Fri. November 21, 2008
breakaway Puntland region of Somalia:
Voice of America
November 21, 2008
And so our position has been the
international community should focus on enhancing the capacity of the
Puntland government to fight its criminal networks, ...
"I landed in Bosaso, which is on the tip of northeastern Somalia, and it is the main commercial port city in Puntland. Unfortunately, the security people ...
afrol News
November 21, 2008
Somaliland - a former British colony uniting with Italian
Somalia in 1960 but declaring independence again in 1991 - the autonomous region of
Puntland, ...
Religious Intelligence Ltd
November 21, 2008
The
pirates are most likely from
Puntland in
Somalia which, like Somaliland, does not respect the authority of the capital
Mogadishu.
Puntland has become a ...
The Age
November 21, 2008
Bosasso is the capital of the lawless enclave of Puntland, which has an annual budget of only $A35 million. But the gangs of gunmen sometimes split hundreds ...
Christian Science Monitor
November 21, 2008
Much of the
piracy seems to be based out of the
Puntland, a semiautonomous region on the northern shore of
Somalia that broke away from Somalia soon after ...
Bloomberg
November 21, 2008
In Harardhare, a town in
Somalia's semi-autonomous
Puntland region close to where the ship is anchored,
pirates are bringing in extra fighters to strengthen ...
Sydney Morning Herald
November 21, 2008
For the next 47 days, the Englishman Darch and five crew were held captive on board by more than 20
pirates, near the pirate port of
Eyl, Puntland, ...
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
November 21, 2008
... the city where the large tanker was brought by the
pirates, near where it is presently anchored, near the coast of
Puntland, a semi-independent region ...
Africa Intelligence
November 21, 2008
Several leaders who have had brushes with the
president of Puntland are taking advantage of the forthcoming presidential election in January to stand ...
Economic Times
November 21, 2008
As a consequence of what is
Somalia's only growth industry, several
pirate havens have sprung up in
Puntland. Settlements such as
Eyl, Garowe and
Harardhere ...
Voice of America
November 21, 2008
Harvard Crimson
November 20, 2008
The chaos breeds
corruption, as Abdi Waheed Johar, the director general of the fisheries and ports ministry in
Puntland, commented to the
New York Times ...
Reuters South Africa
November 20, 2008
Ships often take
sea lanes near
Yemen to avoid proximity to
pirate lairs in lawless
Somalia or its breakaway Somaliland and
Puntland regions, ...
Bloomberg
November 20, 2008
Muse Gelle Yusuf, governor of
Puntland's
Bari region, said
officials would stage a rescue attempt if the Saudi Arabian government agreed. ...
Sky News
November 20, 2008
It sits in the tribal region of
Puntland on the eastern coast of
Somalia and is virtually inaccessible by road. As an analyst put it to me: "
Eyl is one of ...
The Age
November 20, 2008
"The monies were paid to the
Puntland government NOT the president or any other member of the government," Landau told The Age. "Importantly, at the end of ...
Saudi Gazette
November 19, 2008
Abdi Waheed Johar, the director general of the fisheries and ports ministry of Puntland, openly acknowledged in an interview this spring that "there are ...
guardian.co.uk
November 19, 2008
... they see how their friends have made a lot of money," Abdulqaadir Muuse Yusuf, deputy fisheries minister for the Puntland region, said yesterday. ...
Scotsman
November 19, 2008
THE
pirates of
Puntland, the northern breakaway area of
Somalia, are unapologetic about their trade. Their spokesman,
Januna Ali Jama, based in the port of ...
The Age
November 19, 2008
Former Range Resources managing director Mike Povey displays a cheque with fellow director Peter Landau and
Puntland government officials. ...
Mareeg
November 18, 2008
The president of the semi-autonomous region of
Puntland [in
Somalia], Gen Mahmud Muse, has issued a decree restricting presidential candidates in the ...
Xinhua
November 18, 2008
Meanwhile, in Bossaso, eight
Somali pirates being held at the local central prison have escaped and are now being pursued by the
Puntland security forces, ...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
November 18, 2008
Life in
Somalia's pirate town: "Whenever word comes out that
pirates have taken yet another ship in the Somali region of
Puntland, extraordinary things ...
Times Online
November 18, 2008
After a dispute between the
pirates, it was moved along the
Puntland coast to Bargal. "When we were freed, I found out they were going to take us to
Eyl, ...
Times Online
November 18, 2008
RUSI
November 18, 2008
By Bjoern Seibert The
EU is to launch a naval operation to counter
piracy off the coast of
Somalia. Challenges for Operation Atalanta abound, from the very ...
Telegraph.co.uk
November 18, 2008
Elsewhere in
Somalia, two independent enclaves have emerged - Somaliland in the north and
Puntland in the centre. Somaliland has achieved a measure of ...
Garowe Online
November 18, 2008
BOSSASO,
Somalia Nov 18 (Garowe Online) - A group of inmates have broken out of a jail in Bossaso, a bustling port city in northern Somalia's
Puntland ...
Bloomberg
November 18, 2008
The surge in
piracy has had an ``adverse effect on trade in ports'' in the once stable
Puntland region, Ban said. ``The Somali shilling has depreciated by ...
Somaliweyn
November 18, 2008
Police from the semi autonomous government of
Puntland affirmed that other
prisoners those ware in Bosaso Jail escaped earlier on Tuesaday, for poor guards ...
Hürriyet
November 18, 2008
Residents of Garowe and Bosasso,
Puntland's other main town, say most of the hijackers are well known as the wealthy
pirates have attained near-celebrity ...
Mareeg
November 18, 2008
This replaces the Travel Warning dated October 24, 2008 to note terrorist attacks in the regions of Somaliland and Puntland. The Department of State warns ...
AllAfrica.com
November 18, 2008
... was headed for the Somali coast, where it was "nearing an anchorage point" at
Eyl, a port in
Puntland which is popular with
Somali pirates. ...
AllAfrica.com
November 18, 2008
On 16 November 2008, NUSOJ condemned both the shutting down of Radio Galkayo radio station by the Puntland police and the arrest of journalist Hassan ...
AllAfrica.com
November 18, 2008
The
Puntland regional semiautonomous government has denounced the current differences within the two top government
officials of the premier and the ...
guardian.co.uk
November 17, 2008
But in the past 10 years the focus has moved to the semi-autonomous region of
Puntland in the north-east, abutting the
Gulf of Aden. ...
Independent
November 17, 2008
The coastal town in
Somalia's breakaway region of
Puntland is at the epicentre of an explosion of
piracy: attacks have increased dramatically, ...
Garowe Online
November 17, 2008
GAROWE,
Somalia Nov 17 (Garowe Online) - A top official in the
government of Somalia's
Puntland region has defended a recently appointed election commission ...
Bloomberg
November 17, 2008
... occurred 450 miles southeast of
Mombasa,
Kenya, and the ship is now approaching anchorage near
Somalia's northern semi-autonmous region of
Puntland. ...
AllAfrica.com
November 17, 2008
These are the first suicide attacks in the two relatively stable regions of Puntland and Somaliland. Somaliland is a US collaborator in the fight against ...
Somaliweyn
November 17, 2008
Forces from the semi-autonomous region of
Puntland have shutdown late on Sunday an independent radio in Galkayo town, the head quarters of
Mudug region in ...
