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Preparations under way for Somali refugees (The Seattle Times) (December 31, 2003 ) Snohomish County schools and service agencies are preparing for an influx of a new ethnic group to Girl, 15, is raped by asylum seeker ! London, By Court Reporter - ( 31st December 2003 ) AN ASYLUM seeker who twice raped a 15-year old girl after offering to help her faces years behind Somali faction threatens to boycott Jan 9 talks NAIROBI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A group of Somali faction leaders threatened on Wednesday to boycott Libya: Tough gateway to Europe ! Tripoli,Libya - BBC News - world Edition ( 31st December 2003 ) Libya's proximity to Italy means it has long been a destination for migrants from sub-Saharan ... SOMALIA: Tension rising in north ! Nairobi,Kenya - UNIRIN- ( 30th December 2003 ) Tension is rising between the self-declared republic of Somaliland and the neighbouring .......... Leaders' retreat rescheduled NAIROBI, 30 Dec 2003 (IRIN) - A proposed retreat for Somali political leaders which has been Iran: Tirada geerida oo ku dhow 50,000 ! Bam,Iran - BBC News ( 30th December 2003 ) Saraakiisha gobolka dhulgariirku gilgiley ee Iran ayaa sheegey in laga yaabo in dhimashadu ay..... Underage Somali maid succumbs to injuries ! Dubai,UAE - By Shadiah Abdullah, Gulf News Staff Reporter, ( 30th December 2003 ) An underage Somali girl who received horrific burns while working as a maid died early yesterday... Siyaasadda gudaha ee Eritrea oo adduunku diiradda saarayo ! Asmara, BBC News - ( 30th December 2003 ) Iyadoo xiisada u dhaxeysey Ethiopia iyo Eritrea ay mar kale kacdey ayaa adduunka haatan diiradda... Somali State Official Warns that Talks Could Harm Peace Process ! Nairobi,Kenya - Cathy Majtenyi, VOA News - ( 29th December 2003 ) A Somali state official says an upcoming meeting of Somali warlords and leaders aimed at putting... ETHIOPIA: Horn anti-terror axis formed ! Addis Ababa , UNIRIN- ( 29th December 2003 ) The leaders of Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen formed an anti-terror axis on Monday in the fight against Sudan peace deadline in doubt Nairobi,Kenya - BBC News - ( 29th December 2003 ) A peace deal to end 20 years of war in Sudan may not be signed this week as previously announced, The leaders of Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen will meet in Addis Ababa on Monday ! Addis Ababa , By Christian Fraser - ( 29th December 2003 ) The leaders of Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen will meet in Addis Ababa on Monday to discuss better ... Somalis Infuriated By Religious Persecution Claims MOGADISHU, December 27 (IslamOnline.net) – Somalis reacted angry to a claim by a British Christian UN Feeds Thousands of Drought-Hit Somalis (AL Jaziira) JEDDAH, 27 December 2003 — United Nations World Food Program’s director for Somalia disclosed that AROUND 7,000 IMMIGRANTS HELD ! Sana'a By Banadir.com ( 27th December 2003 ) Yemeni authorities have arrested this year some seven thousand foreigners, mostly from the Horn of Probe starts into Benin air crash ! Cotonou, Benin - BBC News ( 27th December 2003 ) Hundreds of emergency workers, troops and fishermen in Benin have joined the recovery effort..... Thousands Killed in Earthquake in Iran ! KERMAN, Iran - By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer, ( 27th December 2003 ) Entire blocks of buildings lay crushed and survivors lined up blanket-wrapped bodies in the street 'None of my children have cried of hunger here' Crossville,Tennessee - By ANITA WADHWANI,Staff Writer - Tennessean.com ( 26th December 2003 ) Members of the Bantu tribe in Somalia find their transition to America more difficult than that of
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Point: "CLEANSING" THE SUPREMER REVOLUCTIONARY
COUNCIL (Toronto) (By
M.M.Afrah)
Dec
26
,2003
- FLASH BACK 1969 AND THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH - President
Barre began "cleansing" the Supreme Revolutionary
Council (SRC) from what he described as reactionary
