Six years ago, President Bush began his State of the Union address with two powerful sentences: “As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet the state of our union has never been stronger.”Monday night, after six years of promises unkept or […]

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Same promise, same threatby Reinout van Wagtendonk29-01-2008In his final State of the Union before handing over to the next president, George W. Bush called on Congress to approve the economic stimulation measures agreed last week. He also said he will continue to attack terrorism, adding that his troop surge in Irak had yielded successes. How […]

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TADJOURA, Djibouti - After completing 70 days of training under Guam National Guard Soldiers, 60 Djiboutian National Army soldiers graduated from the Able Dart 08-01-Tadjoura Train-the-Trainer Course at the Regiment Inter-Army Tadjoura compound last week.Guam National Guard unit 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry (Light), Delta Company, serving under Combined Joint Task Force-Horn facilitated the anti […]

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Ethiopian troops backing Somalia’s transitional federal government withdrew from a key military base in the central regions on Monday, witnesses and residents said.Since early 2007, the Ethiopian army maintained a 1,000-strong garrison in a base east of Beletwein, the capital of the central Hiran region.
Ethiopian army trucks were seen leaving the base on Monday and […]

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By Aweys Yusuf and Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A landmine blast wounded at least three African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital on Saturday, witnesses and a spokesman for the AU force said.
Soldiers from Uganda and Burundi are serving as peacekeepers in Mogadishu, where the interim government faces an insurgency led by remnants of a […]

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Just 10 years ago Islamic financing techniques, despite being used by transport companies, were still relatively niche products compared with conventional investments, lending and leasing.Now, as each week passes, new deals are announced and landmark transactions are closed across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and even in Europe and the United States.
With the global […]

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Hundreds of internally displaced people living in a camp in Beledweyne town are having one of the worst livelihoods.
A refugee camp in Hiiraan’s provincial capital namely Daryel which hosted about 675 people of internally put out of place people are facing appalling life.
The camp which is situated on the north side of Beledweyne town the […]

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waxaan inaan xogaa u Caqli Celiyo Rabaa Dadkan SNM baa Taariikhdeeda La Masaxayaa leh.
Marka Hore In la Is Wadyiiyo Ma Somaliland Dadkeeda Ayaa SNM ah Mise waa dad iskugu yimid Dan Guud? haday Jawaabtu Haa Tahay Adeer SNM wax La yiraah Ma jirto Dadku Ku dhaqan Somaliland Waa Dad kala Gadisa Maaha […]

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Reykjavik, Iceland, Jan 24, 2008 - (ABN Newswire) - Agreements announced at the World Energy SummitAbu Dhabi and Reykjavik, Iceland, January 23, 2008 - Two agreements between Iceland and the Republic of Djibouti can help the East African country replace its current diesel-generated electricity with green electricity.
The agreements were announced at the World Energy Summit […]

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DURBAN: Marking the growth of economic ties between India and Djibouti, a first-ever Indian trade fair is being held at the capital of the east African nation. The four-day long fair which started from January 21 is organised by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
At least 14 Indian companies are participating in […]

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Insurgents launched mortars at the airport as an African Union team left Somalia Wednesday, killing a 13-year-old boy and wounding three others, witnesses said.
Hours earlier, mortars also were launched at the presidential palace just after Said Djinnit, head of the AU Peace and Security Council, and other officials had a meeting […]

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INAA LILAAH WA INAA ILEYHI RAAJICUUN:Anagoo Ka Tirsan Jaaliyada Reer Awdal Ee Ku Dhaqan Wadanka “Malaysia” Ee Cariga Asia, Waxaan Tacsi u Diraynaa Qoyskii & Qaraabadii & Asxaabtii Iyo Dhamaan Inta Ku Hadasha Afka Soomaaliga Amase Af Carabiga, Tacsidan Oo Ah Tacsi Lama Ilaawaan ah Qof Walboo Somali ah Maskaxdiisu Aysan Marnaba ka Maqnaani Doonin […]

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Aabaha Fanka iyo sugaanta iyo aqoonta Soomaaliyeed, isla mar ahaantaana ah, Abwaanka abwaanada soomaaliyeed, Xasan Sh Muumin (Raxmatullaah Calayhi). Taariikhdiisu horey ayay u qornayd, haatana ka dib geeridii naxdinta lahayd ee inaga qaaday, dib ayay u qorantay oo waa la wada qiray inuu ahaa “simply the best”.
Waanu ku faraxsannahay inaynu maqalnno in aaska Abwaan […]

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MOGADISHU (AFP) — Somalia’s new government on Monday pledged to put an end to a crackdown against journalists in the Horn of Africa country and vowed to restore press freedoms.
Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein made the promise as he was taking part in a national press freedom day ceremony in the capital Mogadishu.
“I am taking […]

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THE HAGUE (AFP) — The United Nations’ highest court will take up Monday a complaint by Djibouti that France violated an agreement by not passing on details of its probe into the alleged 1995 murder of a French judge.

