Tag: Somalia

• Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  BBC banned from self-declared independent Somaliland

  

  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been banned from the breakaway region of Somaliland for allegedly undermining the identity and dignity of the self-declared independent nation not recognized by Somalia or any other country, local authorities in control of the area have announced.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  The Hague Court awards Somalia most of the territorial sea claimed also by Kenya

  

  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Tuesday drew a new maritime legal border between Somalia and Kenya in the Indian Ocean after a bitter legal battle between the two countries over boundaries involving areas potentially rich in oil and gas, it was announced.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Brexit: Spain takes over UK maritime duties combating piracy off Somalia

  

  Spain on Friday took over from Britain command of a European Union maritime mission that combats piracy off the coast of Somalia as Britain's planned departure from the bloc nears.

• Thursday, December 20th 2012 - 06:02 UTC

  Record killing of journalists doing their jobs in 2012, according to RSF

  

  More journalists were killed doing their job in 2012 than in any year since monitoring started 17 years ago, with Syria and Somalia seeing a particularly heavy toll followed by Pakistan and Mexico, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday.