Weekly OCHA Somalia Humanitarian Bulletin
Listen Issue # 30, 31July – 7 August 2009 Key Overall Developments During the week, some humanitarian operations in Middle Juba region, Somalia were halted. This followed forced entry into the compounds of several international NGOs by Al Shabaab who also made away with materials, computers, office and store keys. The situation in Mogadishu [...]
SOMALIA: Hope for calm as government takes over Beletweyne
Listen BELETWEYNE, (IRIN) – A week after government forces took control of Beletweyne in central Somalia’s Hiiraan Region, residents and internally displaced people (IDPs) hope the prevailing calm will enable them to resume normal life. “We are really hoping for peace and stability so as to go back to our homes,” Sagal Ahmed, 18, an [...]
Human Rights Watch “Hillary Clinton should emphasize human rights on her seven-nation trip to Africa”.
Listen (New York, July 31, 2009) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should emphasize human rights on her seven-nation trip to Africa, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Clinton. The eight-day trip, to begin on August 5, will take Clinton to Kenya, South Africa, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Liberia, [...]
International support for Somalia more crucial than ever before – UN envoy
Listen NEW YORK(Alshahid)—The top United Nations envoy for Somalia today called on the Security Council to take “concrete” steps to help bring stability to the strife-torn nation, stressing that the support of the international community is more important now than ever. “I believe that today we are at a turning point,” Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the Secretary-General’s [...]
UN: Somali government is resisting overthrow
Listen UNITED NATIONS — The top U.N. envoy for Somalia said Wednesday that Somalia is at “a turning point” and needs international support, especially military equipment, training for its security forces and money to pay them. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah told the U.N. Security Council the Somali government is resisting attempts by Islamist insurgents to overthrow [...]
U.S Government Approach to Somalia
Listen Ambassador Philip Carter, principal deputy assistant secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S Department, lectured on the “U.S government approach to Somalia” at Chatham House on 22/07/2009, which was well attended by experts, journalists and those who are interested in the Horn of Africa affairs. He said Somalia is facing serious political and security challenges [...]
Opposition’s efforts to topple Somali Government must not succeed – Ban
Listen UN 23 July 2009 – Repeated attempts to overthrow Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) are a source of deep concern, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report, calling on the international community to continue its support for the struggling Horn of Africa nation.The spike in attacks by insurgents comes “at a time when [...]
Donor Help Crucial As Health Situation Crumbles in South And Central Somalia-UN
Listen Jul. 16, 2009- Donor assistance is urgently needed as the health situation in southern and central Somalia, including its violence-wracked capital, Mogadishu, continues to deteriorate, the United Nations humanitarian arm said today. Violence in the impoverished Horn of Africa nation has impeded access to essential and life-saving health services, as well as to clean [...]
Somalia, Outside the Violence Box
Listen Whether in Somalia or elsewhere, any attempt to tame religious extremism with violence leads to costly tragedies and disenchantments. And anyone who doubts this ought to simply reevaluate the miserable results of GWT — the global war on terrorism. So it goes without saying: a non-violent paradigm to solving problems is direly needed. And [...]