The case of judge Bernard Borrel’s death in Djibouti has strained relations between France and its former […]

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Mortar shells landed inside the Somali presidential palace Sunday during a news conference announcing the prime minister’s move to the capital.Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, who was appointed in November, said that he and his team of 18 ministers moved from the relatively safe city of Baidoa to Mogadishu to concentrate […]

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At least 82 African would-be migrants, mostly Somalis, have drowned off Yemen after their wooden boat capsized in choppy waters as it neared the end of its voyage from Somalia, Yemeni officials said.
The incident occurred a few kilometres off the town of Ahwar in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan on the Gulf of Aden […]

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By Zoe AlsopWeNews correspondentThe Somalia town of Galkayo is known as a refuge from the violence to the south. But girls and women who are separated from their clans know little safety: An 8-year-old was raped and her mother must keep working with the man who did it.
GALKAYO, Somalia (WOMENSENEWS)–The man who raped 8-year-old Amina […]

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BUJUMBURA (AFP) — The final members of the first battalion of Burundian soldiers to be deployed in Somalia as part of an African Union peace-keeping force left Bujumbura for Mogadishu Sunday, the Burundian army said.
The 210 soldiers — the final element in a deployment of 850 soldiers — were expected to arrive in war-torn Somalia […]

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Sanad walba marka madaxweynaha Dalku u baxo bannaanka isago oo laga yaabo inuu soo fulinay meherado isaga iyo dalkaba laga muhiimadi ugu jirto. Waxa looga bartay ummmaddani ay Hargeya hogaamsio inay sameeyaan bannaanbaxyo ay isku maqshquuliyaan oo mararka qaarkood ad mooddo inay isku illoowsiinayaan xayraanimada (Frustration) haysata.
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Waxaan halkan uga dirayaa tacsi tiiraanyo leh; dhamaan eheladii uu ka tagay, marxuun Xassan sh.Mumin gorod. Ilaahay janadii farduusa haka waraabiyo, danbigiisa allaha dhaafo.
aaaammminwaxaana tacsida diraya dhamaan dadkan hoosku qoran:
1-RASHID ABDI BAKAL IYO XAASKIISA2-NAFIISA CABDI BAKAL IYO ODAYGEEGA3-SACAADA CABDI BAKAL4-AXMED YUSUF BAKAL IYO XAASKIISA5-CABDOO YUSUF BAKAL IYO XAASKIISA6-MUSTAFE ABDI XAAJI IYO XAASKIISA7-MAXAMED ABDI XAAJI IYO […]

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INAA ILAAHI WA INAAILYHI RAAJICUUN Waxaan Halkan Tacsi Tiiranyo leh uga diraynaaAbwan Xasan Sheekh Muumin oo shalay ku geeriyoodayOslo Norway.ilaahay janadii haka waraabiyo eheladii iyo qaraabadii iyo intuu katagayba ilaahay samir iyo iibaan hakasiiyo.Abwaan Xasan sheekh muumin wuxuu ahaa Abwaan Somalidu aad uqadariso aad iyo aadna caan u ah marka loo eego Abwaanada somalida kaalin […]

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The top US diplomat for Africa has met with the president of Somaliland, but the talks do not mean Washington is ready to recognize the breakaway region of Somalia, US officials said Thursday.
US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer had lunch with Somaliland president Dahir Riyale Kahin at the […]

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The Bush administration said Thursday the United States is not recognizing Somaliland as an independent country despite a State Department visit earlier this week by the breakaway Somali region’s leader, Dahir Rayale Kahin. U.S. officials say they defer to the African Union on the recognition issue. VOA’s David Gollust reports from the State Department.
The luncheon […]

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Waxa-yaab Igu Dhaliyaya Intii Aan Socdaalka Ku Jiray…….. Laakin Waxa Aan War….Breda-(holand)-Waxa igu dheer inta sacadood ee iga hadhay xilkaga aan socdaalka bilaabayo waxaan sugaaba waa sacaada iyo midhidhada aan taggyo madaarka horaa loo yidh waxa aad sugayso dheeraa waxaan hamigayga ku wayn waa […]

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