Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general of the United Nations, has said there is almost no international support for a peacekeeping force to be deployed in Somalia. More on ‘Support lacking’ for Somalia force

Nearly 120 Somali MPs have voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Abdullahi Yusuf, accusing him of being a “stumbling block to peace”. More on Move to impeach Somali president

UNITED NATIONS – The International Contact Group met on 16 December 2008 at UN headquarters in New York under the chairmanship of the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah.  More on Communiqué: International Contact Group on Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia’s transitional government plunged into deeper turmoil on Tuesday when the country’s president defied Parliament by appointing a new prime minister and the Kenyan government reacted by threatening sanctions. More on Somalia’s President Appoints Premier

Mogadishu, Somalia (APA) – The Kenyan Foreign Affairs minister, Moses Wetangula on Tuesday said that Kenya opposes the move by Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf to fire his premier and his entire cabinet and threatened to impose sanctions on him and other Somali leaders who are undermining the peace process in the lawless country. More on Kenya threatens sanctions on the Somali leader for undermining the peace process

U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya
Press Release
December 15, 2008
Efforts by President Yusuf to remove Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein undermine the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and efforts to promote peace and stability.

Divisions within the TFG, as manifested by efforts to remove the Prime Minister, threaten to undermine Djibouti peace process. More on Somalia:U.S. Condemns Dispute Among TFG Leadership

Donkeys, Liars and War Criminals

What a difference two years make! In December 2006, Zenawi invaded Somalia to save it from the “terrorist axis of evil” — Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab and the Islamic Courts Union. In January 2007, he reassured the world, “We will be out of Somalia in a few weeks.” A year ago he likened opposition members of his Parliament who opposed his Somali invasion to that faithful beast of burden, the donkey. More on The Horn of Fear

Hundreds of Ethiopians residing in the Washington DC area held a protest rally in front of the Woyanne-occupied Ethiopian embassy to demand the immediate release of Teddy Afro. Several Ethiopian musicians were among the protesters.

NAIROBI, Kenya — The president of Somalia announced Sunday that he was unilaterally firing the prime minister, throwing Somalia’s beleaguered government, and the nation itself, into further disarray. More on Somalia’s President Fires Prime Minister but May Not Have the Power to Do So

We, the Ethiopian Somali Advocacy, have opposed the misguided and injustice verdict that the minority regime of Tigray has passed last week As we mark the 60^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human rights one cannot help but notice that even 60 years on after the world committed to the respect of rights globally we have not yet achieved these goals. For example, the minority Tigray has been killing left and right the innocent Ethiopian and put them in jail without rule of law. More on Ethiopian Kangaroo court and the verdict of Star singer and activist Teddy-Afro