia enduring twin refugee crises, UN warns, UN Somali refugees arrived in Kenya seeking safety, UNHCR Kenya humiliating Somali refugees crossing into NFD 30,000 Somali refugees flee to Kenya this year, Xinhua

Yemen fussy about 964 African migrants, while Yemenis are all over Africa, not to mention the hundreds that continue to perish in its jails

Puntland

Puntland and Daynuuney gov't selling Nogal and Darin oil without having the mandate nor the approval of the Somali people

Puntland - oil and minerals exploration, Camberra Times A lesson for Adde Muse from Uganda - terms of oil exploration Somalia (Puntland) deportations, UNHCR UNHCR urges halt to deportations from Puntland, IRIN Puntland reacts desperately to deportation of IDPs

Kenya Kibaki urges international action over Somali crises Kenya beefs up security along Ethiopian border to counter insurgents Arab Moi linked to bribery A new firm in oil exploration in Kenya (Lamu Basin), ION US gives Kenya 6 boats to patrol coast line, NYT

Moi set to mediate regional conflicts - first apologize to the Somali people for the crimes committed by the Kenyan military and colonial regime. during his presidency, in the Somali territory of the NFD

Ethiopia Oromo rebels on the front page, ION

A revival of 19th century chieftains and elders, paid by former colonial powers, (much like the slave traders who captured defenseless Africans), to suppress fellow African nations.  Authoritarian governments who have no legitimacy and no mandate from the African people

Kibaki advises Africa to form force to stem conflicts, Nation Kagegaya: (East Afrcia): Africa needs a standby force, The Monitor Konary (AU) says Africans shall solve their conflicts by themselves Nigerian president supports (IGAD) initiative on Somalia

Gulf

Opening a wound by using racist proverbs, attribute to Gulf News

October 1 - 8, 2006

Islamic Courts announce first regional administration - questions remain? Islamic militia advancing closer towards Baidoa Daynuney government obtaining weapons and ammunition from Ethiopia

Djibouti deplores "intimidation" by France over probe into Judge's murder Djibouti: French Court to issue more arrest warrants over Judge's murder

Yusuf holed up in Baidoa over security fears, Codka Xoriyadda Elders of interest and white hair, flocking to where the grass is greener

Somaliland condemned over alleged torture of cleric

Puntland detaining internally displaced people and deliberately calling them migrants to mislead the international community

Puntland deports internally displaced people Puntland bans flights from Mogadishu, Shabelle

The bluff is over - it is "marcia indietro"       Kenya: We must not become embroiled in Somalia       Kenya having second thoughts on supporting Somalia       Yemen denies interfering in Somalia       Uganda denies smuggling guns into Somalia       Uganda: Parliament should reject UPDF's Somalia deployment

Meles vows to help walk a "dead horse" Somali Islamic Courts leader curses critical cartoonist (Amiin Amir)

Courtesy of IGAD - Refugees fleeing Somalia could hit 50,000 - to whom do we attribute this tragedy?

After siding with warlords and organized crime, a source of tensions, the UN comes back to talk about "easing tensions" in the Horn - seems that these guys love more the safari and traveling part of it

US reinforces Kenya-Somalia border patrol, DPA Kenya: New order on flights to an from Somalia

Kenyan insult to injury - Affirmative action cannot compensate the crimes of Kenyan military and colonial regime in the Somali territory of the NFD

Kenya: Security beefed up as refugees arrive in Coast, Nation

Eritrea: President Isaias stresses need for comprehensive initiative Arab League proposes four party conference on Somalia, Qaadisiya Arab League delegates to visit Somalia, Shabelle

Security personnel deployed to Kenya-Somalia border to screen refugees

Over 30 Somalis killed in Cape Town this year alone

Based in Seattle and exporting cattle from Mogadishu, Seattle Times A glimpse of what lies ahead, Independent

September 25 - 30, 2006

Get Ethiopian troops out of Somalia, Christian Science Monitor How can we intervene anywhere after Iraq, The Independent Kenyan paper urges gov't "hands-off" policy on Somali crisis, Kenya T

Islamists give Daynuuney gov't 24 hr ultimatum to free clerics Daynuuney gov't arrests 3 in Baidoa bombings Somali Islamists on war alert over Ethiopian troops, Daily Trust Somalis urged to defend homeland against Ethiopian forces, HornAfrik Adde Muse bans Southerners from entering Puntland, Shabelle

Giant Ugandan military plane lands at Baidoa airport, Shabelle Ethiopian troops move into Somalia, Financial Times Puntland to provide 500 special troops to Daynuuney government

Gedi ignored and humiliated at Kenya Foreign Ministry Kenya police arrest man for trying to attack Gedi, NTV Gedi warns of regional war after fall of Kisimayo Gedi appeals for international protection, DPA Gedi requests lifting of arms embargo on Somalia Gedi visits Nairobi to get orders from his masters

Eritrea: "Major powers in the Security Council encourage illegal action" Eritrea accuses USA of plotting to change border ruling

Western Somalia rebels claim several attacks against loyalist forces, RF Abducted aid worker freed in Western Somaliland (Ogaden), In war-torn Ethiopia, kidnapping is the order of the day, Sunday Indpend. Ethiopia: Meles' former chief of protocol defects, ION Ethiopia: Army officers defect, ION

Ethiopia - Kenya sign agreement to construct power line to Sudan, Walta

Kenya said on "high alert" as UIC take over Kisimayo Kenya hosts International Christian Military Conference, KBC Radio Kenya is still the United States darling, ION

Ugandan preparations for an intervention, ION Leader of Som. Islamic Courts warns Uganda against deployment Xinhua

Ex-DIA head calls for insurgency training, UPI

September 17 - 24, 2006

Massacre of Somali refugees crossing from Puntland to Yemen continues: UN reports new atrocities in people smuggling, killing, armed cowards throwing women & children from boats to feed the sharks

Thugs loyal to the Southern Somalia KKK, Barre Hirale, on the run

The impenetrable verdict: Yusuf can't rule Somalia, New Vision

Courtesy of IGAD, AU, and the UN: Over 26,000 Somali refugees having arrived in Kenya this year - to whom do we attribute this tragedy?

Somalia's Islamic militants to train students to battle foreign, AP

Ugandan officer said among victims of blast, Qaadisiya Two explosions rock Baidoa, AP Baidoa bomb blast a political drama, Shabait Gunmen kill Italian nun in Somalia, Indian Express AU PSC resolution to speed up deployment of troops to Somalia, Suna Som Islamists warn against formation of authority in Southern Somalia, PP

Pakistan invites Eritrean navy for training, Shabait

Khartoum defies EU over troops, Financial Times Al-Bashir: Deployment of UN troops in Darfur recipe for more violence

Ethiopia: ICRC suspends operations after kidnapping, IRIN

Somalia money-wiring services get a reprieve,

Kenya: Fight economic colonialism but hold on to your own NFD colony!

Europe must offer moral, financial recompense for slave trade, UN

Swedish discontent grows over immigration, Financial Times

September 11 - 16, 2006

Islamic Courts object to AU decision to deploy forces to Somalia

The irresponsible AU PSC passes decision for the immediate deployment of forces to Somalia. playing the role of 19th century tribal chieftains in the service of former colonial powers, but they will regret!

Shots fired at protestors in Baidoa, following the slaughter of natives Somalia's Islamic militants advance on key warlord held port, AP The indigenous population of Kisimayo will be delighted to see an end to the Somali KKK - they burn houses, seize land, enslave, kill and more

Somaliland army mobilized over plan by Puntland leader to visit region, Jm Somaliland, Puntland forces in artillery fire exchange, HornAfrik

Who elected you in the first place Mr. Mayor of Nowhere? Abdi Kassim lashes out at Ethiopia, better listen to him before it is too late

Puntland: It is misleading to call "illegal immigrants" the internally displaced in the region.  It is against international law to deprive them of their right to leave the horrors of the camps to more safer areas.  Arresting over 100 of these internally displaced people, remaining silent on the criminals who throw overboard women and children, to feed them to the sharks, constitutes an attempt to provide impunity to the assassins

Revival of deadly annual people smuggling sparks UN warning, UN UN warning over "deadly business" of people smuggling from Som, DPR

Ogadeni gas fields to be exploited by Malaysian firm Ethiopian rebels kill 19 gov't soldiers in East (Ogaden), Radio Freedom Ethiopia: An Ethiopian exile hunted, ION Ethiopia: Spate of defections continues, ION Ethiopia: On Meles's boys Ethiopia signs 2.4bn deal with China telecos, The Business

Djibouti: The President's brother's new company Details of a railway contract (Djibouti and Ethiopia), ION

Either they never understood what they were doing, or they are playing the usual innocent,  Kenya seriously confused over its own product

Musaveni demands pay raise, saying he is poor, but the commission to carry out the Somali invasion is another matter!

A sound device made to scare off Somali pirates South Africa: Silence over murder of Somalis speaks volumes, Business D

Kalonzo, one of the men who screwed up the Somali Peace Talks, is not happy with the declining Kenya role in the region, wants to mess up more.

US arrests 44 members of khat importing conspiracy

September 10, 2006

A deadly sailing season begins ... UNHCR Adde Musse (Puntland) and Ali Abdalla Salah (Yemen) must be held responsible for the continued massacre of Somali and Ethiopian refugees crossing the Red Sea in order to escape the horrors and atrocities of the refugee camps in the region..  Puntland and Yemen have jurisdiction over the ports and waters used by the assassins.  Puntland and Yemen: a) failed to protect the rights of refugees under their jurisdiction b) failed to stop the trade in human beings, especially small boys c) made no attempt to prevent the use of their ports by assassins d) condition the fulfillment of their international obligation to protect the refugees on international financial assistance, thus abdicating their responsibilities and using the refugees for extortion.  Many people have lost members of their extended family in this ongoing massacre.  1) Benadir-Watch offers to collect petitions in order to bring a class action suit against the rulers of these territories.  2) Benadir-Watch appeals to the International Criminal Court as well as to the newly constituted Human Rights Council to look into this flagrant violation of human rights.  3) Benadir-Watch appeals to the UNHCR to shut these refugee camps which have served no useful purpose other than to feed the oppressive police forces of these regions, a racket indeed.  4) We have reports that the refugees are willing to return back to their native places in the south if the UNHCR would help them with the transportation.             Please contact Benadir-Watch at: http://www.benadir-watch.com/

US accused of covert operations in Somalia, Mail and Guardian Judgment entered against Haitian death squad leader, CJA Arrest warrants issued in the Guatemalan Genocide Case, CJA

September 3 - 9, 2006

IGAD in disarray, cannot even hold a meeting! Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda plotting to invade Somalia Iran vehemently opposes foreign troops to Somalia

"We accept no constitution other than Islamic" Islamic Courts

Irresponsible AU urges the UN to lift Somalia arms embargo ban

Speaker of lies - he should be held accountable in a Somali court of justice for harboring the defeated warlords and for siding with the enemy!

Puntland: eResearch issues initiating report on Range Resources - the company that has questionable exclusive mining rights in Puntland

Puntland: Adde Musse admits Ethiopian troops in region Demonstrators in Mogadishu vow "jihad" against foreign troops Members of Puntland forces reportedly defect to Islamic Courts. Shabelle

Visiting Kenya - what did Shariff Sheikh Ahmed discuss with the Kenyan colonialists?  Why can't he share the conditions in the deal or no deal with the Somali people?  Failure to share information with the various groups in the Mogadishu Alliance is the beginning of a very slippery slope.

Russian foreign minister arrives in Ethiopia, what did they talk about?

Paradox: Head of a colonial state to chair meeting on colonized territory

Kenyan justice in the coast region Kenya: Using the Nile water to blackmail Egypt

Uganda parliament approves 1000 troops to invade Somalia

Eritrea: (UN) peacekeeper accused of spying, Dominion Post Eritrea: (UN) Peacekeepers arrested for smuggling, Daily Post

US accused of attempting "regime change" in Sudan, Reuters Sudan threatens to expel peacekeepers from Darfur

August 27 - September 2, 2006

"Bonaparte" to deploy Ethiopian troops to bully Sol and Sanag, deja vu! Puntland: 2 officials arrested and MSF staff banned

"Withdraw or be ready for full scale war" Aweys to Ethiopia "We will not hesitate to attack Uganda officers in Baidoa" Mog Alliance Uganda to send troops to Somalia Musaveni calls for IGAD emergency meeting on Somalia The Gedi cabinet facing imminent collapse - a baby that was never born!

A lesson for Abdikassim Salad - You do not reward outlaws-and-thugs-turned-Islamists with rehabilitation.  You hold them accountable and prosecute them for the crimes committed against the victims, many of whom cannot forgive because they are buried under the ground.

Deploying peacekeeping mission to Somalia, for what purpose? Shabait

Kenya, Ethiopia "express support" for deployment of troops to Somalia

Sen. Obama inspired by South Africa's fight for freedom, but fails to see Kenyan colonialism in the NFD

Kenya trying to steal NFD oil Kenya oil drilling off Lamu Kenya offshore oil drilling Kenya oil drilling on the Bomboo and Sokwe prospects Kenya determined to destabilize Somalia Kenya death row inmates on hunger strike, they need protection Kenya to protect IGAD and the lucrative reconciliation business it yields

August 10 - 26, 2006

Time for Kofi Annan to go, National Post

Puntland: Adde Musse, following the footsteps of the pro-colonialist Lega Progressista, justifies Ethiopian invasion of Somalia,! What a shame!

