Somalia:Somali leader condemns Mogadishu suicide attack as toll rises to 70 + Related News

Laaska News Oct. 5,2011
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Somali leader condemns Mogadishu suicide attack as toll rises to 70

MOGADISHU, Oct.4 (Xinhua) — Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Tuesday strongly condemned the deadly suicide attack against government building in Mogadishu as death toll rose to 70 while the injured numbered 150 others, officials said.

Somalia:Key political meeting opens in Somalia

Laaska News Sept. 5,2011

Somalia:Somali President declares state of emergency in Islamist abandoned parts of Mogadishu

Laaska News  August 13,2011             Somalia:Madaxweyne Shariif oo xaalad Deg Deg ah Kusoo rogay Qaybo ka mid ah Dalka

Somalia declares state of emergency in Islamist abandoned parts of Mogadishu

UGANDA:AU troops win battle in Somali capital, with Uganda taking caution back home

Laaska News  August 9,2011
By Ronald Ssekandi and Yuan Qing
KAMPALA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — For Uganda, dislodging of the Somali militant

Somalia:With new Prime Minister in place, UN urges Somalis to move forward on transition – UN News

Laaska News  June 24,2011

23 June 2011 –The United Nations envoy dealing with Somalia today congratulated Abdiweli Mohamed Ali on his appointment as the country’s new Prime Minister and stressed the importance of all parties

Somalia:Professor tapped for key Somali post – Amherst – The Buffalo News

Laaska News  June 24,2011

With stalemate broken, Ban urges Somalis to focus on completing transition

Laaska News  June 14,2011
10 June 2011 –Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Somali parties to move forward with key transitional tasks, such as completing the new constitution, now that a deal has been reached to overcome the dispute between the country’s

Somalia: UN envoy welcomes deal ending political stalemate

Laaska News  June 14,2011

9 June 2011 –The United Nations envoy for Somalia today welcomed the agreement reached to extend the terms of the country’s President and the Speaker of Parliament for another year as a breakthrough in ending the political impasse over the current transition

News Analysis: Kampala Accord exposes new Somali political reality

Laaska News  June 13,2011
By Abdurrahman Warsameh
MOGADISHU, June 13 (Xinhua) — With the announcement of Somalia’ s cabinet led by Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed that the premier will not

Somalia:Somali leader hails death of Al Qaeda’s East Africa chief

Laaska News  June 12,2011
MOGADISHU, June 12 (Xinhua) — Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed welcomed the killing of Al Qaeda’s top commander is East Africa by local security forces as victory for the Somali people and government.