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HAFZA STOP PRESS
April 18, 2006
No one killed in Puntland operations, Range insists
Things are going well or terribly - it all depends on who you ask. Jamie Freed reports. THE news out of Puntland, a semi-autonomous state of Somalia, has not been good since Range Resources began exploring for minerals and petroleum in late February. If Somali sources are to be believed, about 10 people have died in a clash between soldiers loyal to Puntland’s president and a regional clan opposed to the Australian company’s exploration project.
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13 April, 2006
A discussion on Baidoa town security attended by the three top officials of Somali transitional federal government and members of the local Digil and Mirifle clans has taken place in the town on Thursday. The meeting which lasted for several hours and attended by Somali president Abdulahi Yusuf, premier Ali Gedi, speaker of parliament Sharif Hassan Sheik Adan and other members of Digil and Mirifle tribes was to focus on the insecurity in the town which has worsened for the past days.
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11 Apr 2006 14:28:05 GMT
DOBLEY, 11 April (IRIN) - Zara Ali Muki lost her leg in 2004, when freelance militia fired on a vehicle she was riding in in Mogadishu, Somalia. Her life was in danger once again at the end of March, when she was forced to flee the latest factional fighting in the capital city. With the help of friends and relatives, she escaped in a van to Dhobley, a small town on the Somali- Kenyan border.
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April 5, 2006
Somalia has decided to re-open its Ethiopian embassy after rising political tension resulted in its closure in 1991.
In response to the move, Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopia’s foreign minister, said Ethiopia would soon open an embassy in Somalia in an effort to support the war-torn country.
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4th April 2006
Transitional Federal Parliament, who are currently meeting in the town of Baidoa, have expressed concern over insecurity after armed militia blocked access to a parliamentary session on Saturday.
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March 30 2006
Nairobi - The emergence of Islamic courts in Mogadishu fighting for control of the lawless Somali capital with traditional warlords has been blamed for a fresh wave of violence that claimed 52 lives and wounded hundreds last week.
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28 March 2006
Brussels - The European Union on Tuesday promised to provide "moral, political and practical support" to Somalia as part of an international drive to help rebuild the war-torn country.
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22 March 2006
NAIROBI, 22 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Heavy fighting between rival militia groups broke out on Wednesday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing at least 12 people and wounding 70 others, local hospital sources said.
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14 March 2006
A United Nations-backed initiative to consult all sections and regions of Somalia in an effort to rebuild a war-torn country that has been without a functioning government for 15 years began its largest operation to date today as scores of experts with 7,200 questionnaires fanned out to the remotest corners of the Horn of Africa nation.
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March 06 2006
Hardline cleric wants sharia law for Somalia
Mogadishu - A hardline Somali cleric with influence here has said Muslims will oppose the Horn of Africa’s fledgling government because it is based on anti-Islamic principles.
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March 6, 2006
Miner claims it’s all peace in Land of Punt
RANGE Resources has attempted to quell investor concerns about its latest exploration play, claiming Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland contains a wealth of minerals and few security problems.
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March 4, 2006 (Posted)
The Guardian Somalia could become the next "war on terror" battleground as the US zeroes in on al-Qaida and Islamist groups reportedly trying to exploit a power vacuum in the world’s most anarchic state.
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March 3, 2006
MOGADISHU: The United States has funded a new “anti-terror” coalition to fight Islamists in Mogadishu to avenge the killing of American soldiers there in the 1990s and to ensure anarchy persists, a leading Islamist has alleged.
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February 26, 2005
Somalia pirates put on notice: Mombassa Daily Nation (Feb 26) - A number of countries are to help the Somalia transitional government to fight piracy in its Indian Ocean waters.
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February 22, 2006
HAFZA commencing design and planning works for rail link to Werdẽr, Ethiopia (proposed free zone area) from the planned Gara’ard free zone port of Puntland.
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Wednesday 22 February 2006, 21:05 GMT
The fighting is said to be the heaviest in five years
At least 15 people are reported killed and 23 wounded in fighting between armed men loyal to warlords controlling the Somali capital and Islamic court security militia.
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13 February 2006
Somali leaders vow to work together, end rifts
NAIROBI, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Somalia’s president, prime minister and parliamentary speaker appeared to put aside their differences on Monday and vowed to work together to end anarchy in the Horn of Africa country.
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December 08, 2005
Statement by his Excellency Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed, President of the Transitional Federal Government of the Somali Republic, at the Extra-ordinary Summit of the Islamic Conference at Makkah, Saudi Arabia -
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October27,2005
The Transitonal Federal Government of the Somali Republic
Office of the Prime Minister/Somali Liaison Office
The Prime Minister,Ali Mohamed Gedi ,arrived last night in Jowhar with a high profile entourage, which included the Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Finance ,Salim A. Ibro,Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister, Abdillahi Sheikh Ismail and 13 deputies of Transitional parliament.
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October 15, 2005
International Communities Must Support The Transitional Federal Government of the Republic of Somalia’s Pacification and Nation-Building Efforts
Jowhar:-Somalia succeeded to resurrect itself from the ashes after a prolonged period of civil unrest and chaos on October 14, 2004, when they had formed a legislative body, an administration and democratically-elected President and Speaker of the Parliament in a neighbouring country Kenya.
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14 October 2005
HAFZA looking to invest in Puntland -
HAFZA is interested in investigating the opportunity to invest in other areas of Puntland pending relocation of Government of Somalia and security of the region.
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12 September 2005 -
HAFZA moving forward with model Free Trade Zone in Philippines
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Apr 18, 2005 (Posted to the Web)
Date: 01 April 2005
In fulfillment of Articles 12 and 44 (d) of the Transitional Federal Charter and acting on a proposal of the Prime Minister following the unanimous decision of the Council of Ministers reached in its meeting of January 24, 2005, the President of the Transitional Federal Government of the Somali Republic, H. E. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has appointed me as the Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia as per decree no. Tirsi/RSTS/XM/029/2005 dated 21/02/05.
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16 April 2005
HAFZA Negotiating with a Swiss bank to commence operations in Puntland
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7 April 2005
HAFZA to construct first model Free Trade Zone in Philippines
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