Ethiopia deploys troops to Baidoa, violating the sovereignty of Somalia

For the record, another Mbigathi artificial cabinet Mogadishu Alliance rebuffs so-called "peacekeeping plan"

Ethiopia planning to attack Somalia with US backing, Eritrean report Somalia war threat grows as Ethiopian troops invade, Daily Telegraph Eritrea warns regional body (IGAD) against deploying troops to Somalia

African military chiefs, a very familiar story, a return to colonial wars, pillage, rape, genocide, and more.

Axis of 3 East African colonialist countries, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda, paid by former colonial masters, plot to invade Somalia,

A revival of 19th century tribal chiefs, in the service of former colonial powers, plot to invade Somalia and oppress its people

Somaliland detains 3 Belgian officials in deportation raw Somaliland seeks US help in battle for recognition, Financial Times Kazakh airline to sue AP Reporter over arms allegation (to Mogadishu) Range Resources controls all the mining rights in Puntland

Ethiopia: "War on terror" is cover for domestic woes, Daily Telegraph Malaysian firm to exploit Ogadeni oil, Ethiopian general defects - a further blow to Emperor Meles Top Ethiopian prosecutor reportedly defects to USA, Ethiomedia Amnesty Int'l concerned about Czech arms exports, Amnesty Int'l Czech arms exports (including Ethiopia) follow EU rules, Czech News Ag Ethiopia hires consultants for Power Export Project to Djibouti, Addis For

NFD, where the Somali native population, are reduced to wildlife, the product of over half a century of Kenyan colonialism

NFD, the Somalia territory under Kenyan colonialism, is boiling OLF insurgents on trial in the NFD Kenyan and Ethiopian colonialists jointly fight OLF insurgents in NFD Kenyan colonialism shutting off NFD economy Kenya: Tension in Kakuma Refugee camp, 4 people were killed

Kenyan special envoy to the Somali Peace Talks, Boaz Kidiga Mbaya, only history will tell what was his role in the deliberately screwed up Talks

Kenyan President to issue over 30,000 land deeds to coastal residents

West's hypocrisy fuels extremism, Business Daily

July 30 - August 6, 2006

Ali Khalif Galayr, Prince of the racist 4.5 clause, in Mogadishu, trying to preserve the decadent structures of the Mbigathi regime

At least, they were supposed to be "purified" before offering them the carpet or is this again "business as usual"- a clarification is in order!

Puntland forces on high alert over possible Islamist attacks, Banaadir Radi Exodus of Mbigathi ministers Disarming Baidoa: A side show or what?

Somali pirates get ransom of $800,000 for releasing hostages - certainly this must be a great source of income for the militia behind the pirates!

10 Somalis stand trial in piracy case (in Mombasa) Gedi bars delegation from attending Khartoum talks Gedi on Iran, receives a response from his charge d' affairs Egypt expresses regrets at Gedi's remarks

Splintered Somalia, The Blade Somalis granted extension of protected status, Legal Ledger

Somaliland leader accused of "indifference" over resurgent Islamists, ST IGAD not giving up maybe until the end

Ethiopian appointed to chair African diaspora foundation

Kenya: 3 killed in refugee camp

Kenya: Time we tried a policy shift on Somalia - please include the right to self determination in your polices!

Eritrea: Reinstating a strong Somali state, Shabait Eritrea vows to bolster efforts for unified Somalia, Shabait Eritrea says Ethiopian security forces killed Mbigathi minister

Swedish foreign affairs official named new deputy UN envoy (to Som) "Staggering rise" in world conflicts, Business Daily Czech arms exports to Ethiopia and Kenya

July 22 - 29, 2006

Gedi going nuts - he accuses Iran, Libya, Egypt for supporting Islamists But before we go any further, Gedi must be audited, all donor monies accounted for, his new luxury multi-million villa in the suburbs of Nairobi placed under lien, until the case is cleared

Move to oust Gedi, NYT

Riots break out in Baidoa, Deerow killed

Libya donates food, medicine to Somali Islamists - going back to chapter one - a common historic period, and a common complaint against the UN block, that unites the peoples of Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia

Islamists reject UN appeal to meet transitional government, and before anything else can happen, the UN must condemn Ethiopian aggression

UN envoy (Lonany Fall) presses for resumption of Peace Talks in letter to Islamic leader.  Notwithstanding our curiosity to see the contents of the letter, Lonsany Falls has repeatedly hampered his work by siding with the Mbigathi group.  What is the purpose of the letter if not an attempt to personalize an intimidation against the leader of the Mogadishu alliance

Sheikh Aweys condemns UN for considering lifting arms embargo, Shabell

Islamists say they "do not recognize IGAD" - fair enough and timely! Islamist vows "Bodies or POWs", The Independent Egypt follows up developments in Somalia, Arab League concerned over Ethiopian troops in Somalia, Shabelle

Mbigathi government close to collapse as Islamists take palace

African Union calls on UN to "modify" Somalia embargo, DPA Determined to push for an intervention force, to justify their own financial existence, no matter what the wishes of the Somali people are, it is high time to tell Konare that Somalia is nobody's backyard and that if Mbigathi failed, the responsibility falls squarely on the corrupted IGAD and AU officials who set up the bankrupt reconciliation model

Mbigathi government arrests 2 US reporters, a very familiar pattern

Somaliland politicians reportedly support Islamists - this may be their way out of the dead end in which they placed themselves!

Ethiopia: Dire Dawa - no man's land! Ethiopia: Reasons for Dire Dawa fuel shortage remain elusive

Ethiopia: Embassies, donor organizations pledge support for Dire Dawa development - Amen!

Kenya: Exports to Southern Sudan earn KSH 68 billion - this is what stimulates Mr. Afey to make Somalia another Kenyan satellite

Uganda: No amnesty for atrocities, Amnesty Int'l Uganda: Anti-terror unit allegedly electrocuted detainee

Yemen, Djibouti, France discuss Red Sea security, Saba

July 16 - 21, 2006

Massacre of Somali refugees crossing the Red Sea from Puntland continues: Migrants risk sharks, bullets on boats from Somalia

Ogadeni oil fields up for graps

Ethiopian troops enter Somalia, AP Italian agency confirms Ethiopian troops in Somalia, Misna Islamic fighters decide to pull back, AP

Ethiopia vows to help Somalia beat Islamic army, beyond int'l law!

Emperor Mels vows to crush Islamists, a sign of desperation!

Troop deployment premature, Djibouti Government says, as if they did not know all along Ethiopian plans to annex parts of Somalia! Come on guys, this is not the time to take people for a ride!

Rival Somali groups clash in Kenyan capital, Kenyan Television

Somaliland leader calls for direct EU assistance - when will Mr. Riyale learn to have a thread of dignity?

Sanaa forum, unable to tie the gorilla to his chair

Somalia: New Islamic Court announced for Southern Regions, Shabelle Islamists close in on Mbigathi government Mbigathi government boycotts talks Mbigathi government beating the drums of war Somalia - EU - Sweden, should be replaced with Ethiopia - EU - Sweden? Ethiopian gov't misappropriates 600 million dollars, audit report, ER Ethiopia: Former US President Clinton arrives for a working visit, ENA

When will the plight of the Somali people come to an end? Four Somali border violators caught, HNA

Eritrea: Senior Government Official exposes moves by certain quarters to sabotage Somali people's efforts to form a central government Shabait.com

Uganda: Canadian firm reportedly abandons oil exploration, New Vision

Tectonic rift rips open Earth's crust, Daily Telegraph

July 9 - 15, 2006

El Salvador: Judgment final against Generals responsible for torture, CJA

Djibouti will not become staging post for US attacks on Somalia, Shabelle Security Council Resolution expresses support for Mbigathi government Eritrea and Yemen reached understanding on Somalia, Shabait.com Eritrea, Yemen agree Somalis should resolve their problems, "themselves" Ethiopia said planning to revive defeated Somali warlords alliance, Qaran Mogadishu calm as death toll rises to 97, IRIN Somali radio reports more Ethiopian troop movement in southwest, HA Puntland investigates missing regional government funds, Somalijecel

Somaliland paper rejects deployment of troops in Somalia, ST Somaliland: Vilifying the South does not necessarily lead to recognition Somaliland paper condemns AU for avoiding countrys "independence"ST Somaliland statehood discussed at AU summit, VOA   Somaliland: listen to the interview with Professor Jhazbhay, VOA

Ethiopian rebel group kills 12, captures 5 gov't soldiers in northwest Ethiopia: Venezuela expresses interest in sharing oil exploration experience Ethiopia has massive hydropower potential, So? Ethiopia: India awards scholarships to 20 Ethiopian students, Reporter Ethiopia: ERA selects Chinese, Saudi firms for regional roads, Addis Fortu

12 bodies found at Kenya-Ethiopia border, week after attack, Standard Kenya to host major oil meeting, The Nation Kenya to build second port in Lamu, AllAfrica Kenya: Lamu councilors support oil drilling plan, The Nation Kenya: 16 killed in raid by Ethiopians, The Nation Kenya: UK blamed over Chuka killings, The Nation Egypt allocates $2 million to Kenya, Tanzania to dig wells, IPR Chile: Ex-Intel Director links Pinnochet to cocaine trade, DN Let us not forget about modern slavery, National Post

July 5 - 8, 2006

Kofi Annan actions reflect lack of understanding of the Somali crisis and tend to divide the south of the country into two parts: "New besieged Transitional Government in Somalia must be fortified."

Forget foreign troops, Islamist tell world, (and they might as well kick out of Somalia IGAD, African Union, and the United Nations because of their destabilizing anti-Somali policy)

Religious leaders planning to set up Islamic courts in Puntland, HornAfrik Somalis to prepare to fight Ethiopian army, AP Witnesses, Ethiopian troops enter Somalia, AP Islamist reject arrival of Ethiopian officials in Somali capital, Shabelle Islamic courts take over Mogadishu airport, HornAfrik Somaliland court charges Islamist leader with terrorism, Somaliland Times Gedi denies reports of Ethiopian troop in Somalia Yusuf disappointed with Gambia AU sumit Yusuf appoints relative as new security chief, Shabelle

The butcher of Jowhar, Mohamed Dheere, holed up in a hotel in Puntland, now is the time to bring human rights violation charges against him

Somali coast to be guarded by American, African firms, Shabelle

AU, Arab League differ on lifting arms embargo on Somalia Egypt FM probes African affairs at AU meetings, IPR

Jigjigga: Ethiopia reconciling colonial rule with Moslem Sharia law Voice of Oromia Independence launches weekly broadcast, Radio Hilvarso Ethiopian opposition alliance expresses concern on developments in Som Emperor Meles using the AU and IGAD to destabilize Somalia Emperor Meles lashes at Eritrea Ethiopia vows to protect Mbigathi Government Ethiopian troops patrolling Mbigathi Government seat in Beidoa, Shabelle Oromo Muslim cleric abducted in Belet Weyne, Shabelle Israel to train 300 pastoralist chiefs in Oromia

Ethiopia: Chinese firm sign road project contracts in Ethiopia, Xinhua

Belarus says it sold arms to Djibouti last year, Belapan WGR - Westgold to sell Djibouti Gold Project, AAP Newsfeed

Sex slavery in Garissa - product of Kenyan colonialism in the Somali territory of the NFD

Peers say Kenya has done well, but it is not immune to civil strife, Nation

July 4, 2006

Somalis to prepare to fight Ethiopian army, AP

African Union to send what they call "peace mission" to Somalia - despite the fact that there is no fighting going on and no humanitarian tragedy to justify the intervention of foreign troops

IMLewis: Peace-keeping in Som after fighting has stopped! How typical!

Gedi denies reports of Ethiopian troops in Somalia, despite the facts!    US puzzled by changing political landscape in Somalia, NPR

The TFG's Role: A case of complacency, Awale (Ayaan) Hirsi Ali to keep her Dutch citizenship

June 25 - 30, 2006

Islamic courts say its authority extends throughout Somalia (the days of the pro-colonialist TFG are numbered - fair enough!)

AU rules out direct talks with Somali Islamists - neither do the people of Somalia appreciate dictats from known despots and corrupt rulers

African leaders without a clear response to Somali unrest - they never had one, other than the mistaken belief that it would be a piece of cake!

US seeking to bolster foes of Islamists in Somalia, The New York Times

Suggestion for talks with Ethiopia over the colonization of Western Somalia for over half a century - right to self-determination is sacred

Somaliland: Editorial urges military mobilization against rest of Somalia, "minii la yaabo, Yaasiinka"!

