Somalia: Puntland Authorities Want Money Held at Airport Returned

Three air planes carried the money, worth more than 17 billion Somali shillings. It was sent by the Somali Transitional Federal Government. The TFG of former President Abdullahi Yussuf owed Galka'ayo based Somali business women the money.

Somalia: Strange Disease Kills Five in Abudwak

Dr. Ismail Somane, who is one of the medical practitioners in Abudwak, told Bar-kulan that despite practicing as a doctor in Abudwak for more than 30 years he has never seen such a disease

Kenya: International Day in Support of Victims of torture, recognized by the UN

26 June: International Day in Support of Victims of torture, recognized by the UN:

Somalia: New cabinet to be announced

Prime minister to form a new and more effective cabinet in the coming days.

List of innocent People Killed by Al-Shabab extremists 2009 in Somalia

By Somali Journalist Abdulkadir Jimale before its news

Somalia: Al Shabaab Bans Potatoes and Onions from Bulo Burde Markets

Al Shabaab militias went around the town in pick ups fixed with loud speakers asking the residents to stop using Potatoes and Onions in their meals

Somalia: Lower Juba Fishermen Complain of Seasonal Winds in the Sea

Fish traders in Kismayo told Bar-kulan's reporter in the Lower Juba region that they have not travelled to the interior islands to buy fish from the fishermen who are stationed in those islands

Somali IDPs Protest as they Complain of Water Shortage

The camps were supplied with water from a well that was drilled through the funding of Inter-Sos organization

Al-Shabaab worries over Ahlu-Suna war plan

Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked group Al-Shabaab gives more attention to the activities by Ahlu-suna.

New UN envoy puts political reconciliation, basic security as priorities for Somalia

"So I would say the two go together – political stability as a result of a process of reconciliation and inclusiveness, but also a security adequate to permit the government to reach out to the population

Somalia: President’s address to the nation on the 50th Anniversary

The President called on every Somali citizen wherever he or she maybe "to raise the Somali flag in their houses,

Somalia: Al Shabaab Declares Somalia’s Independence Celebrations Illegal

Sheikh Ali Dere also provoked the Somali national flag claiming it was designed by the Italian colonist and therefore not fit for the Muslim Somali nation

Somaliland:Voting Kicks off in Somaliland

The current president, Dahir Riyale Kahin has worn the first multi-party elections in 2003 with a margin of just 80 votes

Somalia:Deal between Al-Shabaab and Journalists leader

Omar Faruk Osman wrote a letter to Al-shabaab for assassinating Somali journalist's leaders

Somalia: Original Bevin plan welcomed and 1897 and 1954 treaties repudiated

By Ambassador Mohamed Osman Omar

Somalia: Garowe Police carry Out an Operation

The operation was carried out at some of the estates within town and the arrested youths are accused of being involved in activities that could undermine town security

Somaliland; Ministers Resign Ahead of Polls

Minister for State Affairs Hassan Ahmed Duale claimed that president Reyale Kahin did not fulfill an agreement they made earlier

Somalia: Russia to resume ant-piracy mission off Somali coast

The task force comprising the Marshal Shaposhnikov, the MB-37 salvage tug and the Pechenga tanker arrived in the Gulf of Aden on March 29 and escorted 11 convoys totaling over 100 commercial vessels from different countries