Somalia: Rule of Law vs. Rule of Men

Sunatimes.com - "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic…

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impeachment motion against Somalia President - treason

Sunatimes.com - 110 MPs and senators have signed motion that asks removal of Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whom they accuse of treason after he violated article 36 & 37 of the Somali constitution.

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US doesn't need Ethiopia in its war on terror in the Horn of Africa

Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the Middle East and Africa to "reaffirm key U.S. military alliances" and engage with strategic partners." Mattis only visited the tiny nation of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa where the U.S. maintains its largest military base.…

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NUSOJ condemns fresh ploy by the Ministry of Information to "undercut independent media"

6 May 2017: The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the fresh efforts by the Ministry of Information of Somalia to control and undercut independent media through ministry-owned strategy.

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MP Duhulow undermining the Somali PM credibility

Sunatimes.com - He is a member of parliament who was selected by intimidation of elders and cash payments, and once he was a minister but currently a "gateman of the office of Somali Premier Hassan Ali Khaire"

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Somali president is overrated by con artists.

Sunatimes.com - With immense exceptions and need for political change Somalis were joyful when Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was elected but immediately within the first two months that dream was lost in thin air.

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President of twitter and facebook not of Somalia.

Sunatimes.com - Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo who was elected by Somali parliament after vote buying is becoming "master of showoff" who ignores the reality on the ground.

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AFEX Denounces Two-Year Jail Sentence of Independent Journalist in Somaliland

April 11, 2017: The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) to strongly condemn the sentencing of independent journalist, Abdimalik Muse Oldon to two years in prison by the Marodi Jeeh Regional Court in Somaliland's capital…

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Somali president's honeymoon is over after failed promises, and lies, observers

Waagacusub.net - The Somali president made huge promises based on emotional patriotism that could not be fulfilled by clannish element like him.

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TOP SECRET: ON THE WAY FORWARD ON A SOMALI NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE

March 8, 2017 The political and security advisors of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and Federal Member State (FMS) leadership met for a 3-day workshop (March 6-8, 2017) to discuss the open political questions relating to the national security architecture.

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Airstrike Kills Dozens of Somali Migrants Off Yemen's Coast

SANA, Yemen — More than 30 Somali migrants, including children, were killed in the Red Sea on Friday when a military helicopter opened fire on their boat, according to Yemeni and United Nations officials.

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Ethiopian military and political backing for sale by a corrupt officer called Gabre Part 1

The most Ethiopian corrupt military officer who is called Haile Gabre known by Somalis as General Gabre becoming extremely wealthy from the huge sums of money that he is getting from opportunistic Somali politicians who want to buy the sympathy of Addis Ababa, one of his juniors told Waagacusub anonymously.

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Somalia: Underage minority girl raped and knifed as video showed

Waagacusub.net - A group of boys raped a young underage girl from minority subclan by cutting her with knife and threatening her to kill.

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Dutch Court of Appeal does not clear Dahabshiil of Terror and Criminal Allegations

PRESS RELEASE The Netherlands, 6 January 2017

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Somali migrant smuggling network in Europe dismantled

On 6 and 7 December 2016, judicial and law enforcement authorities from France and the Netherlands, supported on-the-spot by Europol's European Migrant Smuggling Centre, took action against an organised crime network suspected of having smuggled some 500 migrants from Somalia to different destination…

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Somalia:The forgotten shipwreck

The single biggest loss of life in the Mediterranean this year shows how authorities in Europe and elsewhere routinely allow those behind migrant deaths to get away with it.

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Somalia: UN monitoring body blamed for "fabricated lies."

Sunatimes.com - The UN monitoring Group is bluntly making accusations without showing any facts against Somali companies and notable personalities making fabricated lies, the business community in Mogadishu said.

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UN Report from Somalia - The case of Ali Abdi Wardhere

In late May 2016 a video was widely circulated on Somali social media which purported to be footage taken of two officials of the Mogadishu based NISA interrogating Hussein Hirsi, an official of the Yaqshid district administration, on his links with Al-Shabaab and a named businessman.453 The NISA officers…

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Somalia: Lavish party in London while hunger is killing the poor at home

Waagacusub.net - The failed Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud spent millions of US dollars in lavish reception in London for his supporters while drought is affecting part of his war ravaged country.

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Somalia:UN expresses concern over parliamentary candidates with a history of violence and criminality

The process of registering candidates for the 275 seats of the House of the People is underway, and individuals with documented histories of criminality and violence should not be chosen by electoral colleges to represent their clans and sub-clans in the lower house of Parliament.

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