Month: September 2019
Somaliland Nairobi Embassy to Host November Energy Meet
Nairobi (ANN)-Somaliland through its embassy in Nairobi will in November host an Energy and Infrastructure conference in the Kenyan capital. This is part of Somaliland’s long term mission to woo Kenyan investors in the energy sector to the mineral-rich area
Somaliland Lawyers Association calls on the government to protect the rights of defense lawyers
Press statement Hargeisa(ANN)-Somaliland Lawyers Association (SOLLA) is deeply concerned by recurrent complaints raised by defense lawyers in Somaliland, who report incidents of harassment, intimidation and unfair treatment. Defense lawyers are not allowed to meet their clients in detention centers and
Hundreds of thousands of tweets call for Sisi to quit
Cairo(ANN)- Hundreds of thousands of tweets called on Friday for the Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, to quit, Rassd.com reported. It has been the largest electronic demonstration since the removal of the late first-ever freely-elected Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi. The hashtags
Saudi Arabia Order for Iraq oil imports after lost production
Riyadh(ANN)-The American newspaper the Wall Street Journal a report in shows that Saudi Arabia has moved to import oil from neighboring Iraq to cover for lost production that came following attacks on crude processing installations east of the country. The
The American Brain
Wait But Why / By Tim Urban Chapter 6: The American Brain .This is Chapter 6 in a series. If you’re new to the series, visit the series home page for the full table of contents. In Chapter 5 we
Somalia: Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights
Situation of human rights in Somalia Human Rights Council Summary report Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019. In the present report, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Bahame Tom Nyanduga, highlights the situation of human rights
Bring Back Handwriting: It’s Good for Your Brain
By Markham Heid People are losing the brain benefits of writing by hand as the practice becomes less common Not so long ago, putting pen to paper was a fundamental feature of daily life. Journaling and diary-keeping were commonplace, and
Somaliland authorities arrest 2 employees after blocked HadhwanaagNews website
“Somaliland’s government has made a habit of cracking down on media that exposes alleged misconduct by the region’s political elites,” CPJ Nairobi, (ANN) Authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland should immediately release two HadhwanaagNews employees and unblock the outlet’s
African Leaders converge in Accra for maiden edition of Kofi Annan Peace and Security (KAPS) Forum
PRESS RELEASE The forum was also organized to honour the sterling achievements of H.E. the late Kofi Annan and to immortalize his memory ACCRA, Ghana, )ANN)– The Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) (https://www.KAIPTC.org/) has organized the maiden
Amnesty warns Saudi not to retaliate following strike on oil facility
New York(ANN)-Amnesty International on Monday warned the US against taking military action in response to the attack on Saudi oil facilities which it said only exacerbate further instability and suffering in the region. The human rights group’s Secretary-General, Kumi Naidoo,