Tag Archives: Silanyo

Presidents of Somalia, breakaway Somaliland hold talks in Turkey

April 13, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey has hosted direct talks between the presidents of Somalia and the breakaway Somaliland region to encourage dialogue between the two. No statement was released after Saturday’s meeting between Somalia’s Hassan Sheik Mohamud and Ahmed Silanyo of … read more »

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Ethiopia Apologizes for Border Shooting

February 11, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By: Yusuf M Hasan The shooting of police officers by Ethiopian border guards at Wajale was an accident. This was informed by the Ethiopian Ambassador to Somaliland General Berhe Tesfaye during a meeting with Vice president Hon Abdirahman Sayli at … read more »

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What do Spiders and Silanyo’s Somaliland have in common?

January 28, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Safi Abdi A fulltime homemaker, and native of Somalia, I can tell you that I have firsthand knowledge of both of these two entities and know full well how they operate; so you would say, I am certainly not … read more »

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Somalia: Ambassador Mahiga sets the record straight with M. Silanyo

November 25, 2012 by benim

By Abdisamad Mooge “Kayse” OPINION “I am no regional president,” Ahmed Silanyo of Somaliland region proclaimed after receiving a letter from Augustine P. Mahiga, the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Political Office for … read more »

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Dirty Dreams of Somaliland

November 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

IndepthAfrica – The morning mist on the flowers is my shed tears; and the whispering of the trees is the wailing of my devastated heart. They are twisting my heart, but I am too old to cry. They are expert … read more »

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Somaliland Tribal elections and deception

November 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

OPINION The authority controlling parts of northern Somalia (or as it likes to be known Somaliland) is at it again orchestrating a deceptive operation against the locals and the international community. After many weeks of forming, dissolving and reshuffling purported … read more »

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