Abdi Hajji Hussein – AHN News Correspondent Mogadishu, Somalia (AHN) – Under the belief that Mogadishu’s largest and busiest market will fall into the hands of government forces, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia’s embattled president, on Sunday called for what he described as foreign militants to leave the country soon, otherwise they would face bad [...]
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Somali president: Foreign extremists have to leave the country or face bad repercussions
May 22nd, 2011
davidguide Dispute over archive leads Russia to nix art loans
May 16th, 2011
davidguide A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has jolted the U.S. art world, threatening an end to major cultural loans between the two countries. Read comments View full post on All Stories
Djibouti sends troops to turbulent Somalia
May 14th, 2011
davidguide Abdi Hajji Hussein – AHN News Correspondent Djibouti, Djibouti (AHN) – Djibouti on Saturday announced that it will send two battalions of troops to the war-torn Somalia to join the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMSIOM). Mohamoud Ali Yusuf, Djibouti’s minister of foreign affairs, said that his government was hecticly training and preparing those [...]
EU under pressure to revise Irish and Greek bailouts
May 8th, 2011
davidguide Irish Minister for Energy Pat Rabbitte told state broadcaster RTE on Sunday he would like to see a rescheduling of the emergency loans extended to Ireland under the bailout by the European Union and … View full post on All Stories
Libya accepts African Union peace plan
April 11th, 2011
davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Tripoli, Libya (AHN) – Libya agreed to an African Union peace plan to end the armed conflict in the war-torn nation, South African President Jacob Zuma said Sunday. Zuma announced the development after meeting in Tripoli with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and three other African leaders. The deal is expected [...]
U.S. welcomes African Union initiative on Libyan crisis
March 26th, 2011
davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Saturday welcomed the African Union meeting in Addis Ababa on Friday to discuss the situation in Libya according to the U.S. Department of State. In a statement Mark Toner, acting deputy spokesperson of the U.S. State Department said, “The [...]
Paris summit endorses international action against Gaddafi
March 19th, 2011
davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – European and Arab leaders along with U.N. leadership and U.S. representation on Saturday called the situation in Libya “intolerable,” noting despite the U.N. demands, “the Libyan regime has stepped up its violence in order to impose by force its will on that of [...]
Somalian Prime Minister says U.N. Security Council will help combat al Shabaab, piracy
March 12th, 2011
davidguide Abdi Hajji Hussein – AHN News Correspondent New York, NY, United States (AHN) – A day after a special United Nations Security Council meeting on Somali, interim federal government Prime Minister Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed says he has secured support in their fight against al Shabaab and pirates. Called upon by the China’s permanent representative to [...]
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