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Somalia
'not terror haven'
(Mogadishu
- BBC on 4 April 2003) A United Nations report has found no
evidence that international
Eritrea
warns Ethiopia on border ! Asmara,
BBC
News (
4th April 2003 ) The
Eritrean Government has called on the international community
to put pressure on Ethiopia to ..
Jamal
released; government seeks deportation to Canada
St.
Paul. Curt
Brown, Star Tribune (
4th April 2003 ) Omar
Jamal, one of the most outspoken members of Minnesota's burgeoning
Somali community, should be
'Mogadishu'
remark sickens U.S. colonel KUWAIT
CITY, By
James Varney (
4th April 2003 ) When
3rd Army Col. William Pratt sent his son to Columbia University
four years ago, he knew he was
'Maraykanka
oo qabsadey' garoonka dayuuradaha ee Baqdaad
Baqdaad,
BBC
News (
4th April 2003 ) Hogaamiye
ciidan oo Mareykan ah ayaa sheegey in ciidamada Mareykanku
ay si buuxda gacanta ugu ....
Cholera
outbreak confirmed in Mogadishu
NAIROBI,
3 Apr 2003 (IRIN) - An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed
in the Somali capital,
SOMALIA:
UN recommends sanctions for arms embargo violators
Nairobi,
IRIN
(
1st April 2003 ) A
United Nations panel of experts has recommended imposing sanctions
on violators of the UN arms
| TALKING
POINT : ARE THINGS FALLING APART IN IMBAGATHI?(Toronto)
(By
M.M.Afrah) (March
28,
03)At
a time when a world diplomatically scorched by divisions
over how to disarm Iraq and the disputed necessity of
regime change by force of arms as envisioned by Washington,
the Somali peace talks in Mbagathi seemed to go belly
up once again. |
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'It's
like Mogadishu' - combat and aid in Iraq
Al-
Zubayr near Basra, By
Ian Bruce, Times Online (
27th March 2003 ) The
crowd surges forward and a dozen helmeted soldiers struggle
hopelessly to contain the flood of
| TALKING
POINT : SOMALIA'S UNENDING TRAGEDY
(Toronto)
(By
M.M.Afrah) (March
18,
03)
Mohamed Osman Omar quoted in his book Mr. Sam Toussie,
one of the medical doctors sent by the International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1991 describing the situation
in Mogadishu in the following chilling words: |
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Saudi
Arabia Donates Dates to WFP for Somali And Sudanese
Adis
Ababa, Addis
Tribune (All Africa.com) (
22nd March 2003 ) The
United Nations World Food Programme announced on Monday that
a donation from the Royal Kingdom
Suspect
'a top Al Qaeda member' Nairobi,
Gulf
Daily News (
21st March 2003 ) Kenyan
officials said yesterday a man arrested in Somalia's capital
Mogadishu and brought to .....
Somalia
'not terror haven'
(Mogadishu
- BBC on 4 April 2003) A United Nations report has found no
evidence that international
Eritrea
warns Ethiopia on border ! Asmara,
BBC
News (
4th April 2003 ) The
Eritrean Government has called on the international community
to put pressure on Ethiopia to ..
Jamal
released; government seeks deportation to Canada
St.
Paul. Curt
Brown, Star Tribune (
4th April 2003 ) Omar
Jamal, one of the most outspoken members of Minnesota's burgeoning
Somali community, should be
'Mogadishu'
remark sickens U.S. colonel KUWAIT
CITY, By
James Varney (
4th April 2003 ) When
3rd Army Col. William Pratt sent his son to Columbia University
four years ago, he knew he was
'Maraykanka
oo qabsadey' garoonka dayuuradaha ee Baqdaad
Baqdaad,
BBC
News (
4th April 2003 ) Hogaamiye
ciidan oo Mareykan ah ayaa sheegey in ciidamada Mareykanku
ay si buuxda gacanta ugu ....
Cholera
outbreak confirmed in Mogadishu
NAIROBI,
3 Apr 2003 (IRIN) - An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed
in the Somali capital,
Panel:
Terrorists Use Somalia As Hub
UNITED
NATIONS (AP)
Somalia
has served as a transit point for international terrorists
but its local militant groups
SRRC
opposes Harmonisation Committee
NAIROBI,
2 Apr 2003 (IRIN) - The Somali Reconciliation and Restoration
Council (SRRC) has strongly
Somali
talks threatened as parties quit Tuesday,
April 1, 2003 (By
NATION Correspondents )
Four
parties have quit the Somali reconciliation talks in Nairobi,
putting the peace process in jeop
Outspoken
Somali advocate charged with immigration violations
St.
Paul. Curt
Brown, Star Tribune (
1st April 2003 ) Omar
Jamal, one of the Twin Cities' most outspoken Somali advocates,
was arrested Monday in ......
Somali
students leave Iraq with heavy hearts !
RUWEISHED,
By
P.K Katharason & Shahanaaz Habib (
1st April 2003 ) Hiba
Ali and Fauziah Moumein are now safe at a refugee camp in
Jordan but their hearts are with the
SOMALIA:
UN recommends sanctions for arms embargo violators
Nairobi,
IRIN
(
1st April 2003 ) A
United Nations panel of experts has recommended imposing sanctions
on violators of the UN arms
Ciidamad
Mareykanka oo laayey dad rayid ah Najaf,
BBC
News (
1st April 2003 ) Saraakiisha
Miltari ee Mareykanka ayaa baaraya waxa sababay in ciidamadooda
ku sugan magaalada ..
Dab
ka kacay Bartamaha Baqdaad Baqdaad,
BBC
News (
31st March 2003 ) Magaalada
caasimadda Baqdaad, waxaa wali lagu hayaa duqayn dhinaca cirka
ah........
Iraqis
watch Black Hawk Down for tips (March
31, 03) (National
Post - canada.com)
Saddam
Hussein has distributed copies of the Hollywood movie Black
Hawk Down to his troops
SOMALIA:
TNG says it will not leave Kenya peace conference
Nairobi,
IRIN
(
31st March 2003 ) spokesman
for TNG Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah said on Monday
that Somalia's Transitional
Probing
old weaknesses:Saddam's forces look for advantage in situations
where U.S. stumbled. Washington,
DC - Cape
Cod Times (
30th March 2003 ) While
American military planners have concentrated since the Persian
Gulf War on making more and ...
BAAQ
LA XIRIIRA KU-QABASHADA SHIR WEYNE QARAN DALKA GUDIHIISA !
Mogadishu
, By
Banadir.com (
30th March 2003 ) Kulan
shalay lagu qabtay degmada Deyniile ee magaalada Muqdsiho
oo ay ka soo qayb galeen qaar ka ..
Qaraxyo
cusub oo loo geestey Baqdaad Baqdaad,
BBC
News (
29th March 2003 ) Ciidamada
Isbahaysiga ayaa soo cusbooneysiiyey duqeyntii magaalada Baqdaad,
saacado yar ka dib ...
Columbia
teacher calls for `a million Mogadishus'
New
York, The
Associated Press (
28th March 2003 ) A
Columbia University professor told thousands of students and
faculty that he would like to see
Downtown
bank robber convicted Toronto,
By
JENNIFER O'BRIEN, Free Press Reporter (
28th March 2003 ) Abdi
Ahmed, who was homeless, had hoped to go to Somalia, buy a
house and get married, his lawyer
Amnesty
condemns 'safe haven' scheme London
Alan
Travis, home affairs editor ( The Guardian) (
28th March 2003 ) Amnesty
International last night voiced strong criticism of the government's
proposals to send ...
SOMALIA:
Women peace delegates lobby for their rights
Nairobi,
IRIN
(
28th March 2003 ) Somali
women attending the ongoing peace conference in Nairobi, Kenya,
have called for women's ...
| TALKING
POINT : ARE THINGS FALLING APART IN IMBAGATHI?(Toronto)
(By
M.M.Afrah) (March
28,
03)At
a time when a world diplomatically scorched by divisions
over how to disarm Iraq and the disputed necessity of
regime change by force of arms as envisioned by Washington,
the Somali peace talks in Mbagathi seemed to go belly
up once again. |
|
'It's
like Mogadishu' - combat and aid in Iraq
Al-
Zubayr near Basra, By
Ian Bruce, Times Online (
27th March 2003 ) The
crowd surges forward and a dozen helmeted soldiers struggle
hopelessly to contain the flood of
Kenya
hands US suspect in '98 blasts Nairobi,
By
Andrew England, Associated Press (
27th March 2003 ) Kenya
handed over a suspected member of the Al Qaeda terror network
to US officials yesterday, ...
Civilians
Slaughtered Baqdaad,
By
Robert Fisk, The Independent (published Arab News )
(
27th March 2003 ) It
was an outrage, an obscenity. The severed hand on the metal
door, the swamp of blood and mud ...
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA:
US sending more food aid Adis
Ababa, IRIN
(
27th March 2003 ) Ethiopia
and Eritrea, both reeling from severe drought, are to receive
an additional 200,000 mt of
Somalia:
Rocky Road to Peace (March
27, 03) (World
Press Review)
By
Meron Tesfa Michael - Peace talks involving hundreds of warlords
are taking place for the 14th
Lessons
on urban fighting from earlier wars
(Knox
News) (By
LANCE GAY)
The
emerging military strategy of Iraq is aimed at drawing the
United States into an urban conflict
Kenya
to turn over al-Qaida suspect to U.S.
(Associated
Press) NAIROBI,
Kenya - Kenya will hand over to U.S. authorities a suspected
member of the al-Qaida
Weeraro
aroornimo oo Baqdaad lala beegsadey
Baqdaad,
BBC
News (
26th March 2003 ) Daaro
iyo Xaruntii Telefeshanka Ciraaq oo ku yaalla bartamaha Baqdaad
ayeey ciidamada Isbahaysigu
Ciidamada
Isbahaysiga oo ku dow Baqdaad Baqdaad,
BBC
News (
25th March 2003 ) Ciidamada
Isbayasiga ayaa bilaabey in ay weeraraan gudaha cududda dowladda
Saddam Hussein ....
Somali
leader 'seeks Iraq victory' Mogadishu,
BBC
News (
25th March 2003 ) The
president of Somalia's transitional government has condemned
the United States-led attack on ...
SOMALIA:
Peace talks have achieved little, civil society says
Nairobi,
IRIN
(
25th March 2003 )
The Somali peace talks currently underway in Kenya have achieved
very few tangible results,
Ethiopian
Justice Minister Affirms the Presence of American Troops in
the African Horn. Abu
Dhabi, By
Banadir.com (
25th March 2003 ) In
a lecture delivered in Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-up,
Mr. Harka Haraye, the .....
Continuity
or change in Somaliland?
HARGEYSA,
24 Mar 2003 (IRIN) - Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin
faces a strong opposition cha
Shades
of Mogadishu Seen in Iraq's POW Treatment
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - As U.S. military leaders condemned Iraqi treatment
of American prisoners
Terror
suspect with SA passport held in Kenya
(The
Star)
South
African diplomats in Kenya are investigating reports that
a high-ranking al-Qaeda member in
| TALKING
POINT : SOMALIA'S UNENDING TRAGEDY
(Toronto)
(By
M.M.Afrah) (March
18,
03)
Mohamed Osman Omar quoted in his book Mr. Sam Toussie,
one of the medical doctors sent by the International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1991 describing the situation
in Mogadishu in the following chilling words: |
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Arab
TV Shows Dead, Captured U.S. Troops
(AP)
DOHA,
Qatar - Looking by turns frightened or stoical, five captured
U.S. soldiers were thrust in
160
Sudanese evacuees from Iraq head for home today, Somalis among
them ! Amman,
Jordan
Times (
23rd March 2003 ) The
160 Sudanese evacuees from Iraq, that were refusing to leave
Jordan Friday, will be heading ...
Dagaal
qaraar oo ka dhacay Umm Qasr ! Umm
Qasr, BBC
News (
23rd March 2003 ) Ciidamada
Mareykanku hogaaminayo ayaa dagaal qaraar la kulmey iyagoo
u sii jeeda dhinaca caasimadda
UAE
INTERIOR MINISTER RECEIVES ETHIOPIAN MINISTER
Abu
Dhabi, By
Banadir.com (
23rd March 2003 ) United
Arab Emirates Interior Minister, Lt. General Mohammed Saeed
Al Badi, received here today at
Ciidamada
Isbahystey oo ku sii durkaya Baqdaad
Baqdaad,
BBC
News (
22nd March 2003 ) Sarkaal
ku hadley magaca ciidamada Mareykanka iyo Britain ayaa sheegey
in ciidamada Isbahystey ay
Saudi
Arabia Donates Dates to WFP for Somali And Sudanese
Adis
Ababa, Addis
Tribune (All Africa.com) (
22nd March 2003 ) The
United Nations World Food Programme announced on Monday that
a donation from the Royal Kingdom
Suspect
'a top Al Qaeda member' Nairobi,
Gulf
Daily News (
21st March 2003 ) Kenyan
officials said yesterday a man arrested in Somalia's capital
Mogadishu and brought to .....