African, Arab team to assess Somalia peace keeping mission, (even if there is no humanitarian tragedy to justify the intervention of foreign force

Regional body, EU see foreign troops deployment to Somalia as irrational Somali (Islamic) courts ask Africa to block foreign forces, Islamist leader asks African countries not to send troops to Somalia, PP Islamic Courts set up consultative council, IRIN

Eritrea: Senior Foreign Ministry Official confirms TPLF (Ethiopian) forces cross over into Somalia, Shabait.com

Yusuf: "Ethiopia has never interfered in the affairs of Somalia", Reporter

Details of pact between Islamic Court and Mbigathi Gov't, Shabelle

Justice must not be sacrificed to end conflicts, Security Council told, UN

Ethiopian rebels (EPPF) rebuff government claims of rout, Reuters ONLF rebels claim killing 120 gov't (Ethiopian) soldiers, Radio Freedom Ethiopian Premier, visiting US official discuss Somalia, Shabelle Ethiopian generals at the mercy of HIV Ethiopia: Construction of dam, east of Addis, to go to Chinese firm

Kenya: New sea port set to be built (in Lamu) next month, Nation Head of Kenyan anti-corruption group fired in graft scandal, Reuters Kalonzo honored for messing up Somali peace efforts

(Ayaan) Hirsi Ali dispute brings down Dutch Government

June 23 - 24, 2006

Foreign cameraman shot dead in Mogadishu, IRIN

Timely reflections of a Ugandan paper: "For how long are we going to be insisting that Somalis keep riding a dead horse ... to insist on this, risks making IGAD and AU irrelevant"

Uganda: Somali chaos deter UPDF deployment, Monitor Somalia's deadly lessons, Los Angels Times Yusuf ordered to withdraw his militiamen from Bay and Bakol, Shabelle AU, UN discuss plans for Somali peace keeping force, AFP Yusuf asks UN to lift arms embargo, Daily Monitor Yusuf Advisor: "Islamic courts must be stopped in Som", Bahrain News Leading Som cleric says proposed UN intervention "unfortunate" Shabele

Return of order to Mogadishu, Daily Trust Interview with Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmed, ICU, IRIN

CJA to take testimony from former Guatemalan president Rios Montt and other human rights abusers, CJA

Somaliland president leaves for Ethiopia, Radio Hargeysa

Eritrea rejects border commission's proposals, Reporter

June 20 - 22, 2006

Somalia can succeed if we would leave it alone, The Independent Users and used - Mbigathi president visits AU to plead for help! Mbigathi officials arrested at border crossing into Kenya - escape time! Islamic Courts oppose proposed AU force, IRIN

Kenyatta, Kissinger, and the fighter jets, East African A foolish stance that will inflame tensions, Somalia, The Independent

US military official meets Ethiopia leaders for security talks, DPA Somalia war could spread, UN warns, CNN Ethiopia accused of wanting to destroy Islamic rule in Somalia, Xinhua Ethiopia accused of invasion, Daily Telegraph AU to send team to assess IGAD force in Somalia, DPA Mbigathi ambassador calls on Ethiopia, IGAD members to move quickly Border war feared as Somali Islamists vow holy war against Ethiopia, DPA

Never in history has a regional body being so adamant in waging war against a helpless people which is struggling for its own survival - nothing else can explain this blind AU passion to shed Somali blood other than an inherent racism against the Somali people - the int'l community must reflect on this troubling matter before it is too late - the Hutu and Tutsi tragedy is still fresh in our minds - the irresponsible militarists in the AU must not be allowed to lift the arms embargo on Somalia,

Ethiopia secures border, accuses Somali Islamists of provocation, AFP

Yemen: Military supplies flow into Baidoa, Shabelle Media

Eritrea; Amb. Gebremariam's Statement At the Nairobi IGAD Summit,

Massacre of Somali refugees continues in the Horn - at least, nine dead bodies wash up the beach in north eastern Somalia, residents say,

For Immediate Press Release Benadir-Watch, June 17, 2006 Benadir-Watch welcomes the hard work of the Somali population in Mogadishu to save the Somali nation at this critical juncture in its history.  The population of Mogadishu have spoken:

June 18 - 19, 2006

Ali Samatar Case: Court rules that US Gov't cannot evade subpoenas, CJA Journalists detained by Mbigathi Government

Islamists demand Ethiopian withdrawal from Somalia, Islamic Courts Union opens a new chapter in Som political history, pinr AU determined to destabilize Somalia

AU, donors push plans for Somalia peacekeepers, even if there is no humanitarian tragedy to justify the legality of the plan

June 16 - 17, 2006

Ethiopian troops crossing into Somalia, top Islamist, Reuters UK Minister comments on the situation in Somalia, Press Release Thousands of Somalis protest peacekeeping mission, AP Hands off Somalia, The Blade

Somalia group: International action needed, DPA Contact group vows to foster good governance in lawless Somalia, AFP New US-organized group lends support to Mbigathi gov't Norway to host US proposed forum on Somalia in New York, AFP

Unidentified gunmen shot militiaman loyal to Yusuf

Kofi Annan: "No UN support for Somali warlords."  Now that they messed up, it seems that everybody is taking distance from the Somali warlords.  But the record is clear: the UN has been paying their bills for the past 4 years.  The UN provided technical & financial assistance in setting up the Kenya get-together, a meeting which set the stage for the Somali warlords & organized crime to become members of the cabinet & parliament.

Kofi Annan transcript of press conference, (showing discomfort with IGAD, calls it "this thing"), UN

AU voices concern (not) over Somalia situation, (but over the miserable failure of its reconciliation model for Somalia) African Union urges support for the (Mbigathi) Gov't

Mogadishu mayor, but who elected you in the first place?

Ethiopia: A strange OLF document, Indian Ocean Newsletter Etiopia: Scontri fra clan nel sud del paese, VITA

June 15, 2006

Islamist militia target new Somali town (Belet Weyne), Reuters

Annan questions US support to Somali warlords, Reuters Mr. Annan, it was not the US who set up a cabinet of warlords and organized crime at the so-called Peace Talks in Kenya.  It was your corrupted friends in the African Union and IGAD who endorsed the role of the Somali warlords & considered them essential to the Peace Process. Please, spend a little more time to understand the Somali question before you delegate it to interested third parties.  If the war mongers in IGAD and AU invade Somalia, rest assured that the Somali people will defend their country and it will not be an easy task for the IGAD militarists, as in February 1941, which is what Obasanjo and Musaveni, on the foot tracks of their dads, are so eager to repeat.  The road out of this crisis is fresh peace talks followed by fair and free elections.

June 11 -14, 2006

Tragic Cargo - Part One, IRIN Tragic Cargo - Part Two, IRIN Testimonies from Somalia, IRIN   Testimonies from Ethiopians, IRIN Interview with Mayor of Bossasso, IRIN Interview with the coordinator of Somali RWU, IRIN Ethiopian exodus, IRIN Ethiopia: Raiders kill 14 in bus attack, IRIN Ethiopia: Ethnic conflict claims 100 lives in the south, IRIN

Jowhar falls to Islamic Court militia, IRIN Somali Islamists say they are not enemy of US, Reuters

IGAD, haunted by its corrupted and theoretically flawed peace talks on Somalia, moves to sanction Somali warlords for not taking orders!

DP World set to raise Djibouti's profile, Lloyd's List

One arms dealer convicted, but hundreds more bust the embargoes,AP

June 7 -10, 2006

This cannot be serious - Mbigathi Gov't urges Islamists to hand over arms

US to hold strategy session on Somalia, AP

US cool on Somali terror denial, BBC Groups seeking insight into Somali crisis consult Prof. Mankhaus, Ascribe Somali Islamists push Sharia, warlords vow resistance, AFP US open to deal with militia in Somalia, official, Xinhua US State Department Daily Briefing on Somalia:  Islamists sent an open letter to the US Gov't - who drafted the letter and what did they say in it?

AU wants UN Security Council to lift Somalia arms embargo, AFP Keep out of Somalia or else, Islamist warns US, AFP Mogadishu masters want a Islamic state, Aljazeera Fears of Taliban style takeover in Somalia may be over blown, AFP  A triumph for Africa's Taliban, Economist Horn of trouble, Investor's business daily

African Union calls for a UN force in Darfur, IRIN

Ethiopia: Food security still a concern in Somali region, IRIN

Kenya slams the door on Somali faction leaders, IRIN Rejected Somali warlord leaves Kenya, Xinhua

Kenya Times reflecting on the Mbigathi quagmire: "Today, the "interim president" appears to be on the same page with the Muslim resistance, talking against imperialism and peace-keepers from from line states, including Kenya Where did we go wrong and loose the opportunity to influence events in Somalia to our advantage? Is it when we chose a new envoy to Somalia? Or is it for hosting warlords who violated that country's people and who have lately been harnessed to fight the Muslim resistance?"

Yemen concerned by Somali developments, UPI Nigeria: Militants attack Shell facility, seize S. Korean oil facility workers,

Verdict due on Liberia war crimes, BBC Dutch national faces 8 year sentence for arms trading in Liberia, IRIN

June 3 - 6, 2006

Somalia: Is it over for the warlords? IRIN Wary Mogadishu residents await Islamic rule, AFP US "worried" by Somali Islamists, BBC Failed state: 15 years of horror in Somalia, AFP Somali Islamists declare victory, warlord on run, New York Times

Islamists take Som capital, four (Mbigathi) warlord-ministers sacked, DPA Somali Islamic militia seize town outside capital, AFP UN says global humanitarian law being violated in Somalia, Xinhua

The signs say Somaliland, but the world says Somalia, New York Times

IFJ condemns assault on journalist by militias in Baidoa

Shabelle Radio female journalist seriously ill after torture by militias loyal to Shariff Hassan, Mbigathi Parliament Speaker

Somali militias (loyal to Shariff Hassan, Mbigathi Parliament Speaker) abduct female Shabelle Radio journalist, Shabelle Media

Somalia female journalist beaten, tortured, and snatched in Baidoa by armed militias loyal to Shariff Hassan, Mbigathi Parliament Speaker

20 Pinoy being held by Somali gunmen, Manila Standard

Somali delegation to visit Sweden on June 1-2, 2006 - indicating that the Swedish gov't is one of the few Western Gov'ts which cannot see corruption, smell warlords, or be concerned with huge human rights violations as long as they take place in African - double standard

Ethiopia: Ministry of Finance extends Ogadeni gas fields tender

Kenya urges the international community to back (not) the agonized Mbigathi Somali Government but its credibility as far as its capacity to host genuine and transparent reconciliation talks are concerned.

Rwanda: Joseph Serugendo sentenced to 6 years imprisonment, ICTR

(Ayaan) Lawmaker reveals divisions within the Dutch, AP (Ayaan Case) Dutch loses party leadership vote, AP

May 29 - June 2, 2006

Range Resources threatens to "track down and sue" anybody, including Somali  citizens,  who questions their mineral exploration dealings with Adde Muse of  Puntland - the making of a classical city-state colony, of subjects, and the coronation of a Buluc Bashi

Mbigathi speaker (Shariff Hassan) in Puntland for shadowy reasons

Untold story in the peace talks, East African Standard Claims of underhand dealings at peace talks, EAStandard Mbigathi gov't urges the Non-Aligned Movement to get UN arms embargo lifted to get arms from their friends to suppress the Somali people

Mbigathi deputy PM appeals for Sahel-Saharan force intervention UN official says Som authorities obstruct some humanitarian effort

Puntland: The trade in human misery, the racket, Hamilton Spectator Somalis brave a sea of perils for $50 a month, New York Times UN appeals to int'l community to stop people trafficking in Somalia,

The US should stay out of a thug vs. thug fight, Pittsburgh Post Strange bedfellows: The lesser of two evils in Somalia, Newsday US: Official critical of Somali policy transferred, Washington Post Militias kill at least 20 in turf battles in Somalia, The New York Times Somali militias may face war crimes charges, AP Int'l Criminal Court asked to charge Muse Sudi Yalahow for war crimes Armed fighters take over Mogadishu hospital, IRIN Doubts arise over present of foreign Muslim fighters in Somalia, VOA Mogadishu tense as battling factions re-group, AFP

Fighting intensifies in Jalalaqsi (Hiraan Region) - what is the militia of Mohamed Dheere doing at a place outside their constituency?

IGAD appeals to international community to back Somalia, but why mess it up in the first place with corruption and favoritisms?

Mbigathi MPs condemn Joint Needs Assessment - the clan squable

Ethiopia - Somalia: Scores killed in inter-clan fighting, IRIN Somaliland President sacks interior minister, police chief, AFP

Ethiopia: Blasts injure 42 in eastern town (Jigjigga), IRIN Ethiopian forces confiscate civilian trucks (Somalia), Shabelle Media

Kenya: Invest in more fire power, to consolidate its colonial and military regime in the Somali territory of the NFD

Eritrea: More Ethiopian soldiers seek asylum here, Shabait.com

Tanzania: 38 Somalis arrested for illegal entry, Arusha Times

May 27 - 28, 2006

Mogadishu hospitals 'overwhelmed', BBC Thousands displaced as heavy fighting rages in Mogadishu, IRIN Death toll in Somali violence up to 48, AP Renewed fighting claims 11 in Mogadishu, IRIN Human trafficking (Puntland): Greed and the trail of death, Independ Working with warlords, Los Angels Times

Puntland withdraws confidence back from Mbigathi Government Bomb explosion rocks Somalia port town of Merca, Shabelle

Local Elders: Ade Muse shows direct hostility against Mudulod - as if the premier position is a a set aside for a specific clan

AU urged to give observer status to Somaliland, AFP Tension high in southern Somali port after ex-militia leader killed, Shabelle

Somalian guilty of lying about quest for asylum, David Harper Top German court rules citizenship can be revoked if application deceitful,

Islamic youth riot in Ethiopia after Koran desecration, AFP Ethiopia provides military supply to Somali warlord, Shabelle

Kenya dismisses UN claims on Somalia arms ban, Shabelle

Sudan fishing for something to sell in Somalia crisis

Marine cooperation agreement of Sana's forum to be applied, but no word on how to prevent the massacre of Somali refugees crossing the Red Sea

May 26, 2006

Mogadishu hospitals overwhelmed, BBC

People smuggling from Somalia to Yemen intensifies, hundreds thrown overboard.  Bring charges against Puntland and Yemen.  They have jurisdiction over the ports and the waters where the killing takes place.  They know the criminals, their hiding places, and their plans. They must be held accountable for giving them protection and immunity

Militia shuts down radio station in Baidoa

Mbigathi cabinet approves deployment of Ugandan, Sudanese forces

Sudan fishing for something to sell in the Somali crisis

In the first place, who elected you Mr. "Mayor"? Your buddies, but they do not have a mandate from the 1.5 million Somalis in Mogadishu.  By democratic standards, you are an illegal who usurped power without the consent of the majority of the population of the city

Ethiopian ambassador-designate to Ivory Coast quits, seeks asylum, ER Eritrean president, Djibouti military delegation discuss ties

Kenya: Moi calls for a new province in the NFD, trying to save Kenya from the responsibilities associated with the cultural and economic genocide of the region, as a result of over half century of Kenyan colonial and military rule on the Somali people in the region.

