May 9, 2012
African Union Special Representative to Somalia, along with the UN Special Representative and IGAD Facilitator for Somalia, have threatened sanctions on a peaceful democratic Somali movement [REUTERS] Minneapolis, MN - On May 1, 2012, the UN Special Representative (SR), The African Union Special Representative (AUSR), and IGAD Facilitator for Somalia (IGADF) distributed a press release threatening [...]
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November 16, 2011
US, France Blame One Another for Bombing Southern Somalia Missiles Pounded Afgoye, But Attackers Remain a Mystery by Jason Ditz, November 16, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum On Sunday night the southern Somali town of Afgoye, densely populated with refugees since the famine broke out, was pounded with a [...]
Tags: Afgooye, Al-Shabaab, France, Gaza Strip, Kenya, Kenyan, North Waziristan, Somalia, United States
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October 9, 2011
Somalis have lived for 20 years without a functioning government and the services it would supply [GALLO/GETTY] Al-Shabab and Somalia‘s ‘far enemy’ Al-Shabab has withdrawn from Mogadishu, but the country is shattered from years of civil war and US military actions. Abdullahi walks slowly past makeshift stalls in a crowded Mogadishu [...]
Tags: Al-Shabaab, al-Shabab, Horn of Africa, Islamic Courts Union, Mogadishu, Shabab, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government
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September 29, 2011
Cognitive Dissonance in Somalia Brian Beyer, September 28, 2011 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum As in many other places around the globe, the United States has a bad track record of propping up leaders and groups in Somalia, only to watch them crumble months or years later. Siad Barre, the ruthless military dictator [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Islamic Courts Union, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, United States
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September 13, 2011
Hamas donates $140,000 to Somalia Published yesterday (updated) 13/09/2011 14:13 A boy sits looking over the Seyidka settlement for the famine stricken internally displaced people in Berkulan near Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, September 6. Famine has spread to six out of eight regions in southern Somalia, with 750,000 people facing imminent starvation, the United Nations [...]
Tags: Al-Shabaab, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Horn of Africa, Somali people, Somalia, United Nations
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September 8, 2011
Every day an estimated 1,300 children are dying from the famine in East Africa, says an aid activist [Reuters] As the UN and international aid agencies battle to operate out of Mogadishu, the civil war-torn Somali capital, smaller aid agencies have been quietly bringing medical teams, delivering aid and negotiating a move into al-Shabab territory as [...]
Tags: Africa, Aid agency, Gift of the Givers, Mogadishu, Somali people, Somalia, South Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation, World Food Programme
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August 19, 2011
Displaced people and Somali Transitional Government forces in Dhobley, Somalia, July 2011 © 2010 AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam Somalia: End War Crimes to Help Tackle Famine Abuses by All Sides Contribute to Current Crisis AUGUST 14, 2011 RELATED MATERIALS: “You Don’t Know Who to Blame” MORE COVERAGE: Guardian: Somalia’s humanitarian crisis worsened by violations of [...]
Tags: African Union, African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Human Rights Watch, Kenya, Mogadishu, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government
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August 17, 2011
Britain’s development secretary, Andrew Mitchell, steps down from an African Union armoured vehicle in Mogadishu. Photograph: Pool/Reuters Britain’s international development secretary on Wednesday warned that up to 400,000 children could die through starvation if urgent action is not taken to help Somalia and its neighbours in the Horn of Africa. Andrew Mitchell’s grim warning came as he saw [...]
Tags: African Union, Al-Shabaab, Andrew Mitchell, Mogadishu, Somali people, Somalia, United Nations, World Food Programme
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August 15, 2011
A Somali government spokesperson denied HRW’s accusations that all parties are guilty in the Somalia conflict Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said all the parties in Somalia’s conflict have violated the rules of war and are guilty of causing civilian casualties in the fight for territorial control that is contributing to the humanitarian catastrophe there. The New York-based group said al-Shabab, [...]
Tags: African Union Mission to Somalia, al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Human Rights Watch, Mogadishu, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, United Nations
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August 11, 2011
Gaza. Somalia. Humanity Lives on Kids in Gaza. (Zoriah.net) By Ramzy Baroud I remember how exhilarated I felt when I was told I was old enough to fast for the month of Ramadan. My feelings had little to do with abstention from food and drink between dawn and sunset each day. For a child, there [...]
Tags: Gaza, Horn of Africa, Israel, Ma'an News Agency, Palestinian people, Ramadan, Somalia, United States
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August 10, 2011
Somali forces have reinforced their hold on Mogadishu, but al-Shabab called its retreat a “tactical move” [AFP] Somalia‘s government has offered an open amnesty to al-Shabab fighters after the rebels made a surprise withdrawal from the capital, Mogadishu, over the weekend. “We offer an amnesty – put down your weapons and your guns, and come and [...]
Tags: African Union Mission to Somalia, Agence France-Presse, Al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Horn of Africa, Mogadishu, Somalia, United Nations
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August 3, 2011
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) The famine in the Horn of Africa is spreading and may soon engulf as many as six more regions of the lawless nation of Somalia, the U.N. humanitarian aid chief said Monday. Some “12.4 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti are in dire need of help and the situation is [...]
Tags: Africa, African Union, Al-Shabaab, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Somali people, Somalia, United Nations
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June 29, 2011
‘If I was sane, I would have fled! By Mohammed Adow in Africa on Wed, 06/29/2011 – 00:33. Dr Mohammed Yusuf, is one of Somalia‘s unsung heros. He is the director and chief surgeon of the Madina Hospital, one of Mogadishu‘s few operational hospitals, and the country’s top trauma medical facility. His work involves [...]
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May 19, 2011
Trigger happy murderers in NATO are basically the new cancer on the block in the Middle East. These European invading barbarians know nothing but killing as far as the troops are concerned. Fresh from glory of several thousand years in the killing fields of Europe by air land and sea these new SS Regiments havea true obedience [...]
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May 14, 2011
In a memorable sentence you can read that..”The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” George Orwell With that in mind it is easy to come to a solid conclusion that the major mover and shaker in [...]
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May 9, 2011
After bin Laden Hit, U.S. Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace by Gareth Porter, May 09, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for negotiations [...]
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May 9, 2011
Nato units left 61 African migrants to die of hunger and thirst Exclusive: Boat trying to reach Lampedusa was left to drift in Mediterranean for 16 days, despite alarm being raised Share1587 Jack Shenker in Lampedusa guardian.co.uk, Sunday 8 May 2011 21.30 BST Article history Refugees from Libya reach Lampedusa. A Nato ship failed to [...]
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April 26, 2011
Somalia: Uganda to Send More Troops to Somalia Isaac Imaka 23 April 2011 Email| Print| Comment Share: The Uganda People’s [...]
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