SOMALIA: EC to support road improvements in Somaliland
NAIROBI, 11 Feb 2003 (IRIN) - The European Commission has approved a major project to support rehabilitation of the core road network in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, northwest Somalia.
In a statement, the EC described the project as a continuation of ongoing support through the German Federal Agency for Technical Releif (THW), which will include technical assistance to the Somaliland Roads Authorities.
"The total budget is € 4.5 million with contributions from the European Commission (€ 4.2 million), the implementing partner - the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), and the Somaliland Road Fund," the statement said.
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Monday, February 10, 2003
Rivalry for Eyes of Arab World
DOHA, Qatar, 11 FEB 2003 -- From London to the Persian Gulf, Arab journalists and investors are gearing up to challenge the primacy of al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based satellite TV channel whose professional if sometimes sensational 24-hour broadcasts have shattered taboos and created an appetite for unfettered news across the Arab world.
DOHA, Qatar, 11 FEB 2003 -- From London to the Persian Gulf, Arab journalists and investors are gearing up to challenge the primacy of al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based satellite TV channel whose professional if sometimes sensational 24-hour broadcasts have shattered taboos and created an appetite for unfettered news across the Arab world.
SOMALIA: Peace talks to be moved to Nairobi
NAIROBI, 10 FEB 2003 (IRIN) - The Somali peace talks currently under way in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret are to be moved to the capital, Nairobi, by the end of this week, according to a source close to the talks.
NAIROBI, 10 FEB 2003 (IRIN) - The Somali peace talks currently under way in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret are to be moved to the capital, Nairobi, by the end of this week, according to a source close to the talks.
SOMALIA: Hijacked ship's crew escape from captors
NAIROBI, 10 FEB 2003 (IRIN) - A foreign ship and its crew, held for six months by Somali militiamen, escaped on Saturday from the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, a local journalist in Bosaso told IRIN on Monday.
NAIROBI, 10 FEB 2003 (IRIN) - A foreign ship and its crew, held for six months by Somali militiamen, escaped on Saturday from the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, a local journalist in Bosaso told IRIN on Monday.
Abdirahman Tuur returns home
HARGEISA, 10 FEB 2003--Somaliland's first President Abdirahman Ahmed Ali, Tuur, returned home after spending 10 years overseas. Accompanies by his wife, Abdirahman was received at Egal International Airport by a number of Ministers, Sultans and other members of the community.
Radio Hargeisa which has aired the news said that the purpose of Abdirahman's return was to offer condolences on the death of his brother-in-law Osman Basbaas. The Radio didn't say whether Abdirahman intended to stay longer or whether had given up his pro-Somalia political stance.
HARGEISA, 10 FEB 2003--Somaliland's first President Abdirahman Ahmed Ali, Tuur, returned home after spending 10 years overseas. Accompanies by his wife, Abdirahman was received at Egal International Airport by a number of Ministers, Sultans and other members of the community.
Radio Hargeisa which has aired the news said that the purpose of Abdirahman's return was to offer condolences on the death of his brother-in-law Osman Basbaas. The Radio didn't say whether Abdirahman intended to stay longer or whether had given up his pro-Somalia political stance.
Sunday, February 09, 2003
EDITOR'S CHOICE: God and American diplomacy
LONDON, 6 FEB 2003 (ECONOMIST)--ONLY one thing unsettles George Bush's critics more than the possibility that his foreign policy is secretly driven by greed. That is the possibility that it is secretly driven by God. War for oil would merely be bad. War for God would be catastrophic: the beginning of a “clash of civilisations” that would pit Christians and Jews against Muslims.
Is there anything to this? The war-for-God crowd can certainly point to bits of evidence. The current White House is the most religious since Jimmy Carter's days. In his memoirs of his time as a presidential speechwriter, David Frum says that the first words he heard in the Bush White House were “Missed you at Bible Study”. Mr Bush, a born-again Christian who turned to God after many years of hard drinking, starts each day kneeling in prayer. Michael Gerson, his main speechwriter, is a master at clothing public policy in religious language.
LONDON, 6 FEB 2003 (ECONOMIST)--ONLY one thing unsettles George Bush's critics more than the possibility that his foreign policy is secretly driven by greed. That is the possibility that it is secretly driven by God. War for oil would merely be bad. War for God would be catastrophic: the beginning of a “clash of civilisations” that would pit Christians and Jews against Muslims.
Is there anything to this? The war-for-God crowd can certainly point to bits of evidence. The current White House is the most religious since Jimmy Carter's days. In his memoirs of his time as a presidential speechwriter, David Frum says that the first words he heard in the Bush White House were “Missed you at Bible Study”. Mr Bush, a born-again Christian who turned to God after many years of hard drinking, starts each day kneeling in prayer. Michael Gerson, his main speechwriter, is a master at clothing public policy in religious language.
Somaliland President pardons 368 prisoners
HARGEISA, 10 FEB 2003--Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin ordred on Sunday the release of 368 prisoners serving sentences on minor offences in various parts of the country. The pardon was to mark the Eid Al Adha, or the Muslim pilgirmage season.
HARGEISA, 10 FEB 2003--Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin ordred on Sunday the release of 368 prisoners serving sentences on minor offences in various parts of the country. The pardon was to mark the Eid Al Adha, or the Muslim pilgirmage season.
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