elements. In theory the SRC was supposed to rule the
country by consensus, but .. |
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For
Ishmail, Christmas brings a gift that's easy to digest
(TheAge)
(December
26, 2003)
Christmas
is a foreign concept for Ishmail Hassan Mohammed, but
his first Christmas dinner of
Kenyan
Efforts Open Way for Peace in Sudan, Somalia
(Dec
25, 2003) (VOA)
Peacemaking
was the foremost activity in East Africa this year, with
the Sudanese and Somali peace
Beesha
caalamka iyo IGAD oo kulmay Nairobi,Kenya
- Ridwaan
Xaaji Cabdiweli -BBC Nairobi (
25th December 2003) Mbagathi
ayaa waxaa shir dhowr saacadood qaatay ku yeeshay wakiillo
ka socda beesha caalamka iyo
Sudan
inches towards final deal ! Nairobi,Kenya
- BBC
News (
24th December 2003 ) Sudanese
negotiators have agreed in principle on the sharing of
wealth between the north and south.
Ceel-Buur
oo lagu diriray ! Ceel-Buur
- Farxiya
Cali Qaajo -bbc, Muqdisho (
24th December 2003 ) Wararka
naga soo gaaraya magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegaya in dagmada
Ceel-Buur ee gobolka Galgaduud
Waresi
lala yeeshay Yaasiin Maaxi Macalin
(Dec
24, 2003)
Waresi
lala yeeshay Yaasiin Maaxi Macalin
SOMALIA:
WFP delivers desperately needed food in north !
Nairobi,Kenya
- UNIRIN
- (
23rd December 2003 ) The
World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food rations
to thousands of drought-affected nomads
Moving
stories: Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Dec
23 , 2003) (BBC)
Ayaan
Hirsi Ali is an MP for the Liberal Party in the Netherlands,
with a brief on immigration.
SOMALIA:
Massive displacement in Galgadud !
Dussamareeb,
UNIRIN-
(
22nd December 2003 ) Inter-clan
fighting in Somalia's central Galgadud region has left
over 2,000 families displaced and
Somali
Muslim group bans condoms (Dec
22) (BBC)
Islamic
leaders say they have outlawed condoms in Somalia, where
the vast majority of the population
EAC
to Invest Sh313b in Rail
The
East African Standard (Nairobi) The
East African Community (EAC) will spend a massive Sh313
billion (US$4,118 million) to harmonise
Moi
gets immunity over corruption !
Nairobi,Kenya
- BBC
News (
21st December 2003 ) The
Kenyan Government has decided to give ex-president Moi
immunity from prosecution on any ......
Secrecy
Surrounding Warsame Case Worries Some Somalis
(Dec
21, 2003)
When
Abdikarim Ecisse fled to the United States a decade ago,
he thought he'd left the secrecy and
| Talking
Point: REMINISCENCES PART THREE (Toronto) (By
M.M.Afrah) Dec 20 ,2003
- FLASH BACK OCTOBER 1969 AND AFTERMATH - AN EYEWITNESS
ACCOUNT - How did Somalia disintegrate from Cold War
stability into complete chaos and self-destruction? |
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Video
fails to strike charge
(Toronto
Star)
A
lawyer for a Toronto man charged with assaulting a police
officer failed yesterday to have the
Baaq
xabad joojin - GOLAHA WADATASHIGA SOOMAALIYEED
(Dec
18, 2003)
Waxaa
weli sii soconaya ku xadgudubyada heshiisyada la gaaro, sida
heshiiskii xabad joojinta ee ay
Retreat
on Somali peace put off again (Daily
Nation) Thursday,
December 18, 2003
A
planned Mombasa retreat for Somali leaders has been postponed
indefinitely
Somalian
Refugees in Kenya Have Little Hope for Peace
(Dadaab,
Kenya) (18
Dec 2003) (VOA)
The
end to Somalia's civil war appears as distant as ever, despite
more than a year of talks in
Somali
clan warfare leaves 34 dead (Al
Jaziira) (Tuesday
16 December 2003)
Thirty-four
people have been killed and 80 wounded in two days of clashes
between rival clans in
Security
Council calls for panel to monitor breaches of Somali arms
embargo
(UN
News Center)
Aiming
to stem the continued flow of weapons through Somalia, the
United Nations Security Council to
Leaders'
Retreat Again Postponed
(Nairobi
)
A
proposed retreat for Somali political leaders to discuss contentious
issues affecting the peace
Feature
- Plummeting coffee prices lead to khat upsurge
DEDER,
9 Dec 2003 (IRIN) - In Ahmed Mume’s village they grow some
of the finest coffee in the world.