Corruption feared in cash exodus from poor countries, Camberra Times

May 21 - 25, 2006

Somaliland: Part and parcel of Somalia, Hirad (Dismembering Somalia)- Somaliland: Time for AU leadership, ICG Kenya paper calls for fresh peace initiatives in Somalia, Kenya Times African countries seek partially lifting arms embargo on Somalia, Xinhua US secretly backing warlords in Somalia, Washington Post On the move, Mbigathi gov't to relocate to Kisimayo Gedi urges Puntland not to start oil explorations

Seven killed, some beheaded in new Somalia violence, AFP Mbigathi MPs want Mogadishu warlords charged with war crimes

On British Government commission - requesting a bigger assassin of a black Briton to catch a smaller assassin of a white Briton - as if the life of a black Briton does not deserve justice - racism at Government level

Shariff Hassan fooling around with democracy, despite the blatant discrimination in the infamous 4.5 clause in the Transitional Charter

No tears for Somalia, Mideast Mirror

Why the jig is up for (Ayaan) Hirsi Ali in Holland, Toronto Star (Ayaan) Hirsi Ali case only the start, Christopher Caldwell (Ayaan) A Moslem Voice: an enemy of violence, Philadelphia Inqurier Critics want Somali-born lawmaker deported for lying in 1992 refugee... AP

Ethiopian oppositions meet in Holland, Ethiopian Review Meles criticizes Tony Blair for withdrawing direct budget support. Reporte

Eritrea: General Sebhat holds talks with Djiboutian Head Military, Shabait

Rwanda hands over 171 indictments to diplomats, Hirondelle Rwanda publishes list of genocide suspects still on the run, Hirondelle Rwanda: Tracking continues in the case of genocide treasurer, Hirondelle Rwanda to release indictments for most wanted genocide fugitives, Hirond Rwanda: Prosecutor seeks life sentence for former mayor, Hirondelle Rwanda: Two genocide suspects traced to Britain, Hirondelle

Japan donates 8.6m dollars to AU initiatives in Darfur (in exchange AU must support Japanese membership in the Security Council)

May 14 - 20, 2006

IGAD haunted by a feeling of irrelevancy as a result of its bankrupt Somali reconciliation model

Ayaan Hirsi humiliated by a nation which she loved so much - her mistake was that she saw only one side of a very complex problem

US and the Somali crisis, Daily Trust US denies funding warlords, The Nation Battle for Africa: Africa better beware of the impending imperialists

The UN's thugs, National Post UN Security Council rejects Somalia sanctions, tighter arms embargo, AP UN Security Council extends Somalia monitoring group, UN News Service UN Rights Chief spotlights troubling developments in Ethiopia, Somalia,

Somaliland: Controversy over extension over "elders" term of office, IRIN Eleven die in inter-clan clashes in Somaliland, IRIN

When Emperor Meles calls, the subjects must rush - Puntland leader When Emperor Meles calls, the subjects must rush - Somaliland leader Deadly blasts in Ethiopia capital, BBC Ethiopia: Chinese oil firm, masquerading, after Ogadeni oil Iran to help Kenya construct new oil refinery, The Standard

Kenya Foreign Minister Tuju attacks countries not over Somalia, but over a bankrupt reconciliation model which dismembers Somalia and whose direct beneficiaries are Kenya and Ethiopia

Third World cash exodus points to laundering, The Independent

May 9 - 13, 2006

122 die in Mogadishu fighting in past week, DN At least 38 killed in militia clashes in Somali capital, DPA Death toll climbs as Mogadishu fighting intensifies, AFP Residents flee Somali capital as militias skirmish for strategic positions, AP Fighting flares in Somali capital, BBC Somalia: Illegal armies continue to fuel fighting, IRIN Somalia: parla suora italiana da Mogadishu, VITA Somalia: ancora scontri a Mogadishu, VITA Somalia: from clan fighting to ideological battleground, IRIN

Yusuf: US funding of warlords undermining government - as if the other members of the "government" are angels

Security Council requests Secretary General to establish monitoring group on Somalia unanimously adopting Resolution 1676 (2006), UN

UAE firm pays Somali gunmen to release ship, Lloyd's list Use armies to fight piracy, UN tells member states, East African Pirates off Somali coast hijack cargo ship, kill crew member, AP

Ethiopia: Opposition in walkout as Meles appoints city caretaker, IRIN Ethiopia reportedly agrees to export 38,000 workers to Lebanon - business as usual - vestiges of 19th century slave trade across the Red Sea

Saudi loans for road paving connecting Ethiopia with Sudan, IPR Ethiopia supporting Japan's bid to win permanent UNSC seat, Jiji Press Turkey, Ethiopia sign military cooperation agreement, Anatolia Africa backs Japans bid for UNSC seat; AU chief, Jiji Press Al Amoudi's plans for Oromia, ION

May 3 - 8, 2006

A bunch of failed states, whose human rights record leaves much to be desired, in the service of oil and fishing companies, and who qualify for humanitarian international intervention, as much as Somalia, urge the UN to lift the Somali arms embargo, setting the stage for civil war and genocide in the country - what moral authority do they have?

Yemen, African allies call for ending Somalia arms embargo, DPA Yusuf says US should stop supporting warlords in Al_Qaida fight Yusuf says US backs warlords - as if the rest of the cabinet are all angels! Yusuf thinks US funds warlords Planes carrying 33m dollars in Som. shillings arrive in (Puntland), Midnimo Som army chief says plans underway to recruit 12,000 soldiers, Shabelle New militia group takes over pirate groups base in (Harardheere), Shabelle (Mbigathi President) asked to remove his militia from Baidoa Som. Islamist leader accuses Ethiopia of seeking to balkanize Somalia, Sha Getting his share, bomb on home of (Ayr) clan elder in Mogadishu Son-in-law of Som official smuggles (counterfeit) money into Dubai, DP Ethiopia: ONLF rebels claim killing 43 gov't officials in the Ogaden, R. Free

Training warlords to become less warlord - that is how UN money is squandered by a bureaucracy that justifies its own existence.

Savage justice, (just impossible to understand), Daily Mail

Kenya still a 'failed state', says Report, Nation

Darfur crisis puts Sudan 'top of failed' states list, Independent

April 28 - May 3, 2006

The "Somaliland" mythology indicted, A. Hirad,

Gedi either has hard time understanding diplomacy language or is a professional liar - US denies striking piracy deal with Somalia

Somaliland president receives new Ethiopian ambassador - a shameful step, with unimaginable consequences in the dismemberment of Somalia

Somaliland parliament defends ties with Ethiopian Government, Shabelle Fighting erupts in town (Baidoa) - bunkii la cunno bodowgiisa aa la rabaa)

Alleged Somali pirates freed after US declines to prosecute (but there are unanswered questions of why arrest them in the first place, who is behind these mysterious pirates, who benefits from the destabilization of the Somali coasts, who is setting up Somalia for annexation)

Spain said to send warship to Somalia to protect fishing vessel, (as in the old colonial days)

Freed to rape: two men who should have been deported, Daily Telegraph

Somali Talks to cost Kenya Sh 1.2 bn says Kiplagat - in the lucrative business of reconciliation talks - that is why we dragged it for 4 years

Misrepresenting the Mbigathi Somali Reconciliation Talks Kenya (and UNDP) train 250 "Somali police" to protect Somali warlords Kenya: Somalia's police recruits ejected from KWS camp, Nation Kenya seeking world backing for bankrupt reconciliation talks

East Africa: Regional cross border force launched - a rivaval of 19th century chieftains and notables in the service of former colonial powers

African defense ministers call for deployment of rapid response force - a revival of 19th century chieftains and notables in the service of former colonial masters and oil companies

Top UN official calls Ethiopia's human rights record "troubling", AP Ethiopia: Treason trial of prisoners of conscience opens in Addis, AI

Discord on Somalia, Ethiopia blames Kenya, Kenya blames Sudan, Sudan blames Darfur and the West, Kenya blames "TFG", Oil and fishing companies mad at not having to wait 4 years to exploit Somali oil, gas, and fish, despite the kickbacks they paid, TFG asking for more kick back to do the job, Annan protecting his AU and IGAD friends.  Let the Somali people say NO once and for all to this circus, which undeniably has all the connotations of a conspiracy to dismember Somalia and take away its resources!!!

April 23 - 27, 2006

Seven killed, families displaced by renewed fighting in Mogadishu, IRIN Fear, tension as rival militia set up preparations for war for Som. capital,AP

Somaliland authorities ban religious sermons outside mosques - Republica

Kenya: No justification, no excuses, no mystification of Kenyan colonial and military administration in the NFD for over half a century - no lumping together of unrelated issues - respect for the wishes and welfare of the Somali population in the NFD in accordance with the 1962 official referendum.

Kenya: Region's peace force talks open - a revival of 19th century chieftains and notables in the service of former colonial masters

Ethiopia: UN condemns Ethiopia over rights, BBC Ethiopia: More foreign firms show interest in W. Somalia oil, Ethiopia: Ministry shortlists 7 companies to develop W. Somalia gas, Ethiopia: Country signs power interconnection Project with Djibouti, EH Ethiopia to use Somaliland's port, Walta Information Centre

April 16 - 22, 2006

Somaliland: haunted by its founding mythology, Hirad Mogadishu tensions soar as Islamists declare jihad on warlords, AFP

US: No anti-piracy deal with Somalia, UPI US official denies deal on Somali piracy patrols, AFP Gedi says US to patrol pirate infested Somali waters, AFP

Puntland: Korea National Oil to farm in to Puntland Project 1/1, AP

Puntland: Foreign mining firm prospecting for minerals in Somalia's Puntland pulls out, HornAfrik

Gedi says foreign hands "stoking up" renewed fighting in Mogadishu, but he must know better for he himself is an Ethiopian stooge.

German Social Democrats want NATO to take over naval operations in Horn of Africa, a longing for something far away and long ago!

Somalia: Gangs blocking supply of relief food, The Nation Somali gunmen ambush UN food aid convoy, VOA

For those in peril, piracy insurance, The Economist Pirates attack American yacht in Yemeni territorial waters, TASS

Over 26 said killed in recent blasts in southeastern Ethiopia,RadioFreedom First transit clearance office (for Ethiopia) opens in Somaliland, Haatuf Ethiopia: Indian firms shortlisted to develop (W. Somalia) gas fields

Insult to injury: Kenyan writer says baby sitting Somalia has become tiresome - after squandering Somalia's prospects for genuine reconciliation, Kenyan colonialism consolidates its position in the NFD, while Kenyan writers are unable to overcome their colonial mentality and address the real outstanding issues between the two nations, especially the question of decolonization of the NFD and reparations for the generations of Somalis condemned to cultural and economic genocide by the Kenyan Government for over half a century.

Rwanda: Ex-mayor sentenced to 15 years in prison for genocide, IRIN Cuba says at least 50 world leaders expected at Non-Alignment Mov't, AP

April 8 - 15, 2006

Tens of thousands dying from drought in Horn of Africa, UN Somalia: Gangs blocking supply of relief food, The Nation Three killed in battle over UN food aid in drought-hit Somalia, AFP Official: US backing Somali militants, AP US gov't said seeking "friendly" Somali militia to fight terrorists, Shabelle Somali pirates demand 400,000 dollars for release of S. Korean ship, AFP South Korea sets up task force to free captured trawler off Somalia, AP Militants who took ship deny being pirates, AP Boat capsizes in Gulf of Aden, off Djibouti; at least 69 dead, AP EU warlordism, Somaliland Times

Somalia signs 352 m - dollar currency printing deal with Indonesian firm (to further destabilize the country, buy loyalists, causing inflation & misery)

A mayor selected by Islamists (but not by the population of Mogadishu))

Mbigathi government re-opens "embassy" in Addis Ababa Ethiopian troops reportedly cross over into Somalia, Shabelle Ethiopia selling Somali gas (19 foreign firms submit letters of interest) Small blast in Ethiopian capital as police defuse train station bomb, AFP

Kenya to train 200 Somali police officers effective 6 April (in the refined art of using Somalis to milk donors)

Rwanda: Man who bulldozed church accused of being paid to change testimony, Hirondelle

Yemen gets 1bn-dollar development funding from China, Saba

April 2 - 7, 2006

Bring the warlords of Somalia to justice, Abikar Is the president of Puntland (Adde Muse) playing with fire, Abdalla Hirad

Honduran death squad leader ordered to pay $47 million, Colonel found responsible for torture and disappearances, owes compensation to victims, Center for Justice and Accountability

Rwanda: Documents shed light on genocide planning, HRW Rwanda Genocide: How It Was Prepared, HRW

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On the charlatanism of Ali Khalif Galeyr:
These days it seems that anyone can teach at the Humphrey Institute in Minnesota, or for that matter, graduate from Harvard with a PHD, as long as one can impress the students and teachers with the exotic culture of the camel boys of Somalia.  It brings in some needed wilderness, in fact, a place holder, economics, after all, no need to go any further than is necessary.  Ali Khalif Galeyr, gifted as he may be in this field, does not seem to appreciate his luck, nor the complexity of the issues he is meddling with.  He does not believe that all men were born equal and supports the infamous 4.5 clause which divided the Somali people into first class citizens, second class citizens, and third class citizens.  And he does not stop there, for he misrepresents the facts, the big time corruption behind the Mbigathi quagmire.  In fact, both him and Elmi, the Somali "representative" at the UN used the unjust clan quota system to propel them to where they are now; Ali Khalif at Arte and Elmi to the UN.  We will be around to prove them wrong every time they stick out their necks. Interview with MN NPR (listen).

