Source: VOA
27-February-2009
Dadkii Barakacay
In ka badan 40,000 oo qof oo aah dadkii gudaha dalka ku barakacay ayaa ku noqonayayay magaalada Muqdisha lixdii todobaad ee la soo dhaafay , badi dadkaasi waxay ka soo noqonayaeen Gobolada Hiiraan, Mudug, Galgaduud iyo labada shabeelle ee Koonfurta iyo bartamaha, dadkaasi waxaa isugu darsoomay colaado soo cusboonaaday iyo abaaro.
Sida [...]
By Sarah McGregor
Source:Bloomberg
Feb. 27 — The United Nations may start planning in June to set up a peacekeeping operation in Somalia if the security and political conditions are “conducive” in the Horn of Africa nation, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said.
Until then, the UN will provide funds and technical aid to both the African Union [...]
Source: Kare11.com
Feb. 26, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis mosque ensnared in a controversy over missing Somali men is opening its doors to neighbors to bolster its image in the community.
The Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center is holding an open house and community dinner Wednesday night. It drew a large crowd of neighbors, local politicians, police officers [...]
After 18 years of strife, there is a small chance that a new Somali president and a new American one could make a fresh start
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THE most smashed-up country in the world has reached a crossroads. The recent election of a moderate Islamist, Sharif Ahmed (pictured above), as Somalia’s new president may offer the best [...]
Source: Al Jazeera
February 26, 2009
Renewed fighting in Somalia has forced about 17,000 people to flee their homes, according to a local human rights group.
The announcement on Thursday comes after battles between rebel fighters and pro-government forces in Mogadishu, the capital, killed at least 48 civilians.
The dead included two school children who were killed by [...]
