Somalia’s Al Qaeda-inspired al-Shabaab warned voters in the northern self-proclaimed state of Somaliland not to vote in the presidential elections, in an audio message obtained by AFP Friday.

“Those who take part in those so-called elections will face the consequences,” Ahmed Abdi Godane, the overall leader of the al-Shabaab group, said in the message released ahead of Somaliland’s Saturday polls.

Godane, also known as “Abu Zubayr” and a native of the Somaliland capital Hargeisa, said the elections were organised by the anti-Islamic forces in Somalia.

Somaliland’s presidential polls, which were delayed three times since 2008, are due to go ahead on Saturday, 50 years to the day after the territory obtained its independence from Britain.

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Anna Politkovskaya was killed in her condominium in Moscow on October 7 2006. In her computer had another article against Ramzan Kadyroy, man that today is president of Chechnya.

For seven years the journalist wrote about this little republic of Russia Federation such as a black hole of conscience, where rapes, tortures and massacres were normal for soldiers and militias.

«A place - sustained - where many can do what they want and others have to accept it. Russia continues to permit that exist a place of country where civils rights don’t exist. It is a very risky choice» («A little corner of hell», Rizzoli 2008). Four years have passed since her death. Chechnya is still that «place»?

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Republic of Somalia has recognized today, on May 19, officially the Republic of Kosovo as and independent and sovereign state said in a statement the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Kosovo.

In a diplomatic note addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia confirms the decision of the Government of the Republic of Somalia to recognize Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state.

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The Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti in Paris has informed the Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Paris, through a diplomatic note, that the Government of Djibouti has recognized Kosovo as an independent state.

In the letter signed by the Foreign Minister of Djibouti, Mahmud All Youssouf, it states, amongst other comments, that, “The Government of the Republic of Djibouti has decided to recognize Kosovo’s independence”.

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The Republic of Vanuatu recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state, says the official letter of the Vanuatu Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade sent to the Republic of Kosovo Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean with territory slightly bigger than Kosovo, total of 12,189km2.

Vanuatu is the 67th UN country that recognizes Kosovo as and independent and sovereign state.

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These are 18 States: Lincoln, Shasta, South California, Navajo, Absaroka, West Kansas, Texlahoma, Jacinto, Superior, Chicago, Forgottonia, Nickajack, Acadia, Boston, Long Island, South Jersey, Chesapeake and South Florida.

Long Island’s latest quest to split from New York and become its own state had a promising start last year. Legislators in Suffolk county, upset over a new payroll tax to fund New York City’s subways, voted 12-6 in favor of a secession plan. It seemed viable: In terms of square miles, Long Island is bigger than Rhode Island; its gross state product would be larger than that of 20 states. Some optimists even proposed a state bird: the duck.

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Thousands of people came to witness the thanksgiving service and legal declaration of the youngest King in the country, Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba-Iguru Rukidi VI that he had turned 18 and had assumed full control of the affairs of his Tooro Kingdom, yesterday at the palace, write FELIX BASIIME & JOSEPH MUGISA:-

King Oyo turned 18 years on Friday marking a watershed moment for the Tooro Kingdom he has ruled alongside regents for the last 15 years starting at age three.

“From today on wards, regents will be no more,” Acting Bishop of the Rwenzori diocese (CoU), Rev. Benezeri Kisembo, said in his thanks giving remarks on Saturday.

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