Glimpse to ISIS Territory in Syria and Iraq

Obama Natanyahu Meeting

Is the US overseeing torture in Somalia? -

Senate report on CIA torture program

An exhaustive report by the Senate Intelligence Committee found the CIA tortured suspected terrorists in a brutal and mismanaged program that produced little valuable intelligence. This is the 525-page summary released by the committee. The full report is more than 6,000 pages and remains classified.

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NY Congressman Hakeem Jeffries worries for his son

A Cry for Justice in America

Al Shabab Strike A Passenger Bus in Kenya

Somaliland: A Would-be Nation State Soon

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Pirates, cyber crime and case studies

The film Captain Phillips, inspired by the true story of the hijacking of a container ship and the kidnapping of its captain by Somali pirates, may seem the ideal viewing choice for a long plane journey. But for Bertrand Monnet, professor of criminal risk management, it was too close to reality for comfort.
“I watched it then thought maybe that wasn’t such a good idea,” he says. The professor of criminal risk management was on his way to the port city of Hobyo, Somalia – a hotspot of piracy, where he would have 38 bodyguards. Three weeks earlier, two UN representatives had taken the same journey and been killed on arrival.

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MN Guard, Somali leaders join forces to attract recruits

Some Somalis are touting the opportunities of military service — both for young recruits and a community that doesn’t want to be defined by the recent departures of youths to join radical Islamist militants.The Minnesota National Guard did not want to lose Mohamed Mohamud.

The high school senior was eager to enlist, but his mother, a refugee of Somalia’s brutal civil war, balked. Where Mohamud saw new experiences and money for college, his family saw danger. So the Guard took the unusual step of sending a longtime Muslim member to Mohamud’s home to address his family’s fears and secure their blessing.

Somali-Americans have enlisted in the Guard and U.S. military for years, but by all accounts, the numbers have remained low. As in Mohamud’s case, recruiters come up against concerns about balancing service and the Muslim faith, the anxiety of refugees who fled armed conflict — and, some acknowledge, their own lack of awareness of the growing community. Read More

Life After Guantánamo’

Peace-building in Somalia

Ban-Kimon In Dadaab & Moqadishu

Canadian Police Describe Timeline of Ottawa Attack

Exiled Somaliland Family Goes Home

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UK-Somaliland: Trade & Investment Forum 2014

UK Khat Ban and Its Effect in Somalia

Somalia's Future Hinges On Its Youth

Jamel Egal was born the year it all fell apart.

1991. Somali President Siad Barre was overthrown and anarchy overtook the east African nation of Somalia. Warlords filled the void of a central government as lawlessness reigned and war became the norm.

Jamel was 8 when conflict descended on his family's home in Baidoa in south-central Somalia. "We lost everything -- our house, our cattle," he says.

Now 23 years old, Jamel is part of the generation of Somalis who know nothing but war. Yet the future of their battered country rests in their hands. Decades of conflict have robbed many of even a basic education, and few employment opportunities exist. With scarce alternatives, many young people fall into violence themselves.

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Two Teenagers Commit Suicide in Hargeisa

Hargeisa(the horn)-The lives of two innocent youths came to an abrupt end when they hanged themselves in different estates of Hargeisa city on Monday night.

The late Abdinassir Abshir Habane committed suicide in Dolodho , Kodbur district, while Shaban Abdi Noor took his life in Sinai area, Ahmed Dhagah District.

Their bodies were spotted by members of the public early on Monday morning. The inhabitants of the area were shocked as this incident rarely occurs in Somaliland. It is not yet clear why the young men resorted to suicide but it is suspected that the hard economic times ravaging the country is to blame.


Source: The Horn

Somali President's Full Interview on Routing out Al Shabab

Biometrics expert is helping to ensure an honest election in Somaliland

Left and right iris images from one Somaliland trial voter registration record 

Mention the name Somaliland, and most people will have images from the movies "Black Hawk Down" and "Captain Phillips" spring to mind. However, those images are more correctly associated with Somalia, not Somaliland, which is an independent state that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.

Somaliland declared itself independent in 1991 and has been transforming itself into a rare, multiparty democracy in the Horn of Africa. University of Notre Dame Biometrics expert Kevin Bowyer and his Ph.D. students Estefan Ortiz and Amanda Sgroi are playing a critical role in that process
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