TNG
faction rejects new appointments
NAIROBI,
9 Dec 2003 (IRIN) - Divisions are growing within Somalia's
Transitional National Government
Delegates:
PM 'null and void' (Dec
9, 2003) (News24)
Nairobi
- Delegates at the Somali peace talks in Nairobi representing
the divided Transitional
Somali
Talks Delayed for 10 Days (voa)
(08
Dec 2003)
A
meeting of Somali warlords scheduled to take place December
9 on Kenya's east coast has been
IGAD
meeting to discuss peace talks
NAIROBI,
8 Dec 2003 (IRIN) - Foreign ministers of member states of
the regional grouping, Inter-Gove
Rush
City prison disturbances unrelated, officials say
(Rush
- Minnesota) (Star
Tribune) (Dec
06 , 2003) Two
disturbances last week at the state prison in Rush City were
unrelated, a corrections official
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Police
cited in beating and racism complaints
(December
7, 2003) Police
are investigating allegations by a Somali-born man that
he was subjected to racist abuse and beaten unconscious
at Footscray police station.
Hussein
Farah, left, Axmed Ali and Khalid Mohamed.
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Money
transfer companies form association
NAIROBI,
5 Dec 2003 (IRIN) - Somali money transfer companies launched
the Somali Financial Services
UAE
investing in the revival of Somalia
(Dec
03, 2003) (Business
Times)
Somalia
one of the nations from which thousands of people have fled
to Tanzania as refugees, is now
State
won't pay Somali talks bills (Wednesday,
December 3, 2003) (Daily
Nation)
The
Government was under no obligation to settle bills incurred
in millions of shillings by Somali
Minister
warns Somalia leaders (EAS)
(Tuesday,
December 2, 2003)
The
international community is growing impatient with the pace
of the Somalia peace talks, Foreign
Kenya
warns int'l community against ignoring lawless Somalia
NAIROBI
(AFP) Dec 02, 2003
Kenyan
Foreign Minister Kalonzo Musyoka on Monday warned the international
community against
Retreat
plan to speed up Somalia peace initiative
(Daily
Nation) (Tuesday,
December 2, 2003 )
Officials
taking part in the Somali Peace talks intend to go for a 10-day
retreat to speed up the
Hotel
Evicts Somali Delegates Over Bill
The
East African Standard (Nairobi) Four
senior Somali delegates attending the on-going Inter-governmental
Authority on Development
Somalia,
Sudan Peace Process Moves Slower Than Expected
(Dec
1, 03) (VOA)
Progress
at year-long peace talks to try to end civil wars in Somalia
and Sudan is being examined
UNICEF
appeals to Somali leaders to help youths fight AIDS
NAIROBI
(AFP) - The UN Children's Fund urged Somali leaders to back
youth in fighting the deadly HIV
The
media vital in places like Somalia
(The
Star)
The
traditional media — both press and broadcasting — in free
and stable societies such as Canada
Prime
minister of the Somali provisional government quits
(Arab
News) (Somalia,
Politics, 11/29/2003 )
The
prime minister of the provisional Somali government, Othman
Jama, announced that he had submitte
'Police
paid not to notice' (Nov
28, 2003) (News24)
Mombasa,
Kenya - Wooden dhows sail into Mombasa's centuries old port
every day, unloading everything
Unguarded
Ports Aid al-Qaida in Kenya
MOMBASA,
Kenya -- Wooden dhows sail into Mombasa's centuries old port
every day, unloading everythin
Schooled
in diversity (Nov
27, 2003) (Beaverton
News)
Beaverton
district leaders reach out to help immigrant parents learn
the ropes of public school
The
Somalia comparison: anarchy and terrorism
(IHT)
MBAGATHI,
Kenya The recent sight of Black Hawk helicopters falling from
the sky in Iraq has prompted
Finland
not yet sending refugees back to Somalia
(Tuesday
25.11.2003 )
According
to the Swedish newspaper Göteborgs-Posten Sweden has decided
to allow the forced repatriat
The
Lesson of Somalia: Just a Humpty Dumpty Story?
