LEWISTON:-(RT)Zam Zam Mohamud, described as popular and well-regarded in the community by a Bates College professor, is the city’s first Somali to serve on the Lewiston School Committee. Her appointment is a turning point for Lewiston, “when our city representatives begin to reflect our shifting demographics,” said Elizabeth Eames, an associate professor of anthropology at [...]

Kismayo:-(RT)A warlord in southern Somalia’s Jubaland has declared himself “president” of the region, clan leaders said Thursday, shortly after the election of another militia commander to the post. With tensions already high, the move raised the risk of clashes between rival factions in the southern port city of Kismayo, a former stronghold of the Al-Qaeda-linked [...]

London:-(RT)After an absence of more than 30 years, Abdirizak Omar Mohamed has returned to Somalia, the country of his birth. Last year he gave up his job as a civil servant in the housing sector in Canada to take up a position as one of only 10 ministers in Mogadishu’s new, slimline cabinet. As minister for [...]

Minneapolis:-(RT)A former foot solider for the terrorist group al-Shabab has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Twenty-eight-year-old Kamal Said Hassan was given less than the maximum sentence of 38 years in federal court Monday. The judge cited Hassan’s cooperation with investigators. After his prison sentence, Hassan will be on supervised release for 20 years. [...]

London:-(RT)Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met serious protest by Somali community in London against his policy, when he went to attend the second Somali Conference hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron on May 7, 2013. This is the first time that a Somali president’s policy was opposed by many Somali communities representing different regions [...]

Mogadishu RT)As many as 3,000 African Union peacekeepers have been killed in Somalia in recent years in an attempt to end an Islamist insurgency and bring stability to the Horn of Africa nation, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday. “I want to pay tribute to the countries and to their soldiers who paid such an enormously heavy price,” U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan [...]

London:-(RT)UNITED NATIONS, May 7 — When the UN announced on May 3 that its Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson would represent the Organization at today’s London Conference on Somalia, Inner City Press immediately asked if it’s the UN’s understanding that Somaliland is represented at the conference.   The context of the request was the refusal in early April [...]

London:-(RT)Dear Mr. President,We wish, first of all, to underscore the irrefutable fact that the secession in the far North of our country is fuelled by the Isaq clan led by SNM elements. The other clans in the North (Warsangeli, Dhulbahante, Gadabursi and Issa) are strongly opposed to secession and strongly favour the unity of the [...]

London:-(RT)The Somalia Conference took place at Lancaster House on 7 May 2013, co-hosted by the UK and Somalia, and attended by fifty-four friends and partners of Somalia. We met at a pivotal moment for Somalia. Last year Somalia’s eight-year transition ended and Somalia chose a new, more legitimate Parliament, President and Government. Security is improving, [...]