Somali
in Minnesota knows what living under a dictator is like
Minnesota,
Lourdes
Medrano Leslie, Star Tribune (
21st March 2003 ) He
had hoped that a war with Iraq could be averted, but that's
not to say that Osman Sahardeed has
Ciidamada
Isbahystey oo Ciraaq gudaha u galey
KUWAIT
CITY, BBC
News (
21st March 2003 ) Ciidamada
Mareykanka iyo kuwa Britain ayaa gudaha Ciraaq u gudbey aroortii
Jamcaha si ay ciidamada
Terrorist
suspects arrested in Kenya and Pakistan
NAIROBI
(AP) - Kenyan police detained a suspected member of the al-Qaida
terrorist network for quest
SOMALIA:
Presidential contender urges support for Somaliland poll
HARGEYSA,
20 Mar 2003 (IRIN)
As
campaigning kicked off for Somaliland's first multiparty presidential
elections
Adduunku
wuu ku qeybsanyahay dagaalka Ciraaq
Baqdaad,
BBC
News (
20th March 2003 ) Madaxweyne
Bush ayaa weerar dagaal ku bilaabey Ciraaq isagoo ku ballan-galey
in uu "Ciraaq hubka ka
SOMALIA:
EC advises partners to evacuate staff
Nairobi,
IRIN
(
20th March 2003 ) The
European Commission (EC) has advised international NGOs whose
operations it funds in Somalia to
al-Qaeda
suspect held in Somalia Mogadishu
, news.com.au
(
19th March 2003 ) SIX
unidentified armed Americans have apprehended a presumed Yemeni
national, suspected of having
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA:
Military leaders to meet in Djibouti
Djibouti,
IRIN
(
19th March 2003 ) Military
leaders from Ethiopia and Eritrea were due to meet in Djibouti
on Wednesday as the war of
SOMALIA:
Ceasefire again violated as fighting resumes in Mogadishu
Mogadishu
, IRIN
(
19th March 2003 )
Heavy fighting has again broken out in the Medina district
of Mogadishu, according to sources in
Bush:
' Saddam waa inuu Ciraaq ka baxo' Washington,
DC - BBC
News (
18th March 2003 ) Madaxweynaha
Mareykanka George W Bush ayaa Saddam Hussein u qabtey 48 saac
in uu Ciraaq kaga baxo,
Factional fighting leaves 6 dead in Somalia Mogadishu , By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ( 18th March 2003 ) At least six people were killed and 11 wounded when two rival Somali groups clashed in the Medina SOMALIA: Talks to start on provisional government ! Nairobi, IRIN ( 18th March 2003 ) The Kenyan chairman of the Somali peace talks, Bethwel Kiplagat, said on Tuesday the conference ... KA QAYB-GALKA SHIRKA WASAARADAHA ARRIMAHA DIBEDDA EE DALALKA (IGAD) Khartoum, By Banadir.com ( 18th March 2003 ) Wefdi ka socda Dawladda KMG ah ee Soomaaliya ayaa caasimadda dalka Sudan u yimid shir maanta oo ... Former Somali General Told to Leave U.S. (March 17, 03) (washingtonpost) To the many U.S. diplomats who have worked with him, 76-year-old Gen. Mohamed Abshir Musse Somali President departs Kuwait KUWAIT CITY, By Banadir.com ( 17th March 2003 ) President of Somalia, Abdikassim Salad and his accompanying delegation left Kuwait on Monday after Booliska Muqdisho oo ammaanka ku dadaalaya ! Mogadishu , Xasan Bariise (BBC) ( 17th March 2003 ) Ciidanka booliska dowladda KMG ah ayaa magaalada Muqdisho ka billaabay hawlgallo ballaaran oo wax SOMALIA: Best cereal production for years in south Nairobi, IRIN ( 17th March 2003 ) A food security watchdog says southern Somalia has recorded the best cereal production in years, Cabdiqassim oo booqday Kuwait ! KUWAIT CITY, By Banadir.com ( 17th March 2003 ) Wefdigii uu hogaaminayay madaxa Dawladda KMG ah ee Soomaaliya Cabdiqassim Salaad Xasan oo ... Somalia: dood Muqdisho lagu qabtey ! Mogadishu , Xasan Bariise (BBC) ( 16th March 2003 ) Waxaa Axaddii hotelka Amiira ee Muqdisho lagu qabtay dood ay soo qabanqaabisay Xarunta Cilmi ... Refugees from Somalia will be resettled in U.S. (Startribune) KAKUMA, KENYA (March 16, 03) The engines rumbled and the red sand swirled as the cargo plane roared onto the dirt airstrip. SOMALI PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN KUWAIT