(November
26, 2003)
MBAGATHI,
Kenya — The recent sight of Black Hawk helicopters falling
from the sky in Iraq prompts
FEATURE-From
mud huts to Walmart, Bantus make new life in US
UTICA,
New York, Nov 26 (Reuters) - In June, Mohammad Hassan was
living in a mud hut in a squalid
Repatriation
Possible As Thousands of Refugees Registered
(November
24, 2003 )
The
UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the Eritrean government are
carrying out their first-ever joint
MINNESOTA:
Somali puts faith in high court
(Sunday,
November 23, 2003)
A
Minnesota Somali challenging the government's authority to
deport him to his homeland hopes the
Documentary
on Somalis opens to glowing reviews
(Sunday,
November 23, 2003) (Associated
Press)
LEWISTON
— A documentary film about Lewiston's Somali community and
last winter's showdown with hate
Inquiry
into Somali boy's death (The
Dominion Post) (21
November 2003 )
Police
hope to establish by late today whether Somali schoolboy Molid
Mohamed was with anyone when h
Kenya
plans meeting to revive Somalian peace talks
NAIROBI
(Reuters) - Kenya said on Friday it planned to host a gathering
of 40 faction leaders from
| Talking
Point: LEST WE FORGET! (Toronto) (By
M.M.Afrah)
Nov
16
,2003
- As
people in the West commemorated Veteran's Day or Memorial
Day, November 11, I was trying to recover what in the
medical jargon is called Lithotripsy (in layman's English:
kidney stone treatment or stone crushing) that has gone
awry, notwithstanding the much bandied hi-tech state of
the art instruments. |
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UN
Committee Urges Respect for Somali Arms Embargo
(VOA)
(18
Nov 2003)
A
U.N. committee overseeing the arms embargo imposed on Somalia
11 years ago, says the embargo must
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Italy mourns illegal immigrants (Al Jaziira
)
Saturday 25 October 2003 -
Teary tributes were paid in Rome to 13 Somali immigrants who died at sea in a desperate attempt to reach Europe's shores.
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UNHCR to Close Hartisheik Refugee Camp (VOA)
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, says it is close to shutting down the Hartisheik refugee camp in eastern Ethiopia. Hartisheik was once the biggest refugee camp in the world, at one time housing 600,000 Somalis.
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UN restricts staff movement in Somaliland after Britons killed (Nairobi)(The Herald) The United Nations yesterday restricted its staff working in the breakaway republic of Somaliland to
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Talking Point: "BLACK HAWK DOWN" MOVIE - A HOAX? - PART
THREE
(Toronto)
(By
M.M.Afrah) Oct
24 ,2003 - On
the 10th anniversary and high demand of our respected
readers, the webmaster has re-publish this creative three
part series
of Talking Points by M.M.Afrah about ... THE TRUE SCENARIO
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