Somalia declares state of emergency January 13, 2007 Somali Transitional Government President, Abdullahi Yusuf speaks in Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. Somali lawmakers voted Saturday to authorize the government…
Askale Tafa sets new event record By Pat Butcher for IAAF January 12, 2007 Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum presenting the prize to Askale Tafa Magarsa from…
Toasting a tyrant’s wife: a night of infamy at Georgetown University By Lulit Mesfin January 12, 2007 It is with utter disgust that I have learnt that the prestigious Georgetown…
Somali warlords agree to disarm after six killed outside palace By Mohamed Olad Hassan, The Associated Press January 12, 2007 Dead and wounded Somali men lie on the ground after…
Al-Qaeda suspects still alive By Salad Duhul, The Associated Press January 11, 2007 A FBI most wanted poster of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed who has been indicted by a U.S. Feberal…
Col. Mengistu sentenced to life Reuters January 11, 2007 Col. Mengistu Haile-Mariam, the fomer Ethiopian dictator, is sentenced to life in prison (AP/Aris Saris photo) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) —…
RSF condemns Somalia over radio closure and detention RSF/Ethiomedia January 11, 2007 Reporters Without Borders today condemned the transitional government’s closure of Radio Warsan, a privately-owned radio station based in…
Gunfire rattles Mogadishu By Sahal Abdulle January 10, 2007 Somalia’s President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (L) talks to former president of Somalia Abdul Qaasim Salad Hassan after holding a closed-door meeting…
Manhunt in Somalia to continue The Associated Press By Josh Meyer and Edmund Sanders, LA Times January 10, 2007 Somalia’s President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (L) talks to former president of…
Block the road to hell! Kinijit International January 8, 2007 “Amnesty International considers CUD leaders prisoners of conscience who have not used or advocated violence and calls on the Ethiopian…