Somalia:A new peace agreement between Puntland and Galmudug

Federal officials are reported to have brokered a new deal between the administrations of Puntland and Galmudug to end the fighting that has been taking place in the divided city of Galkayo for the last month.

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NUSOJ condemns CPJ's fraudulent promotion of identity theft in Somalia

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for its unsubstantiated and irresponsible statement issued on 17 October 2016, over the arrest and detention of Vice President of our union, NUSOJ, Abdi Adan Guled.

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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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NUSOJ Slams Arrest of Journalists' Leader

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today demanded the immediate release of a journalists' leader Abdi Adan Guled who was arrested last night by the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) at his workplace, and the union says the action is the latest in a series of hostile…

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Germany: Merkel Should Press Rights on Africa Trip

Curbing Security Force Abuses, Ensuring Justice Crucial in Ethiopia, Mali

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Ethiopia: Independent Inquiry Needed on Irreecha

Scores of People Killed at Festival The Ethiopian government should allow an independent, international investigation to determine how scores of people were killed at the country's Irreecha festival on October 2, 2016, Human Rights Watch said today in a question-and-answer document about the issue.

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Somalia: Mogadishu people dismayed by American military action

Waagacusub.net - People in the Somali capital are still commenting about the killings of regional soldiers that allied to Somali national government in country's central region.

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Somalia: Majeerteen Vs Habargidir – Another Showdown.

The city of Galkayo as you all know is divided into two areas. These two camps are separated by a distinct boundary, with the southern districts governed by the Galmudug / Habargidir and the northern districts governed by Puntland / Majeerteen. These two neighbours have been historically at war with…

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Somalia: IMS & FOJO: Media Development without Media Rights and Freedoms

Somalia is one of the countries in the world where press freedom is curbed, yet free media is striving to demonstrate resilience and continues to service the general public despite all dangers. The resilience and the repression of the independent media is destabilized by some unprincipled NGOs.

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Deadly stampede at Ethiopia protest

Dozens have been killed and injured in Ethiopia's Oromia region after security forces confronted protesters at a festival, witnesses say.

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Somalia: Independent Media fenced off from Sweden Funded Media Programme

Somalia's independent media has today voiced unreserved disappointment and astonishment about activities of Danish and Swedish organisations who are executing so-called media development project in Mogadishu.

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Somalia: The war between U.S and the late General Aideed supporters will restart

Galmudug regional state of Somalia is mobilizing its armies in Mogadishu, Hiiraan and Mudug amid tensions between Puntland and Galmudug following U.S Arial bombardments killed scores of Somali Soldiers at Jeehdin Village in Mudug region.

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119 Somali pirates plead guilty; 50 of them face death sentence

MUMBAI: In a major turn of events, the 119 Somali pirates nabbed in four operations by the Coast Guard and Navy off Lakshadweep in 2011-12, have pleaded guilty to offences against them. Special public prosecutor Renjeet Sangle will file a reply next week.

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UN Human Rights Council: End continuing intimidation and attacks against Somali journalists

The UN should urge the Federal Government of Somalia and its regional administrations to end the continuing intimidation, harassment and attacks against journalists, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Somali affiliate the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has told the…

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Somalis threaten revenge on Indian nationals

The Indians living in the Horn's East Africa faces very difficult situation after many Somalis threatened to kill Indian nationals in revenge for their Somali fellows sentenced to death by an Indian court.

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Galmudug State Condemns U.S. Air Strike on Somali Soldiers

PRESS STATEMENT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GALMUDUG STATE CONDEMNS AERIAL BOMBARDMENT BY U.S. FORCES THAT KILLED SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS IN CENTRAL SOMALIA

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U.S. accused of killing 22 in misdirected Somalia air strike

Waagacusub.net - An air strike in northern Somalia left as many as 22 soldiers dead overnight, local officials said on Wednesday, and one region said the United States had been duped into attacking its troops.

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Misguided US war planes attacked Somali troops.

Waagacusub.net - It is very unfortunate to witness the US war planes tasked to fight terrorism are embroiled in an inter clan fighting in central Somalia.

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Somalia joins Africa-led initiative to protect elephants

- vf - International demand for ivory and rhino horn is fuelling the shocking decline in the elephant and rhino populations throughout Africa, while the European Union just recently showed that international trade loopholes persist.

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CIA, UNICEF and Genocide in Somalia

UNICEF oversaw the starvation deaths of at least 250,000 Somalis, mainly children, during the last "Great Horn of Africa Drought" and famine of 2010-2012 (at the time the worst in 60 years) all the while being led by Anthony "Tony" Lake, former National Security Advisor to President…

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