Somali Press Review

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SOMALI PAPERS REVIEW

Security Minister: No Ethiopia soldiers in Puntland 08 May 2008

Somalia: Security in the seat of Somalia’s parliament to be beefed up 06 May 2008

Somalia: Review of Somali Papers and Websites 06 May 2008

Somalia: Lawmakers Ordered to Register Their Weapons 05 May 2008

Somaliland crisis deepens 05 May 2008

Somalia: British Government condones extremism in universities, says BBC Somali Service editor 02 May 2008

Somalia: How was Al Shabaab’s Aden Hashi Ayro assasinated? 01 May 2008

Somaliland : Troubled Times Ahead 01 May 2008

INTERVIEW: International community must stop interference in Somalia: UN EnvoyCinwaan 30 Apr 2008

Somalia: Is Somaliland democracy in retreat? 28 Apr 2008

Somalia: Review of Somali Papers and Websites 28 Apr 2008

Somalia: Revised Puntland Constitution to be Unveiled 27 Apr 2008

Saving Minneapolis Somali Boys from Gang Violence 26 Apr 2008

SOMALIA IN WORLD PRESS

Somalia: Ensuring Long-Term Peace and Stability 08 May 2008

Kenyan anti-terrorism team on high alert 03 May 2008

Washington Post Backs Invasion and Endless Occupation Over Air Strikes 03 May 2008

Somalia: meeting with the enemy 01 May 2008

Range Resources buys own rig for mineral exploration in Somalia 30 Apr 2008

Somalia terror suspects await charges 28 Apr 2008

Somali Foreign Minister Touts Anti-Islamist Offensive 28 Apr 2008

Somalia: Resolve Crisis 23 Apr 2008

They risk everything to escape 21 Apr 2008

Spain says pirates hijack fishing boat off coast of Somalia 21 Apr 2008

Small arms in EA to get security marks 20 Apr 2008

Indian Ocean countries to fight against piracy 20 Apr 2008

Peace group to end tribal feud 19 Apr 2008

OPINION

	Somalia: A Somali Tragedy

	Somalia: In support of Las-Anod’s resistance against the Somaliland occupation

	Somalia: Geeska Afrika website’s propaganda against Puntland

	Somalia Revisits the Purpose of War

	Rayaale has got his sums wrong again

	SOMALIA: Unity and Secession in Somali Political and Traditional Contexts

	What will happen after the mandate of President Rayaleends?

COMMENT IN NUTSHELL

	Somali Youth failed thier country

	Remembering Hassan Shiikh Muumin

	Hargeisa book club discusses The Shackled Continent

	Mohamed Hagi Ingiriis advises Somali parliamentarians

	In Somalitlak.com Raage Ali Dheere redefines Buufis

	Remembering 26 January

SOMALI NEWS FROM AGENCIES

Somali President asks French for troops, naval help

Ethiopian forces kill 12 in Somalia attack: witnesses

UN Special Representative for Somalia visits Sweden

Pirates free crew of Spanish boat

Somalia clashes the worst since 1991

Corpses in Mogadishu streets after battles kill 81

Somali PM praises French raid against pirates

Fighting kills 81 in Somalia, rights group says

Somalis urge tough action for pirates

Somalia pirates release hostages: Sarkozy

Somalia: Somaliland President’s Tenure Extended

SOMALIA: Villages abandoned as drought bakes Puntland

INTERVIEW-Somaliland keen to host US base, hopeful on oil

Burundian peace keeper dies in Somalia

Pirates board French yacht off Somalia

Unmanned US Military Aircraft Crashes in Southern Somalia

Somali Islamists seize key town of Jowhar

Mogadishu port slowly changing lives in Somalia

PUNTLAND GOVERNMENT POLICY STATEMENT

Danish warship escorts food aid to Somalia

Profile: Islamic lads of Somalia

UK sets up force for failing states in wake of Iraq

Deadly Battles Reported in Somali Capital

British captain held for 46 days by Somali pirates freed with his crew

U.S. puts Somali Islamist group on terrorism list

RESOURCES IN AND ABOUT SOMALI LANGUAGE

Somali language and culture blogs and sites

Af Soomaali | Guri Barwaaqo | Redsea-Online | Aftahan | Somali PEN

Review essays

WAA KAN BUUGGII AAN SUGEYEY 24ka SANO ( This is the book I’ve been waiting for 24 years

Gorfaynta Qaamuuska Cusub ee Af-soomaaliga ( A review of a news Somali dictionary)

A Review of Dr Ali Jimale Ahmed’s Daybreak is near

Gorfayn: Dhaqansidaha GOBAAD Dhaqansidaha Afka, suugaanta, Taariikhda, iyo Arrimaha Bulshada ( a review of a new Somali cultural magazine)

Reviews of Literature of Somali Onomastics and Proverbs

FRIDAY NOTEBOOK

Somalia: Is Somaliland democracy in retreat? 27 Apr 2008

Somalia: Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Ruminations on Somalia 15 Apr 2008

Somalia: A light at the end of the tunnel 06 Apr 2008

Somalia: Tough Choices for Puntland 29 Mar 2008

Somalia: Election mood in Somaliland 24 Mar 2008

War criminals in Somalia 15 Mar 2008

Somalia: BBC Recycles stereotypes about Somalia 08 Mar 2008