Stories about Somalia from November, 2005
Islam: homosexuality
Somali/Dutch MP, Ayaan Hirsi Ali received death threats for her collaboraton with Theo Van Gogh (who was assasinated) on the film “Submission” which addressed gender violence in Islam, is now...
Somaliland: Buul
Inside Somaliland posts some photos of young men playing a game “Buul” or pool. She asks if anyone has any idea where the game originated or the rules?
Ethiopia: Somaliland
Inside Somaliland reports on landlocked Ethiopia's first import of cargo through the Red Sea port of Berbera in Somaliland.
Horn of Africa: HR petition
Inside Somaliland reports on a petition against the worsening human rights violations in Ethiopia. The petition is being organised by a Horn of Africa coalition consisting of “Human Rights Defenders...
A look at the blogosphere in the Horn of Africa and Sudan
The term Horn of Africa in this report represents Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. Ethiopian bloggers have been busy assessing the political situation in their country following general elections held there...
Somaliland Diaspora: Abdourahman Waberi
Voice of Somaliland Diaspora-Ottawa introduces readers to novelist, journalist, essayist, poet. Abdourahman A. Waberi was born in 1965 in Djibouti. “He spent his childhood and adolescence in Northeast Africa. As...
