By: Shayne Heffernan

Somalilandsun - Maritime piracy a front burner issue for governments, shipping companies, cruise lines, energy firms, global conglomerates and for sailors now. And some piracy hot spots are not as "Hot" as they were in the days of old, the criminal phenomenon persists and has spread globally.

UN's Martin Nesirky By Matthew Russell Lee

Somalilandsun -- After the UN refused to circulate Somaliland's April 1 letter, then downplayed its non-attendance at the "Somalia" conference in London, on May 14 Inner City Press asked Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokesman Martin Nesirky:

David Lee Collins 19 was stabbed to deathBy Jill Reilly/dailymail

Somalilandsun- A British teenager has been sentenced to eight years in prison over the stabbing death of a British soldier during a nightclub brawl in Cyprus.

David Lee Collins, 18, from London, was stabbed to death after a fight broke out in a nightclub in the popular resort of Ayia Napa last November.

Mr Nesirky says UN is negotiating with Somaliland

By: Yusuf M Hasan

HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) – Intense negotiations are on-going to resolve the controversy that ensued with the government of Somaliland banning UN flights in the country.

Ruto and Uhuru leaders or War criminals

The International Criminal Court was designed for those monsters accused of the world's worst crimes, but democracy has some unexpected consequences

EUNavForce Commandos boardthesuspicious skiffPress Statement

Somalilandsun - The Operation Commander of the EU Naval Force, Rear Admiral Bob Tarrant, has issued a renewed warning that Somali pirates are still determined to get out to sea and, if presented with an easy target, will attack.

Some of the products on displayBy: Mary Harper

Somalilandsun - On Tuesday May 7 2013, delegates from more than fifty countries and international institutions gathered at Lancaster House in London for a big conference on Somalia.

By: Fiorello Provera

Somalilandsun – The recent abductions of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Paul Yazigi, reflect not only the increasing brutality of Syria's civil war, but also the escalating crisis for Christians across the Arab world – one that could end up driving them away altogether.

Ms Rehma alive after 17 days under rubbleBy JULFIKAR ALI MANIK and JIM YARDLEY

Somalilandsun — Day after day, the grim drudgery of digging for bodies had progressed at Rana Plaza. Talk of rescuing survivors had faded. This was the recovery phase, and what was being recovered were corpses, the numbers spinning remorselessly forward: 700 dead became 800, then 900, with no end in sight.

DS-General Jan EliassonSomalilandsun - A senior United Nations (UN) official today stressed the need for widespread support from the international community for the new Somali Government to help it succeed in its reform efforts.

The Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said some the biggest challenges for Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud are to assert his authority across the entire country and to grow relations with its neighbouring countries.