Samatar on Gedi: "An act of betrayal, venality and incompetence".
But then, Samatar, himself, seems to endorse the legacy of the corrupt regimes of the 1960s, product of the pro-Italian interests of AFIS which set us up in the mess we find ourselves today, concenteration of power in the executive - remember the SYL, the infamous busta rossa which targeted and removed specific groups from government circles, the corruption and alienation of legitimate opposition, the strange silence over the Somalilands still under colonial rule, namely the Ogaden and NFD, confiscation of land from the peasants of the Shebelle and Juba Rivers, in the interest of their Italian friends - the banana concessionaires, mother of all corruption, the favoritisms and the nepotism, reducing the economy of the nation to mono-culture as they lined up their pockets, which finally paved the way for the military dictatorship of 1969.  We would like to see Samatar take a stand on these underlying issues and write his essays in accessible English which does not intimidate the readers.

On the announcement of the formation of a city council for Mogadishu
Benadir-Watch rejects the recently announced unequal distribution of representative council seats for the city of Mogadishu.  This is a violation of the right of the population of Mogadishu to have their say in the composition of the city council in accordance with the universal principles of one man one vote.  Unjust claims and the unrelenting insistence on special set asides based on false and frauduent majority status or on the number of technicals roaming in the streets of Mogadishu are not conducive to the true spirit of reconciliation and constitute an alienation of vast sections of the population of Mogadishu who have equal rights in the formation of the city council.  Anything less than universal suffrage in the administration of the city of Mogadishu is null and void. 

News on genocide, human rights violations, & colonialism in East Africa

March 27 - April 1, 2006

Injustice to women, an ingredient of the primordial element in the Somali culture, by Abdalla A. Hirad

Somalia: Mogadishu ceasefire talks hit snag, IRIN Somali warlords vow to continue war against Islamist militias, DPA More than 900 Somalis flee to Kenya after fighting in Mogadish, Standard Rival Somalia militiamen bury their dead, reinforce fighters during lull.. AP

Pan Africa: Africa's military force on track (a revival of 19 century chieftains and notables inspired by former colonial powers)

IGAD vows to take on Somali warlords (bluffing time),

May Kiplagat and Affey learn their lesson - bankrupt models formulated by corrupt officials in search of career do not work in Somalia

One killed, 15 wounded as explosions rock Ethiopian capital, AFP

Yemen minister, Somali delgation discuss agriculture cooperation (on land and products which do not belong to neither of them)

EU, Somalia sign deal for euro 70 million package to help stabilize (Mbigathi) government - (It is cookie time)

East Africa: EU Commissioner proposes strategy for peace, security, and development in the Horn of Africa (only that the development part is not convincing in light of 3 centuries of EU colonialism), The Reporter

Warlords make peace elusive in post-conflict Africa, peace-maker, Xinhua

March 21 - 26, 2006

Fighting subsides in Somalia, dozens killed, Reuters Thousands flee militia fighting in Mogadishu, IRIN Fighting resumes in Mogadishu, death toll rises to at least 60, AP Fighting in Puntland, Midnimo Curfew in Baidoa, Shabelle Facilitate Somali state structure (and never mind human rights) NewVision Somaliland official to arrive in Sanaa, Yemen News Agency UN Security Council urges action on Somali piracy, Gulf News

Human rights deteriorating in Africa - report, AFP

Somali trade mission (headed by Adde Muse) arrive in Sanaa, Saba

Ethiopia charges 151 people for threatening state security, AFP

Ethiopia: Political activists reportedly block railway ... Ethiopian Review Torture and displacement in Northern Uganda, Pambazuka News

ICC arrests its first war crimes suspect (Congo), Hirondelle

March 12 - 20, 2006

Bitterness of a used Somali warlord, listen to interview, Shabelle Radio East African leaders urge UN to lift Somalia arms embargo, AFP UN to reconsider lifting arms on Somalia, Xinhua General News Service Embargo-breaking arms dealers getting away with murder, PA Security Council slams violations of arms embargo in Somalia, AFP Analysis: Hunger grips the Horn, UPI IGAD has failed, says Government, East African Standard Ugandan President urges national army for Somalia, Kenyan Capital Radio

Somali pirates deny they targeted US Navy vessels, AP New research highlights modus operandi of Somali hijackers Pirates attack UN food aid ship off Somalia, AFP

EU seeks peace, security pact with Horn of Africa, Xinhua General News ADL - Admerex to supply top telco network operator in Somalia, RWE

South African firm (headed by the brother of Thabo Mbeki) to take over Ethio-Djibouti Railway, Xinhua General News Service

Sudan hits out at Ethiopia in border dispute, AFP Ethiopian police arrest OLF rebels, recover ammunition, AFP

Trial on damages against Honduran death squad leader to be held in Florida Federal Court, CJA Press Release

March 8 - 11, 2006

Venditori d'armi in crisi? VITA Fishermen appeal for help over foreign fishing ships, IRIN Battle for hearts in bandit country, The Guardian Wrong actors, wrong timing: the war for Mogadishu, The Reporter Wales strikes out on its own in its recognition of Somaliland, Westrn Mail Somalia sinking, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio

Yemen: On a dagger's edge, Kevin Whitlaw 50 Yemeni fishermen abducted by Somali pirates, AFP Yemen security authorities arrest 2,600 illegal migrants from Somalia, Saba

Four injured by blasts in Ethiopia's capital, AFP Modern airport under construction in Jigjigga

Kenyan delegation arrives in Baidoa after squandering Somalia"s chance for genuine reconciliation

Kenya: Is drought killing pastoralism? No, it is Kenyan colonial & military administration which has reduced the Somali territory of the NFD into a reservation for over half a century and set the stage for its extinction

March 3 - 7, 2006

Who killed the Italian journalist Ilaria Alpi and cameraman Miran Hrovatin in Mogadishu in 1994?  Committee says Ilaria Alpi killed during kidnapping attempt, ANSI

Anti-colonial manifest against the forces of occupation headed by Indha Cadde distributed in the Benadiri city of Merka, Midnimo

Somalia sinking, the US is right to steer clear of the chaos, PPG Interview: Top Islamist blames US for Somali mayhem, Reuters

Pay back, AU Mission frustrated with the headaches of the Mbigathi quagmire recommends the breaking up of Somalia,

The marriage is over, Somali warlord expels Mbigathi president's militia

53 die in sea as smugglers dump their human cargo, Daily Telegraph

Participants at IFEX General Meeting call for action in case of murdered (British) journalist in Mogadishu in 2005, IFEX UN appeals for safety for humanitarian workers in Somalia, UN Abducted UN staff member released, UN Somalia signs all 31 treaties, conventions of AU, for what they are worth,

Sudan warns to retire from AU if it calls for Darfur takeover, Sudan Tribun Eritrea - Ethiopia: Asmara rejects talks on border dispute, IRIN Ethiopia: Trial of opposition activists adjourned, IRIN

ICC says cells ready for Uganda war crimes suspects, Reuters UN sounds alarm over attack on press in Nairobi, UN

February 23 - March 2, 2006

Militia kidnaps 2 foreign UN staff members in Southeastern Somalia, AP Training for Somalia team (Commissioners) fails to start after row, Nation Somali warlords reject call to lift UN arms embargo, AFP Somali warlords hold 'secret anti-terrorist' talks with US agents, AFP Three killed as militiamen storm Puntland parliament, Radio Midnimo Somali "parliament" adjourns for a week to negotiate on agenda Somali pirates seize another Indian dhow, AFP Regional Somali "Authority" bans "lawmakers" from carrying weapons Militia reportedly moving battlewagons towards Mogadishu, Shabelle Mayor of Mogadishu, nepotism behind his nomination Men sentenced in robberies directed by elder, AP Death toll from fighting in Ethiopia-Somalia border climbs to 20, AFP US in new policy on Somalia as pirates threaten Indian Ocean, E. African

Ethiopia: TPLF regime trying to muffle public from accessing international media outlets, Shabait.com

February 11 - 22, 2006

Mogadishu "calm but tense" - residents, IRIN Thousands displaced as Mogadishu clashes continue, IRIN Fighting resumes in Somali capital, Shabelle Media Heavy fighting in Mogadishu clashes, 60 reportedly killed, DPA Fifteen killed as militias clash in Mogadishu, IRIN Somaliland's promises to Ethiopian businesses, The Reporter

Transitional "court" formed in Baidoa (but the civil and penal codes are in Mr. Shatigaduud's mind - in the background Mr. Cagadhiig!)

UN team arrives in Baidoa to assess security (what a misery, when UN staff provide service to warlords and organized crime!)

Over 60 said killed in clan fighting in Western Somaliland

Mbigathi "leaders" receive bullet proof vehicles from Yemen

Stanbic Bank (S. Africa) donates 360m to Somalia (but we learnt all along that nobody invites you to dinner for free, what is the deal?) New Vision

US forces step up patrols along Somali coast, Shabelle Media Somalia urges US navy to deal with illegal fishing, piracy, Xinhua

Kenyan piracy trial first for US, UPI Advocating for Kenyan corruption

February 8 - 10, 2006

Asian, African writer's to celebrate spirit of Bandung, Indo-Asian News

US officials meet Dheere in Jowhar, Qaran Taped Evidence in Kenya scandal, BBC

One year after BBC Reporter Kate Peyton's murder, investigation has ... BBC journalist killers live openly in Somalia, Media Watchdog

Judge rules alleged Somali pirates can be tried in Kenya, AFP Kenya: Court to decide if it can try Somalis, The Nation Police mount search of piracy mastermind, The Nation Kenyan report queries US firm's ability to curb piracy off Somalia's Coast Legality of arrests to be queried in piracy case, The Nation

Kenya needs $245 million to help 3.5 million people hit by drought, officials say (the upcoming bonanza for the corrupted officials!)

UN and Cambodia set up office for war crimes court to try former Khemer Rouge leaders (Time to set up a similar court for Somalia)

February 1 - 7, 2006

The One Thousand & One Night Tale of Mbigathi, Gedi opposes Baidoa One killed seven wounded in Somali protests over stupid cartoons Somalia: Six killed in clash over land in Somaliland, IRIN

Kenyan court fails to fix date for trial of suspected Somali pirates, AP US-captured Somali piracy suspects challenge Kenyan jurisdiction, AFP

Deepening Kenyan drought sparks worst communal violence, DPA Kenya inflation rate doubles within a month due to drought, AP Great job! Kenya police arrest 2 on suspicion for stealing famine drugs

UN: Security General appoints Special Humanitarian envoy to Horn, UN

Djibouti: Khat dominates male life in the tiny Muslim nation

Security - Somalia - Yemen, Yemen News Agency

Yemeni - Somali "foreign ministers" sign cooperation memo (but we challenged them to make the deal public), Yemen News Agency

January 26 - 31, 2006

Demo in Baidoa in support of hosting first "Somali parliamentary" session (but as the Somali saying goes "bunki la cunno, bodowgiisa aa la rabaa!!)

New Somali radio to open in Ethiopia (Ogaden), Radio Freedom Drought leaves up to 2.1 million people in need of help in ... Somalia, AP The Somali dream, New Vision

UN envoy says upcoming "parliamentary" funding to be funded (bribing, aiding and abetting warlords and organized crime - the UN role)

Somalia is world's new pirate capital, The Daily Telegraph Kenya: Ten Somali suspects face piracy charges, The Nation Hijacked ship is not UAE, Emirates News Agency Undaunted Somali pirates hijack new vessel after US seizure, AFP

Annan calls on UN to change mindset and "engage with people" (not with warlords and organized crime as is the case in Somalia - a typical case of double standard which protects the plunders of IGAD and AU)

Archeologists find remains of 4,000 year old ships in Red Sea caves, AP

January 22 - 25, 2006

Ogaden rebels claim many Ethiopian soldiers killed in 4 battles, Radio Free Unknown gunmen kill three at Mogadishu hospital, HornAfrik 22 dead, 28 reported missing as smugglers' boat capsizes off ..., UNHCR Deaths mount on Gulf of Aden smuggling route to Yemen, UN News US sailors recall boarding suspected pirate ship off African coast, AP

Somaliland: UN, World Bank conference ends in "mayhem", Sd Times Somaliland people said worried about President's long absence, Haatuf Somaliland paper raps World Bank, IMF over aid "ploy", Somaliland Time

Ethiopia: South Western Region (Ogaden) ravaged by drought, IRIN

Ethiopian premier pledges to support Somali "peace" process (but to test his true intentions, he must first of all grant the decolonization and the right to self determination of the Somali population in the Ogaden)

Somalization (of Gaza), The Jerusalem Report

As if the International Court of Justice is an extension of the kangaroo courts in Africa, the African Union (of coconut republics, headed by corrupted beurocrats, dictators and butchers) wants to take action against what they call "saboteurs" of the Mbigathi "peace" process, harassing and threatening the population of Somalia with invasion, despite the fact that IGAD squandered the prospects for genuine reconciliation in Somalia, offered the warlords the opportunity to legitimize their grip on the country, against the wishes and welfare of the Somali people, and against the interests of peace and security in the region.

