Exclusive interview with Somalia Prime Minister, Ali Mohammed Gedi
SSI had the opportunity this week to sit down with the Prime Minister of Somalia, Ali Mohammed Gedi. Here he answers questions about a new reconciliation process, violence and instability in Mogadishu and elsewhere, piracy off the Somali coast, lackluster international support, and relations with Somaliland.Walta information

Mercenaries to Police Somali Coast
Top Cat will either have to establish heavily fortified and well defended land bases, or put some, or all, of them in foreign countries (like Kenya, Djibouti, and the breakaway Somaliland ...

NAIROBI, Nov. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Transitional Federal Government of Somalia on Friday signed an agreement with a US-based maritime security firm to protect and control its territorial waters. The two-year agreement signed by Somali Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Hassan Abshir Farah and Peter Casini, President of Topcat Marine Security, will help fight terrorism, curb illegal fishing and combat pirates, who have used speed boats, automatic weapons and satellite phones to target UN-chartered ships and other vessels.

M. Ali Gedi    Nov 22, 2005 (ADDIS ABABA) — Prime Minister Meles Zinawi said the Ethiopian government and people would continue providing the necessary assistance for the establishment of stable and permanent government in Somalia, the official ENA reported.... Sudan tribune

                                        Somalia - where the gun rules
"Somalia is ruled by the gun," I was told by Bashir, a militiaman. And as I was interviewing him, I was reminded just how cheap that has made life in Somalia........By Joseph Winter BBC News, Mogadishu     
      Who is telling lies Somaliland politicians or  ‏Francois Lonseny Fal?
On Somaliland, which proclaimed its independence over a decade ago, he said ‏  all council resolutions reiterate the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Somalia as one country.‏   "People are not focusing on Somaliland. The main problem today is first to pacify the rest of Somalia. Once we get Somalia pacified, then we will talk about the form of relationship to establish between Somalia and Somaliland. ‏‏For the international community there is one Somalia," he stressed.‏    ‏"The international community is following seriously what is happening in Somaliland but there is no recognition of it," he said......‏KUNA 092316 Nov 05NNNN‏  

10/14/2005 - By David Shinn and Joshua Eisenman - The Horn of Africa has become an increasingly important region for China. Of the five countries—Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia/Somaliland—that constitute the Horn, Sudan looms especially large. China receives 7 percent of its oil from Sudan, has invested millions in Sudan’s oil sector, and supports Khartoum as it faces international condemnation for its handling of the crisis in Darfur. China’s engagement in tiny Djibouti and the still-struggling state of Somalia and its breakaway sister, Somaliland, is modest. Surprisingly, China’s growing ties with neighboring Ethiopia and Eritrea have thus far escaped extensive review. This analysis seeks to fill that void......