YESTERDAY ! KUWAIT CITY, By Banadir.com ( 16th March 2003 ) Somali President Abdikassim Salad Hassan, accompanied by a delegation of officials, arrived in .... Refugees from Somalia will be resettled in U.S. KAKUMA, KENYA Rachel L. Swarns, New York Times ( 16th March 2003 ) The engines rumbled and the red sand swirled as the cargo plane roared onto the dirt airstrip. One.. Kenya: Hub gaaraya 1000 qori oo la gubey Nairobi, BBC News ( 16th March 2003 ) Munaasabad taariikhi ah oo ka dhacdey Beerta Xoriyadda ee magaalada Nairobi (Uhuru Garden) ayaa ... Cen -Sad summit resumes its activities in Niger ! Niamey, By Banadir.com ( 16th March 2003 ) The fifth ordinary session of the Cen -Sad summit resumed its activities in niamey, the capital of UK saves Somalia peace talks (Nairobi) (Saturday Nation) (March 15, 03) The troubled Somalia peace talks appeared back on track after British government officials held Top US military planner fears a 'likely' repeat of Somalia bloodbath Washington, DC - By Andrew Buncombe ( 15th March 2003 ) A former military aide to General Norman Schwarzkopf has warned that a US-led war against Iraq SOMALIA: TNG to stay in talks, mediator says Nairobi, IRIN ( 15th March 2003 ) The Kenyan chairman of the Somali peace talks, Bethwel Kiplagat, has said the delegation of Somalia SOMALIA: Security Council condemns violence New York, IRIN ( 13th March 2003 ) The UN Security Council has condemned the continuing fighting in Somalia, and called for an ..... Somalia: Kipligat oo shirka Soomaalida ka hadley Nairobi, BBC News ( 12th March 2003 ) Ergeyga gaarka ah ee dowladda Kenya u qaabilsan guddoominta shirka dib-u-heshiisiinta Soomaalida ee CABDIQASSIM OO WELI KU SUGAN LIIBIYA ! Tripoli, By Banadir.com ( 12th March 2003 ) Madaxweynaha Dawladda KMG ah ee Soomaaliya Cabdiqassim Salaad Xasan iyo wefdiguu hogaaminayay oo ... Ethiopia insists on border changes Adis Ababa, BBC News ( 12th March 2003 ) Ethiopia has defended its right to challenge a United Nations ruling on its disputed border with SOMALIA: UN concerned over humanitarian situation in Baidoa Baidoa , IRIN ( 12th March 2003 ) The United Nations has said it is deeply concerned over the worsening humanitarian situation in XASAN ABSHIR IYO CABDALLA DEEROW OO KU NOQDAY NAIROBI ! Nairobi, By Banadir.com ( 12th March 2003 ) Iyadoo uu weli jahawareer darani ka jiro hogaaminta ergada Dawladda KMG ah ee ku sugan madasha France: 'ma ogolaaneyno ansaxinta qaraar dagaal wata' Paris, BBC News ( 11th March 2003 ) Waddanka Frace ayaa sidii Russia ay horey u yeeshey iyaduna ku dhawaaqdey in ay codka 'Veto' ku ,,,
Transitional
Government, Faction Leaders Again Threaten Walkout
Nairobi,
AllAfrica.com(IRIN)
(
11th March 2003 ) Somalia's
Transitional National Government (TNG) has reiterated that
it will not take part in the
| TALKING
POINT : THE MANDARINS OF SOMALIA
(Toronto)
(By
M.M.Afrah) (Feb
22, 03)
Day in and day out there’s a heated argument that
Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
which his regime is allegedly stashed away somewhere in
Iraq, using mobile vehicles. And if you asked me if Saddam
owns WMD, my answer would be: “I wouldn’t know.
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UAE
delivers relief assistance to Eritrea ! Abu
Dhabi, By Banadir.com ( 23rd February 2003 ) A plane-load
of relief assistance from the UAE Red Crescent Society, RCS,
will leave here for the
| TALKING
POINT : THE STENCH OF CORRUPTION
(Toronto)
(By
M.M.Afrah) (Feb
09, 03) The
stench of corruption, embezzlement and scandal is hovering
over the conference hall in Eldoret that should lead the
new Kenyan government to call the Auditor General to examine
whether or not everything is on the up and up, and NOT
a private auditing firm as reported by the media. Members
of the civil society
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