African leaders to seek peacekeepers in Somalia, Ethiopian Herald

January 14 - 21, 2006

Ethiopia's search for a port, The Reporter Ogaden National Liberation Front reviews 2005, Radio Freedom Somaliland warns Australian firm over mining deal, Somaliland Times Lull in fighting in Southern Somalia after rival warlord wounded, DPA Calm in Southern Somalia after 16 killed in fighting, AFP Heavy fighting reported in eastern part of Mogadishu, Shabelle Central Somalia clan fighting death toll rises to 36, Shabelle Puntland police shut down radio, arrest staff, Midnimo Malawi police arrest 41 illegal Somali immigrants in north, The Nation No comment on US military deployment along Somali coastline, CNA Somalia, Djibouti sign accord to jointly combat terrorism, AllPuntland.com Djibouti: Some 60,000 people facing starvation, ADI

Yemen asks Arab States to release funds for Somalia (aiding and abetting warlords & organized crime to get the capital to oppress the Som. people)

UK firm launches piracy insurance, Toronto Star Twenty dead in refugee boat that landed in Yemen, UNHCR Boat missing as more migrants leave for Yemen, IRIN

Rebel "ministers" skip "Speaker's" meeting in Mogadishu (in reality the "Speaker" is a man with a samsonite, a laptop which he does not know how to use, a pair of professor-like looking eyeglasses, & without a constituency, hence any deal reached with him is with the wrong party.)

Ethiopia requests UN Security Council to lift Somali arms embargo,Shabel UK imposes Ethiopian aid sanction, BBC Ethiopia: Emperor Meles holds talks with Mbigathi President

Ethiopia arms Mohamed Dheere, one of the most brutal warlords who has established colonial fascist rule on the indigenous population of Jowhar

Battle between Ethiopian and Kenyan "nomads" leaves 38 people dead in Northern Kenya (what more to expect after over half a century of Kenyan and Ethiopian colonial and military rules in the Somali regions)

Drought forces "Kenyan nomads" to rethink traditions (It is Kenyan colonial and military rule for the past over half a century that forced the Somali people in the region into nomadism)

Kenya: Food aid theft hurts Kenya's starving millions, Reuters Kenya: Drought and mismanagement bring famine, Deutsche Presse

Kenya arrests 24 for stealing critical drought aid (the show!)

Kenya: UK's plan to ban "khat" faulted, (Kenya violating international laws to ban drugs, including "khat", which is a drug.)

Remembering the massacre in Mustapha Mahmoud Park, Eva Dadrian From Rwanda to Darfur, lessons learned? Gerald Caplan African Union: Choose a credible president (not a butcher like Al Bashir)

January 7 - 13, 2006

Djibouti takes diplomatic dispute with France to world court, AP Ethiopia: Ogaden rebel chief urges local unity against government, Free

Somalia: Twenty killed, thousands displaced in renewed fighting, IRIN Mogadishu residents plan mass demonstration against faction...Ayaamah When does piracy become terrorism ... and who pays, Lloyd's list

Eleven million people face hunger in the Horn (partly due to the colonial and military administrations of Ethiopia and Kenya in the affected areas)

Drought puts additional strains on Somalia's capacity to cope with its enormous internal displacement crisis, IDMC

Interview with Bob Maccarthy, Unicef Somalia emergency officer, IRIN

Ethiopia: Hidden crackdown in rural areas. Independent inquiry should investigate rural violence, Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia: Gov't takes measure to control Somali drought (panicked by the prospect of being charged with genocide against the Somali people in the Ogaden)

Kenya: Government to buy all local maize for drought relief (panicked by the prospect of being charged with genocide against the Somali people in the NFD)

Kenya: Nobel Laureate blames East Africa drought on deforestation (but fails to mention the impact of Kenyan military and colonial administration in the NFD for over half a century)

Kenya: After screwing up Somalia's prospect for genuine reconciliation, Kalonzo discovers the business of conflict resolution, it pays!

Kenyan "khat" farmers call for alternative to UK ban while emphasizing the "nutritional values" and "medical advantages" of the plant

Rwanda: Karera ordered that all Tutsis be exterminated, Hirondelle Rwanda: Court finds Rwandan guilty murdering tourists 7 years ago, IRIN Rwanda: Genocide trial of former Rwandan prefet opens, Hirondelle

Egypt: Amnesty International calls for inquiry into killings and opposes threatened collective expulsions of Sudanese protesters, AI

Taiwan offers tariff free treatment to undeveloped countries, CNA UN admits July Cite Soleil raid killed innocent civilians, DN

January 1 - 6, 2006

$54 million verdict upheld against Salvadorian Generals (two former  Ministers of Defense) found responsible for torture, US Court of Appeals, Atlanta, CJA (Please spread this message to Somali victims of torture)

East Africa: Millions on the brink of starvation in the Horn of Africa, FAO

UN Food Agency to use Djibouti sea port for Somalia food aid, HornAfrik WFP uses new sea routes to deliver relief food to Somalia, Xinhua East African piracy extends to Kenya and Tanzania, Lloyd's List Italy taking sides (in the background the mistakes of January 11, 1948) Ali Abdalla Salah: Twisting the elbows of men who cannot deliver  Bickering Som "leaders bury hatchet, but gov seat still unclear", AFP Acquentium Hong Kong Ltd. signs MDU system with Somaliland

Kenya: Desperate Kenyan (Somali) nomads cull starving cattle in drought hit north (what more to expect after half a century of Kenyan colonial rule)

Ethiopian opponents denied bail (Between me and my subject, I do not want to see a piece of paper, Qui commando io)

Ethiopia: Parliament extends the Dire Dawa interim administration by a year (despite the wishes of the population for fair and free elections)

December 24 -31, 2005

Press Statement: Benadir Salvation Union condemns the illegal  unilateral formation of a city council for Mogadishu by warlord Muse Sudi

(Illegal) New administration installed in Somali capital, Saudi Press (Illegal) New admin installed in Somali capital, splitting from "TFG" Taiwan negotiating ransom with Somali rebels (not pirates any more!) Yemen, Djibouti leaders discuss situation in Horn of Africa, Saba News Police, civilians clash in Somaliland capital, Jamhuuriya

Somaliland - Telecom companies reject interconnect system installed by US firm, Somaliland Times

Ethiopia: Former Norfolk State Univ. professor charged with genocide Ethiopia: Donors withhold budget support to government, IRIN

Ethiopia: A million people n south east face extreme food insecurity - (product of Ethiopian colonialism on Western Somalia)

Eritrea: Ban on UN flights still in place

Uganda: Britain cuts aid over concerns about democracy, IRIN Rwanda: Col. Simba sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes, Hirondelle

December 18 -23, 2005

US defense scholars tout gendarmerie as peace keeping model Row reported between Yusuf and Dhere, Somalijecel Djibouti foreign minister & German counterpart discuss military ties, ADI German defense minister arrives in Djibouti for security talks, ADI Somaliland foreign minister denies resignation reports, HornAfrik

10 die in Mandera (NFD) as hunger bites (product of Kenyan colonialism)

Yemeni police reportedly kill Somali refugee during clashes in Sanaa

December 10 -17, 2005

ICG letter to IGAD Heads of State "Arms embargo must remain", ICG Somalia too unstable to be re-armed, activists warn, IPS Move to lift arms embargo faulted, IPS Toxic waster poisoning Somalia, Deutesche Press Ogaden rebels claim inflicting massive losses on gov't forces, Radio Freed Pirates ahoy! They are deadly gangsters ... New Scientist Mbigathi "Parliament" Speaker praises Libyan leader's peace effort Somaliland President says he is not ill, Somalijecel UN envoy appeals for safe passage of aid for Somalia, Xinhua Gen. News Italy said to change policy towards Somalia after Mogadish demos, Qaran Anti-Italian government demo staged in Southern Somalia, Shabelle

Mbigathi "Gov't" to offer special incentives to investors in livestock trade, but because we have seen too many incentives that end up only to sack the country, wrapped up in sell-outs, bribes & corruption, we challenge Gedi to make the deal transparent and public.

Watchdog accuses Somali region (Puntland) of repeated press freedom violations, (rendezvous with the Lega Progressista)

Ethiopia: Blair's man in Ethiopia jails 40,000 and kills protesters to quell opposition, The Daily Telegraph

Kenya: UK khat ban to cost Kenya $25 million a year, The East African Kenyan fears over Somalia as war risk zone, Front Page News

Rwanda: Bill Clinton, America, and the genocide, The New Times

December 8 - 9, 2005

For the record, UNDP funds Somali warlords, the amount awarded to each warlord and the names of the beneficiaries remain a secret

Gedi signs contract with a bankrupt sea company Islamic leaders communique, Qatar News Agency Libya to open AID office in Somalia, BBC Monitoring France and Britain to share repatriation flights, AFP Company found guilty of racism, Western Mail Woman convicted of child abuse denied early release, AP

December 1 - 7, 2005

In Somalia, the hungry wait as militias slow delivery of aid, LA Times Somaliland, Puntland exchange detainees, (what a misery!) IRIN Another ship hijacked in Somali waters, AFP Somalia: IGAD calls for the lifting of the arms embargo, IRIN Journalist imprisoned for report on alleged arms dealing, CPJ Scuffles mar opening of Somaliland parliament, IRIN

Eritrea to expel UN peace keepers, BBC Ethiopia, Mbigathi Government sign agreement, what is next?

UN Court hands over more genocide cases to Rwanda, Hirondelle Miroslav Bralo sentenced to 20 years prison, ICJ

Giornata contro la schiavitu, VITA Smile, woman of Africa, smile, Kithaki

November 26 - 27, 2005

American company to fight pirates off Somalia, Reuters

Ethiopia: Opposition activists denied bail Ethiopia: The politics of fear Eritrea: Gov't criticizes Security Council resolution, IRIN Rwanda: Bagaragaza reveals existence of hit list, Hirondelle Uganda: Gov't bans radio stations from debating opposition leaders trial,  Senegal re-arrests Habre, puts case to African Union, Reuters

November 14 - 25, 2005

Press Statement: Against the policies of Gedi to disintegrate Somalia,

Warlords demand ransom for Kenyan hostages, EAS Col. Nicholas Carranza held liable in US court for torture, extrajudicial killing and crimes against humanity, CJA

Etiopia: Oltre 50 oppositori rischiano la condanna a morte, VITA 24 Ethiopian leaders remain in jail, DN Rwanda: Former major pleads guilty to charges of genocide, IRIN Burindi: Torture and summary executions documented in ongoing war Ex-dictator of Chad (the African Pinnochet) arrested in Senegal, Miladjo Radic transferred to France to serve his 20 years prison sentence

November 13, 2005

SOS as pirate motherships take the high seas seeking cargo & hostages Shameful assassination of the son of Boqore in Mogadishu Fighting over Somali cinemas kills at least 7, Reuters

November 10 - 12, 2005

Piracy linked to "mother ship", Reuters Somali "mother ship" directs pirates, Hijackers seize Thai ship, crew off Somalia, Bangkok Post

Somalia, where pirates roam free (what more to expect when their buddies are chosen as MPs in Mbigathi!)

Ogaden National Liberation Front denounces repression in Ethiopia

Somaliland President Kahin on a dead end, administration bills hardly payable, recognition painfully nowhere close, as he looks for leverage over ties with Israel, deteriorating ties with Arab countries, Ethiopian use of the Port of Berbera in exchange for badly needed funds, and on ONLF

Somaliland: Joint appeal on political position of women, an open letter from NAGAAD Umbrella, Women Decision –Making Forum, EAHRW, Samotalis, FOPAG, S/land HR-NET and Heegan Human Rights Network

ICC appeals for naval protection against pirates, Maritime Bureau

Ethiopia: 18,000 arrested reports human rights network, OWCT Ethiopians urge US, Britain to help curb violence, demonstration in DC Ethiopia: CUD leaders, editors to face treason charges, IRIN

Kenya: Country again fails to qualify for US funds waiting list, Nation

Uganda: Over Sh. 33 billion lost in procurement fraud, Transparency Int'l

Rwanda army could not spare forces to stop genocide (Bagosora), Hrond Rwanda: Bagosora lays responsibility of the genocide on world leaders, H Rwanda: Court clears way for priest to be tried in Belgium, Hirondelle

Great expectation for African women's educational empowerment through the Protocol, Pambazuka News

November 7 - 9, 2005

Bunkii lagu cunay Mbigathi, bodowgiisa aa la rabaa!!!  Bizarre when the Security Council allows itself to be misled by the corrupted bureaucrats in IGAD and AU, supporting warlords and organized crime, contrary to the wishes and welfare of the Somali people and the interests of peace and security.

