Pirates: Ransom Agreed For Greek Ship
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Somali pirates said on Thursday they had agreed a ransom for a Greek ship hijacked in May and expected to release the vessel soon. “We’ve agreed to take a $3.5 million ransom to release a Greek ship. We are just waiting for the money,” pirate Hassan told Reuters by phone from [...]
Kenya: Stop Recruitment of Somalis in Refugee Camps
Listen Deception Used to Enlist Refugees to Fight in Somalia Nairobi, October 23, 2009) – The Kenyan government should immediately stop the recruitment of Somalis in refugee camps to fight for an armed force in Somalia, Human Rights Watch said today. Kenyan authorities have directly supported the drive, which has recruited hundreds of Somali men [...]
Somalia’s president says terrorism growing there
Listen ST. PAUL, Minn. — The president of Somalia said Saturday his government is challenged by terrorism — which he called a “foreign idea” — and asked the Somali diaspora support him as he struggles to create peace in his war-torn country. President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed spoke briefly at a breakfast for Books for [...]
Ambulance offers hope in war-torn Somalia
Listen Mogadishu — Chaos and death on the streets of Mogadishu: unfortunately, it’s nothing new in the Somali capital. 1 of 3 Government forces are fighting against insurgents on this day in September in a bloody battle that leaves 30 dead. Dozens of wounded Somalis are taken out of the danger zone, some of them [...]
Identities of 11 Missing Somali Men Released
Listen Minneapolis – The Somali Advocacy Center released the names and status of the missing Somali men from Minnesota. The list was released after a fifth Somali-American man from Minneapolis has been killed in Somalia, according to his family members. Mohamoud Hassan was a former engineering student at the University of Minnesota and a recent [...]
Weekly OCHA Humanitarian Bulletin
Listen Issue # 32, 14 – 21 August 2009 The WFP compound in Waajid, Bakool region, was attacked by armed militia on 16 August. This is the fourth UN compound deliberately targeted in Somalia within two months. The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC), a.i. for Somalia, Mr. Graham Farmer issued a press statement condemning [...]
Journalists on the run
Listen Amos Kareithi They have run out of ink, blood, breath and tears. Now they have no more options. They are on the run. And there is no hiding place. Their government does not want them. The militiamen are having a field day gunning and bombing them out of existence. Behind the flapping curtain, a [...]
Give Me The Hammer
Listen Mr.Benedict Arnod from the Cedar Tree Institute said, my friends of many years views, did not offend me. What offended me most was their beliefs that I had no right to my independent, moderate views, and that I should just shut up and leave the future coarse of the country to them alone. Because [...]
Remarks at the 8th Forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act
Listen Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Kenyatta International Conference Centre Nairobi, Kenya August 5, 2009 Good morning. Let me thank the trade minister for those welcoming words, and tell you what a privilege it is for me to join you here today. I am very grateful to the people and Government of Kenya for [...]
Somalia a disaster waiting to happen
Listen US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s seven-nation trip to Africa was partly meant to send a message that the continent still ranks high in American foreign policy agenda. It follows President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Ghana. Ours is a country reeling from the post-election violence whose instigators and perpetrators remain at large. Barely [...]