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Description: Transcript of a meeting between East German leader Erich Honecker and Cuban leader Fidel Castro, East Berlin (excerpts) regarding Castro’s visit to Somalia and Ethiopia, criticizing Siad Barre and discussing the need to help the revolution in Ethi... More »
A Temporary Withdrawal – Security Concerns 1. “Update of Threat Assessment – Somalia.” Cable from US Embassy in Mogadishu to State Department Headquarters. 7 September 1989. Cable Number: Mogadishu 09512. Source: Freedom of Information Act release (2006-01-288... More »
Solar Seawater Distiller Turns Salt Water into Drinking Water Using Only Sunlight A genius yet very simple way to produce healthy, bacteria-free water. Italian designer Gabriele Diamanti (@GabDiamanti) has invented Eliodomestico, an eco-distiller running on so... More »
Memorandum of Conversation, East German Official with Soviet Ambassador to Ethiopia Ratanov Date: 12/07/1977 Source: SAPO-BArch, DY30 IV 2/2.035/126 Description: The memo details a conversation between Ratanov and an East German official. The talk covered the ... More »
After years in Dadaab, Ibrahim Hussein is one of many refugees facing a return to Somalia after the Kenyan government’s order to close the camp For Ibrahim Hussein, it was the final blow. When the Kenyan government ordered the closure of the Dadaab refugee cam... More »
U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM AGENCIES have long been preoccupied with the threat posed by the recruiting successes of the Somali terrorist group al Shabaab in Western countries. The group has managed to lure hundreds of foreign fighters — including some 40 Americans ... More »
Baidoa is not the Somali capital (Mogadishu), which was taken by the UIC in July. But it is the home of the UN-sponsored transitional federal government (TFG), formed in 2004 in Kenya. The transitional administration could never establish itself in Mogadishu, ... More »
Detectives from the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) have arrested a suspected Al-Shabaab recruiter in Mombasa. The 45-year-old man was detained for allegedly being one of the people funding and recruiting youths to join the Al-Qaeda linked terror group. He w... More »
Pursuing Black Gold in Somalia The following cables demonstrate how the oil companies were pursuing Somali crude, and some of the difficulties they encountered along the way. 1. “Chevron Drilling Site in Northern Somalia.” Cable from US Embassy in Djibouti to ... More »
Hachutakiwi chuve wachocho chunapoifuna lugha. Kile chunachofahamu chuvamegee na vengine ili kuvasaidia kuwa bora dhaidi. Labda hufaa nitoe mfano uliotokea hivi karibuni huko Uingeredha. Vabunge wa Bunge la Uingeredha ambao ni veledi wa lugha ya Kiingeredha ha... More »
The bodies of the two suspected Al-Shabaab militants who were killed as they attempted to attack Hamey Police Patrol Base in Dadaab were on Wednesday night taken to Garissa for fingerprint identification. The two were killed following a fierce gun battle with ... More »
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was the first secretary of state to visit Somalia. He announced that the United States plans to reopen its embassy in Somalia, which was closed in 1991. We all have a stake in what happens here in Somalia. The world cannot af... More »