(Mogadishu) warlords reject Gedi Annan re-appoints monitoring group for arms embargo against Somalia, Passengers on attacked ship tell of their ordeal, Nation Pirates near Horn of Africa grow bolder, more vicious, AP Ship headed for Kenya escapes raid by pirates, Nation

Ethiopia: Opposition leaders appear in court, IRIN Ethiopia: Opposition treason move, BBC

Uganda: Security Council warns of sanctions against armed groups, IRIN Uganda: NGOs urge UN resolution on protection of civilians, IRIN

Top Rwanda genocide suspect surrenders to tribunal, Reuters

November 5 - 6, 2005

Nine killed as (Mbigathi) PM's convoy is ambushed, IRIN

Ethiopia: US urges independent inquiry into Addis protests, Reuters Ethiopian bank opens branch in Togwachale

October 29 - November 4, 2005

Somaliland asks for replacement of EU liaison officer, IRIN Hijackings cut food aid flow to hungry Somalis - UN, Reuters Ship hijackings off Somali Coast worry UN body, EAS

Interview with Maxwell Gaylard, UN Humanitarian Coordinator, IRIN

East Africa and Horn of Africa Governments must put an end to targeting of human rights defenders, Amnesty Int'l

Ethiopia police shoot protestors, BBC

Ethiopia death toll at 33 on third day of violence in capital, IRIN Ethiopia: Police attacked in troubled Western Region, IRIN Ethiopia: Escalating violence leaves at least six dead, Amnesty Int'l Ethiopia: Opposition party calls for consumer boycott, IRIN Eritrea: UN Council says Eritrea flight limits unacceptable, Reuters Eritrea: Gov't says UN has failed to keep peace in Horn of Africa, IRIN

Kenya: Four killed in clashes at referendum campaign, IRIN

Ex-Bolivian President served legal summons in Washington, DN

October 25 - 28, 2005

Kenya bans flights to two Somali airports, (sanctioning the Mogadishu warlords to political isolation and financial bankruptcy)

Somali warlord threatens planes, BBC Two more ships feared hijacked by Somali pirates, Reuters

Ethiopia opposition MPs arrested by police (Between me and my subjects, there will be no immunity, Ethiopian Monarch)

Ethiopia: Opposition calls for demos to protest killings, arrests, IRIN Eritrea criticizes UN over border stalemate, Reuters Eritrean President rejects UN plea of flight ban, Reuters US joins ban on Kenyan minister, BBC

Rwanda: Genocide mastermind begins testifying, IRIN Accused Rwanda genocide "kingpin" in court, Reuters

Trial of Salvadorian commander of human rights abuses to begin in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Center for Justice and Accountability

Pubblicato il decreto istitutivo della Consulta per l'Islam, VITA

October 20 - 23, 2005

Seeds of ethnic cleansing in a 6th grade history book on Somali Bantu, printed with UNESCO funds, Tana Alio Notice: Benadir-Watch requests its readers to look for this book and send a copy to our offices: email: webmaster@benadir-watch.com

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools" Sakhawadiin Mustafa

Somalia faces threat of new civil war, AP Too many guns, too little food in Somalia, AP Police brutality, arbitrary decrees and filthy prisons make Puntland a high risk region for the press, RWB

Somali pirates take another vessel, UPI Unprecedented increase in piracy attacks off Somalia, Int'l Maritime Burea Bid to patrol Somali waters, SA Italian Foreign Office: Mai fornito armi a governo transitorio, VITA

Eritrea urges world to focus on Ethiopia occupation, Tehran Times Ethiopia: Bambini vendesi, solo 1 euro, VITA

Rwanda: Allegedly Mr. Z publicly incited Hutus to kill Tutsis, Hirondelle

October 18 - 19, 2005

Somali "Black Hawk Down" suspect arrested, AP Abdi Qeybdidd behind bars in the land of the Vikings Puntland oil deal, null and void, according to Mbigathi PM Gedi Thousands of Somalis bring charges against Mbigathi President Yusuf

Uganda: Warrant of arrest unsealed against 5 LRA commanders, ICC Interview with Ethiopian PM Meles Zinaawi, IRIN (Between me and my MPs, I do not want to see immunity)

Ethiopia-Eritrea Border: UN peacekeepers leaving 18 posts, AP

Rwanda: Witness allegedly saw Mr. Z's son killing 3 gendarmes, Hirondell Rwanda: Interahamwe allegedly given arms to protect MRND officials, H Contro la schiavatu contemporanea un incontro a Firenze, VITA

October 14 - 17, 2005

Abdi Qeybdiid arrested in Sweden for alleged crimes, Shabelle.net

Somali warlord Indha Adde imposes the colonial "hut" tax, Benadir-Watch Benadir-Watch appeals to the NGOs who operate in the Benadir from Mogadishu, Merka, Barawa, Kisimayo to the Bajuni Islands to break the silence over the attrocities committed against the indigenous population of the Benadir, Southern Somalia.

Security Council Resolution 1630 condemning arms flow to Somalia UN

UN helps in first steps to re-establish national police force, (but it is also our contention, that because of it's inherent lack of representation, should this police force be used to oppress the indigenous populations in the country, as the case may very well be, the responsibility lies equally on the shoulders of the UN, for aiding and abetting warlords and organized crime.)

Ethiopia moves troops to Eritrea border, Reuters

October 12 - 13, 2005

From day to day, it is only getting darker and darker over the  skies of Somalia, Tani Aden

Mbigathi government denies violating arms embargo (but according to UN report, Yemen admitted sending 5,000 pieces while arms supplies from Ethiopia to the Mbigathi gov't were photographed)

Pirates commandeer another ship off Somali coast, (So far this year alone, 22 ships were hijacked off the Somali coast, a record and a mystery, which begs for a better explanation?)

Agony for families as gunmen hijack a third ship (Somalia), EAS Agent in piracy drama may withdraw ships, EAS Interview with Mark Bradbury, Somaliland poll observer, IRIN

Ethiopia: Opposition MPs stripped of parliamentary immunity, (between me and my subjects, I do not want to see a piece of paper!)

Ethiopia: Domestic violence rampant, says UNFPA, IRIN Ethiopia: Meles re-elected, opposition MPs boycott session, IRIN Eritrea: dopo stop a voli, ONU ferma sminamento, VITA Rwanda: UN headquarters did not act promptly on information, Hirond Rwanda: "Mr. Z" was present during Kesho Hill massacres, Hirondelle Rwanda: Party leadership created Interahamse, Hirondelle Sudan: AU to refer Darfur situation to UN Security Council, IRIN

UN war crimes prosecutor seek Taylor handover, Financial Times Botswana: Government denies claim of ethnic cleansing, IRIN Morocco:MSF demands humane treatment for Sub-Saharan immigrants Mandela, Deli Lama, Clinton, Chomsky picked to lead fantasy gov't, DN

October 6 - 11, 2005

Is oil a regional resource in the hands of rulers of city states or is it a national resource?  Where is the mandate on the question of national resources in the oil agreement signed with the Range Resources of Australia in the city state of Puntland?

Somali colonel shot dead in Mogadishu, say residents, Africa News Sacked bank governor (Ulusso) lobbies donors, The Nation Arms flows to Somalia soar, despite UN embargo, Reuters Darfur: Gunmen kidnap 18 African Union workers, ABC News Darfur: Four African Union troops, workers killed in Darfur, Reuters Eritrea seeks to up pressure on Ethiopia over border, Reuters Eritrea: Flight restrictions to affect border monitoring, IRIN Ethiopia: Opposition, ruling party abandon election crisis talks, VOA Rwanda: The accused lead a convoy of Interahamwe militiamen, Hirond Analysis: Why is Africa unable to feed itself? Reuters The descent of man, Financial Times

October 1 - 5, 2005

Assassinato funzionario ONU (a Kisimayo), VITA UN security official shot dead in Southern Somalia, UN Somalia: UN condemns killing of staff member, IRIN US commends Somaliland on polls, IRIN Somaliland hailed for polls Somaliland elections peaceful, say observers, IRIN Eritrea tells UN to stop overflights now, Reuters Rwanda: Trial of president's brother-in-law begins at ICTR, Hirondelle Kenya: Journalist arrested to be prosecuted for "incitement" RWB Ex-Chad dictator indicted in Belgium, HRW Dictator hunter homes in on "Africa's Pinochet", Reuters Radio journalist jailed for reports on Puntland prison, CPJ Mazrui among world's top 100 intellectuals, EAS

September 25 - 29, 2005

"Dancing with wolves" Francois Lonseny Fall on Somali peacelordism

Dire Dawa (Ethiopia, where public manifestations are illegal)  Ethiopian Monarch (opposition will face dire consequences!) Somali pirates seize second ship, BBC Somali hijackers of Taiwanese vessel want ransom, Reuters

Eritrea on Security Council decision regarding border with Ethiopia: "toothless, meaningless, pathetic and extremely disappointing"

Rwanda: Genocide survivor recalls his two day stay under corpses, Hir Rwanda: Witness tells of sexual assault by soldiers, Hirondelle Rwanda: Young man hacked to death in presence of former mayor, Hir

September 12 - 24, 2005

WFP humiliated, ship seized back by hijackers, the UN a sitting duck

US supports a functioning Somali government, thus placing the monkey on the backs of IGAD and AU - make it work!

Human rights violations in Somalia: who must be held accountable?

Caso Alpi - Hrovatin: una nuova inchiesta (Who assassinated the two Italian journalists, Ilaria Alpi and Hrovatin in Mogadishu in March 1994, as they investigated the dumping of radio active waste along the Somali coasts - new investigation?)

Attaco di un commando a Mogadiscio, cinque morti

Using the UN to persecute dissent and establish "punitive and targeted sanctions against those who may opt to spoil Somalia's chance to a lasting peace."  What will the UN do?

Somali militia take over UN offices in Jowhar, Reuters Rwanda: Genocide trial of former Mayor begins, Hirondelle Rwanda: Over 14,000 Gacaca judges charged with genocide, Hirondelle Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in Gabon, Hirondelle Uganda trains Somali cops, New Vision Uganda: Army and rebels commit atrocities in the North

September 10, 2005

UNHCR Chief Guteres appeals for action to stop Gulf of Aden deaths.  The cruelty of the pirates of the Red Sea is a reminder of the notorious slave traders in the region in the 19th century.  Because these criminals are based in and operate from Bossasso port, the city state of Puntland has jurisdiction over them and therefore must bring them to justice under international law.

The bluff that failed to milk the donors Rwandan genocide comes to haunt a silent catholic church, Hirondelle

September 5 - 9, 2005

Somali "Minister" warns of attack, East African Standard Doubts over IGAD troops for Somalia, East African Standard UNHCR disturbed by deaths of smuggled immigrants, IRIN Warlords now want Sh 7.5 million ransom, East African Standard Threats against Reporters Without Borders partner organization, RWB Rwanda: About 150 witnesses to testify on rape of party official trial,  Rwanda: Nyrama disassociated herself from Mugusera's hate speech, Rwanda: Nyrama denies giving rape orders, Hirondelle Rwanda: Army General detained by traditional genocide court, Hirondel Rwanda: Genocide suspect adopts low profile as she takes stand, Hiron Rwanda trails genocide suspects in Norway, Hirondelle Rwanda: After prison, tough life for genocide killers, Hirondelle Rwanda: Over 2000 cases completed by GACACA courts, Hirondelle

August 29 - September 4, 2005

They threw over board another 58 refugees, drowning them in the Red Sea, after robbing them of their money and documents.  Time to charge these pirates in Bossasso, Puntland, with crime against humanity.

UN Independent Expert: Foreign forces detain, kidnap and harass Somali nationals inside Somalia, ArabNews

"It is a shameful place, the lack of medical facilities is beyond belief," UN Independent Expert on prisons in Somaliland

UN envoy Francois Lounseny Fall appreciates Ethiopian "peace" efforts, but ignores the plight of the Somali population in the Ogaden, under Ethiopian colonialism for over half a century.

