PWYP members respond to Clare Short's open letter on Ethiopia candidacy to EITI

Ethiopia's application to join EITI was not on our agenda at the regional PWYP meeting in Pointe Noire, although the issue did come up when we held our session on the enabling environment.

Somalia Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs urged Arab countries to support the military

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation HE Mahad Mohamed Salad was honored in Cairo, capital of Egypt Meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers from around 141 or so, which later today concluded.

Somalia:Damujadiid prince found at the hand over ceremonial in Mogadishu

Waagacusub.net -The prince of the Damujadiid Islamist party of Somalia Dr. Mohamed Haji has participated a handover ceremonial of the mayor of Mogadishu. This outlines of how the Damujadiid group took over the country's administration.

Somali PM requests His President that Gen. Madoobe becomes the new Emirates ambassador

Waagacusub.net- Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Yuulka has requested the President Garguurte that the ambassador of Arab Emirates to be designated for General Ali Madobe. Mr. Ali has formerly kept positions including the chief of the police forces and he has once become the ambassador of Somalia to Tanzania.

Somali President tells Somalis: "This is the time to decide your destiny."

The ongoing military operation against extremists in Somalia is providing local communities with the opportunity to decide their destinies, His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said today.

Somali Pm "We must continue as a society to campaign for women's rights and women's equality"

His Excellency Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, today marked International Human Rights day calling on Somali society to fight for and protect women's rights. The Prime Minister, said:

Somalia:Warlord Qaybdid brought shipment of arms to Gal-Mudug from Mogadishu and Elbur

Likewise, Qaybdid brought oil Exploration Company in Gal-Mudug such GTC GLOBAL; this company is ignite clan conflicts since majority of the clans did not support Qaybdiid. We informed the company this issue and the company stopped involve Gal-Mudug issue. Later on, the company began its interference…

The Race to Save Ethiopians Damned by the Dam

Exactly two years ago to the month, I wrote a commentary entitled, "The Dam and the Damned: Gilgel Gibe III Ethiopia" focusing on the impact of "development" in the Omo River Basin (ORB) in southern Ethiopia. In that commentary, I echoed the deep concerns voiced by various international…

The Reason Behind Creating Tribal Federal States in Somalia!!

For some Neighbor States like Ethiopia and Kenya it is a Strategy for defeating the Pan-Somalia Dream. "The smaller pieces of a pie are easier to eat it"

Somali PM was accused of hiring an airplane with a cash amounting 400,000$

Somali prime minister was accused of hiring an airplane with a cash amounting 400,000$, the airplane is Fly540, registered and owned from Kenya. The prime minister has only traveled to neighboring Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda and then it has returned him to Mogadishu.

Former Somali Prime Minister publish Photo against Somali President

Waagacusub.net - The most liked former Somali prime minister Abdi Farah Shirdon (Saa'ed) have put his Facebook site a photo taken on the 22nd February 2014 that shows Somalia President Garguurte smiling with a joy and happiness evidently. This pictorial was taken only a day after the terror attack…

Video Somali journalists loses best chances to show-up their work

Waagacusub.net - Somali journalists, most of them, misplace the best chances of their daily work. Among the big defeat, is that they broadcast propaganda from politicians, tell lies, handle contradictory speeches where journalists actually put to use, all these, to communicate through the independent…

President: Somalia's recovery will continue to thwart the terrorists

Somalia's ongoing recovery will continue to defy the enemies of peace, His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said today after a terrorist attack in Mogadishu.

Somali President resettles his two families in Turkey and Tanzania where he signs Somali refugees in Kenya to be repatriated by force

Waagacusub.net - The president of the Somali government Mr. Hassan Gargurte resettled his families in Turkey and Tanzania. The president deployed his mature sons and daughters to higher education in England and Ukraine.

Somali President and Al-Shabaab sign a secret deal, who has arbitrated?

Waagacusub Media have received information about authorities of the Damujadiid and Al-Shabaab Somalia those have signed a secretive deal one year ago.

What Analysts are Saying about South Sudan's Crisis

Since violence first broke out on 15 December, the conflict in South Sudan has left thousands dead and displaced hundreds of thousands more.

A Unified State of Somalia Debated at Chatham House

As one of the rare opportunities, eighteen days before the International Conference on Somalia held in London on May 7, 2013, Chatham House, a British Think Tank on International Affairs, invited Somali intellectuals for consultation on building Somalia's unified state necessary for constructive…

Former Somalia Prime Minister Abdirisak Haji Hussein dies in USA

Former Somalia prime minister Abdirisak Haji Hussein has dies in a hospital in Minnesota, USA in the age of 90.

SILENCE AND PAIN: ETHIOPIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD IN THE OGADEN

In recent weeks I have been contacted by Ogadenis living in exile, who have begun to send me information. These testimonies cannot be independently verified, but since the alternative is not to speak about the human rights violations that are almost certainly taking place, I have decided to publish…