Somali "prosecutor" seeks death sentence in (Somaliland) trial, Reuters "What was built in Nairobi last year was illegal" Aweys Somali "leader" vows peace, prepares for trouble, Reuters Somali "leader" accused of plot against key rival, The Standard Somali hijackers of Taiwanese vessel want ransom, Reuters Rwanda: "I have never practiced ethnic discrimination", Hirondelle Tribunal welcomes the reported arrest of Dragan Zelenovic, ICJ

August 23 - 28, 2005

Interview with (UN envoy) Francois Lounseny Fall, IRIN (Great words that attempt to rationalize a corrupt and unjust process)

UN envoy heads to Ethiopia, Egypt to help advance stalled peace)

(Mbigathi) gov't risks chaos with new force - speaker, Reuter "Religious leaders" urge (Mbigathi) gov't to end division UN rights expert on visit to Somalia to assess women's status, UN Rwanda: Witness claims Minister hacked seven people, Hirondelle Rwanda tribunal confirms seven new indictments, Hirondelle Rwanda: Former justice minister Agnes to testify, Hirondelle Ethiopia blames EU for protests, BBC Ethiopia: EU says Ethiopian election fell short of standards, TT Ethiopia: Rampant inter-communal clashes in the south and east, IRIN

Ethiopia: Three million in need of emergency food aid, (poor government planning & administration behind the tragedy)

Kenya: Bishop suspects "tortured", BBC Uganda: Government to probe use of anti-AIDS grants, IRIN Uganda's child "new commuters", Human Rights Watch

August 15 - 22, 2005

The wealth of the West was built on Africa's exploitation, The Guardian It is worth bringing tyrants to justice, Int'l Herald Tribune Back to square one "Mininkii intee waa, ma dhawo ma dheera" Separatists (they were never part of it) denounce poll in Ogaden Mixed signals ahead of Somali region poll, IRIN Hijacked UN food ship still held off Somali coast despite pact UN warns of growing human crisis in Somalia, Reuters Ethiopia: Interview with US Congressman, IRIN Ethiopia: Gov't needs to pay compensation for 42 shot, Daily Monitor ONUB: Statement on the anniversary of the Gatumba massacre, UN Rwanda: Genocide suspect Bagaragaza transferred to the Hague, IRIN Kenya: The Gov't must respect the rights of refugees under int'l law, AI Kenya: State blamed for looted cash, The Standard Uganda: Radio host denies charges, BBC Uganda: Independent media & the right to information under threat, AI Zimbabwe "rejects" AU envoy Krajisnik Case: Motion for acquittal denied, ICJ Hamburg court violates international law, Amnesty Int'l

August 9 - 14, 2005

My take, Ali Mazrui, The Nation Yusuf prepara una guera interna, VITA 12 Killed in militia fighting in Somalia, Associated Press "New demands" from Somali pirates, BBC Journalist expelled from Jowhar, IRIN Uganda: Radio station closed after airing program Garang death, IRIN Ethiopia: Opposition rejects final election results, IRIN Chile: Let history judge Pinochet family, Tehran Times

Aiding and abetting warlords and organized crime: UN envoy offers plan to re-start talks on government reconciliation in Somalia

August 1 - 8, 2005

Indigenous land: The dangerous preposition of Mawluud Macani UN envoy offers plan to restart talks on gov't reconciliation, UN Somali pirates to release WFP ship, hostages, Reuters Media watchdog demands release of journalist, IRIN Radio journalist arrested in Jowhar, CPJ Ethiopian army arrests 11 over north Kenya (NFD, a Somali region under Kenyan colonial & military administration for over half a century)

Kenya: UK bans "corrupt" Kenyan ministers, BBC Kenya: Corruption haunts Kibaki, BBC Kenya: Conflict over resources in border areas (NFD), IRIN Kenya: Indicators in northeast (NFD) unacceptable, UNICEF MSN founder Kouchner says UN let Niger down, Reuters

African Women's Day:More African governments must ratify protocol on the rights of women in Africa, Amnesty International

July 22 - 25, 2005

Blasts kill 5 in the Ogaden, (Somali region under Ethiopian colonialism) Ethiopian army invades Southern Somalia, Bakaaraha Somali hijackers saying releasing some from WFP ship, Reuters Ethiopia: Election fraud investigation "a failure" - opposition, IRIN Ethiopia: Meles receives Somali (Mbigathi) PM, Ethiopian Herald Ethiopia to repeat elections in 20 regions, Africa Daily Rwanda: A soldier who allegedly instigated massacres and rape Rwanda: Archbishop summoned by genocide court, Hirondelle Rwanda: Major Ntabakuze preached brotherhood among soldiers Kenya corruption review blocked, Tehran Times

July 19 - 22, 2005

Afgan warlord jailed 20 years in UK (for crimes against humanity) Baidoa tense amidst fears of possible militia attack, IRIN Rebels (ONLF) in Ethiopia ask for peace talks with gov't, Reuters Hostages' fate still hangs in the balance, East African Standard Kenya: Running battles continue in streets (over constitution review) Yemen: Eleven people killed in fuel price riots, Reuters Ethiopia-Eritrea: UNMEE warns of continuing border incidents, IRIN Rwanda: Former Mayor's trial to commence September 19th, Hirondelle Rwanda: Over 1000 witnesses testify at the War Crimes Tribunal Miroslav Bralo pleads guilty, ICT Norway freezes aid to Uganda over reforms, Africa News

July 18, 2005

Marsabit (NFD): Three MPs summoned by police, Standard: Kenyans say Gov't indifferent to northern turmoil, Reuters Kenya: Hunt for child killers (product of Kenyan colonialism, NFD) Uganda & Rwanda sign extradition treaty (a new phenomena in Africa) Uganda cattle battles kill 25, BBC

July 15, 2005

UN Security Council calls for immediate cease fire &stabilization, UN Conflict risk alert: Somalia, International Crisis Group Puntland: Shacab editor released, newspaper remains suspended, CPJ Rwanda: Col. Nsengiyumva reassured all ethnic groups during the genocide, Hirondelle

July 13 - 14, 2005

Hostages allowed to speak to their boss, EAS WFP demands release of hijacked ship, IRIN Uganda: Somalia destined soldiers to fight Kony, New Vision Lifting arms embargo risks more violence, ICG Lifting UN embargo risks new Somalia violence - report, Reuters Somalia: Conflict risk alert, ICG Rwandan Defense Minister says he won't testify, Hirondelle Rwanda: Major Ntabakuze did not say anything bad, Hirondelle Rwanda: Detained priest requests to be transferred, Hirondelle Rwanda: Over 600 genocide victims reburied in Bicumbi, Hirondelle NFD: Thousands flee from Kenyan raids, BBC Kenya: Thousands displaced after attack, 76 killed, IRIN Kenya hunts killers in violent north, 75 dead, Reuters Kenya: Upsurge in Kenya violence kills 65 - police, Reuters Kenya: Death toll in northern attack climbs to 55, IRIN Kenya forest evictions leave thousands in penury, Reuters World marks 10th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre, DN

July 10 - 12, 2005

Somalia (Mbigathi) leaders meet hijackers (what is the deal and who hijacked who first along the Somali coasts?), EAS

Somali peace activist shot dead, BBC Peace activist shot dead, Mogadishu, IRIN

Puntland: Two broadcast jouranlists held illegally, RWB

Rwanda: Col. Simba pleads passionately for the same justice (that he denied his victims)

Interahamwe (the killing militia): Experts give different interpretation

Rwanda: Priest on trial for genocide

GACACA soul tested in Rwandan village

Former US Ambassador testifies in genocide trial, Hirondelle

Vessel hijack threatens food supply to Somalia, The Nation Ethiopia: Intimidation continues with arrest of 5 more journalists,

July 5 - 9, 2005

Only (Mbigathi) President can save the Somali Peace Process, (but surely IGAD also remains to prove the paradox that a government of warlords will bring about peace and stability in the region)

Somali (Mbigathi) PM downplays threat by Mogadishu warlords (for how long?)

Opposition say Meles to blame for post poll unrest, EAS UN suspends food shipments to Somali Tusinami victims ..., UN Monitoring committee warns of rising tension, IRIN Ethiopia: Donors showing signs of fatigue, UNICEF Ethiopia: Election results delayed again, IRIN Sudan: ICG calls for NATO troops in Darfur, IRIN Minister gave machetes "to treat" Tutsis, Hirondelle Tales of rape dominate trials, Hirondelle Former US Ambassador testifies in genocide trial, Hirondelle,

July 1 - 4, 2005

WFP suspends aid after ship hijacked, Reuters Families of kidnapped seamen send out appeal, The Nation Ethiopia: Editors held as army warns newspapers, IRIN Ethiopian troops on the rampage over pay, Africa News

June 26 - 30, 2005

Somali pirates hijack tusinami aid ship (between Bossaso and Aden, they tossed hundreds of refugees into the ocean after robbing them of their documents and personal belongings)

Who will stop Somalia's warlords? The Nation Annan urges Somali parties to begin talks on relocating, UN News Despite gains, Somalia still has legal hurdles to overcome, EAfrican Rwanda: Minister accused of ordering killing, Hirodelle Rwanda: Belgium convicts two Rwandans of genocide, IRIN Kigali welcomes court decision to deport genocide suspect, Hirond Rwanda: US Ambassador to testify in military trial, Hirondelle Rwanda: Another witness incriminates minister, Hirondelle Ethiopia: Donors demand full probe into post election deaths, IRIN Ethiopia, Eritrea Annan asks Security Council to visit region, IRIN Ethiopia, Eritrea rhetoric threatens stability, UN, Reuters Ethiopia: Editors held on defamation charges, IRIN Ethiopia: Docs, materials being prepared for Somali elections, EH SADC peacekeeping brigade moves ahead, IRIN

June 16 - 25, 2005

Puntland urged to order Shacab editor's release, RSF Puntland editor jailed after resuming publication, CPJ Failure to heal rift over relocation, Reuters (Mbigathi) government to begin operating from Jowhar, Reuters (Mbigathi) president and speaker meet in Yemen, IRIN "Madames" beating each other up to support opposing warlords Milking the West in the business of phony Peace Talks Tanzania: Gov't grants Somali refugees citizenship, IRIN Amnesty International wages campaign against torture, AI Amnesty International statement on arms control, AI KKK leader senternced to 60 years for 1964 killings, DN Ethiopian government told to end army patrols, Africa News International community urged to end border dispute, IRIN Rwanda: Over 37 committed suicide over Gacaca trials, Hirondelle AU backs military exercises to strengthen standby force, IRIN

June 10 - 15, 2005

(Mbigathi) gov't unwelcome in Jowhar, faction leader says, IRIN (Mbigathi) president's plane diverted, BBC

Rwanda: Col. Muvunyi compared Tutsi women to "snakes" which had to be killed, Hirondelle

Rwanda: Trial of former education minister opens ICTR, Hirondelle Ethiopia: Gov't crackdown countrywide, rights group says, IRIN Ethiopia: US condemns use of force as MP is killed, IRIN Uganda: (King) Museveni set to be life president, Africa News

June 7 - 9, 2005

Somali gunmen re-erect roadblocks in blow for peace, Reuters Somalia: Death toll rises as fighting continues in Beletweyne, IRIN Somali delegates "evicted from hotels", East African Standard Somalia: Vacate Kenyan hotels, MPs told, IRIN War crimes prosecutor: Sudan has to cooperate, Reuters Answers about the unrest in Ethiopia, AP World News Ethiopia: More arrests as chaos continue in Ethiopia, Standard Somalia: Over 20 killed, 50 wounded in clan fighting, IRIN Second day of violence in Ethiopia's poll protest, Reuters Witness describes horror of being raped by soldiers, Hirondelle Rwanda: Mugenzi supporting the Hutu Power Ideology, Hirondelle

June 6, 2005

Fears of renewed fighting in Somalia, ISP The Prosecutor of the ICC opens investigation in Darfur, English The Prosecutor of the ICC opens investigation in Darfur, Arabic Arrests for Ethiopia poll protest, BBC

May 27 - June 5, 2005

Somali journalist killed at checkpoint protest, Reuters Amnesty Int'l appeals for release of Gabooye demonstrators Amnesty Int'l defends Gulag label, DN Kenya among 35 countries on US aid freeze list, Standard Reporter Emmett Till’s body exhumed, DN

May 20 - 27, 2005

Preventing & prosecuting crimes against humanity in the 21st Ethiopia to use Berbera (W. Somalia not an agenda for Riyale) Death threats force UNICEF out of Somali town (Bossaso), Reuters Amnesty International accuses Israel of war crimes, DN Uganda: Opposition leader urges donors to tie aid to political, IRIN Desecrated Koran delivered by Amazon.com, DN Kenya: Maasai anger at Kenya aristocrat (Getting away w/murder)

May 16 - 19, 2005

Amnesty Int'l Urgent Action Appeal to Somaliland Up to 100 peaceful demonstrators from the Gabooye minority in detention centers in Hargeisa, possible extrajudicial execution, torture, Khadar Osman killed.

The TFG's law of diminishing returns, a dwindling fortune of post Mbigathi circus by Mohamed Awale

In support of the ICC Benadir-Watch letter to Yemeni PresidentBW Warlord warns government against moving to Baidoa, Reuters Opposition claims victory in Ethiopia, African News Kenya's first lady case blocked (journalist slapped twice), BBC Chile's Pinochet blamed for abuses Uganda: Government must prosecute torture, Human R. Watch UN to set up human rights office in Uganda, UN

May 15, 2005

Sannad Guuradii 62aad Halgankii SYL. by Dr. Abdulkadir Ali Bolay Crimini di guerra dell Italia fascista in Africa, Popoli minacciati

May 9 - May 13, 2005

AU endorses deployment of 1700 peacekeepers to Somalia, IRIN Latin American and Arab leaders hold historic summit, DN Ethiopia: Political dissent quashed, Human Rights Watch Ethiopia: Carter calls for fair elections, IRIN Uganda: Security Council urged to intervene in northern war, IRIN Nigeria may send troops to Somalia, Darfur, This Day

May 1 - May 8, 2005

The Commissarios - vestiges of a colonial setup Establishment of an African Court on human & peoples rights, AI

Letter - CPJ seeks end to harassment in Puntland, Ann Cooper

Stoning to death - human rights scandal, Amnesty Int'l

Press Statement: Against the unilateral formation of a regional  colonial body for the Benadir by the Hawiya Clans, SBCC

Bandung Conference: What leaders agreed at Asia-Afrca, Reuters

March 18 - 26, 2005

Ethiopia: Crimes against humanity in Gambella Region: Army impunity and official inaction fuel abuses, Human Rights Watch

Kenya: Amensty says Kenya mistreated suspects, IRIN

Ethiopian troops attacked civilians (Bye bye deployment to Som) Ethiopian army accused of horrific abuses in Gambella, AFP Kenya shoot-to-kill order, (Bye bye deployment to Somalia) Kenya: Crackdown on "terrorism" violating human rights, AI

Ethiopia: Soldiers to be tried over Gambella killings, IRIN NFD: 1500 families flee from inter-clan violence in Mandera, IRIN Transitional Gov't must address address human rights issues, AI New government needs to prioritise human rights, Amnesty Int'l