SOMALIA: Widowed Mother of Five Shot By Militants
Source: Canadian Free Press
Beledweyne :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-02 15:36:27 -0700 | political-news
Fartun's husband Siad, who was also a believer, had been previously killed by gunmen on December 8th, 2012, for converting from Islam. According to reports, the militants were searching for Fartun for several months because they were opposed to her...
Somali medics treating...
Source: Arab News
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-02 14:33:21 -0700 | political-news
26 am Not yet named but much loved by watchful parents, a newly born baby boy is a small symbol of change: A birth, not a death for Somalia's key war hospital. After more than two decades of bloody civil...
2010-2012 famine in Somalia claimed 260,000 lives, says new report
Posted by: arkar
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-03 04:35:06 -0700 | humanitarian-news
According to a new report, around 260,000 people died in the African state of Somalia during the 2010-2012 famine, with almost half of the victims being children. The new report, put together by the UN and US-funded Famine Early Warning...
Andy McSmith's Diary: The police need a better class of sponsors
Source: The Independent
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-02 12:22:10 -0700 | sports-news
Martyn Underhill, a former detective chief inspector who is now Dorset's elected Police Commissioner, has announced on his blog that he is trying to organise commercial sponsorship to help all five police forces in the South-west cope with cuts in...
Shocking humanitarian toll: Somalia famine kills 258,000 men, women and children
Posted by: PrairieDogPress
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-03 07:39:03 -0700 | humanitarian-news
The catastrophic drama of famine-driven deaths has continued to play out on a stage in Africa, with little notice by the outside world, even though warnings were loud and urgent, starting in 2011, when the famine was officially declared a...
Quarter of Somalis still rely on aid despite weakening of Shabaab
Source: Reuters
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-02 14:35:41 -0700 | political-news
Topics A girl stands in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) on the outskirts of Belet Weyne, about 315 km (196 miles) from the capital Mogadishu, February 20, 2013, in this picture provided by the African Union-United Nations Information...
Somalia: Presidents Hassan Gives His Speech At the Parliament
Source: Africa Headlines
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-02 09:09:04 -0700 | travel-news
The president of the federal republic of Somalia Prof Hassan Sheikh today attended a parliament session in Mogadishu Somalia. Mr. Hassan read along speech in parliament addressing the general situation of the country. the president elaborated yesterdays meeting between him...
Parkham's Women's Institute embarrassed after they dress up as comedy pirates for Somali hostage ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-02 13:26:46 -0700 | political-news
2 May 2013 When a Women's Institute invited an expert on piracy to address their latest meeting, they decided to liven up the gathering by dressing up as pirates. Unfortunately, their light-hearted gesture went wrong when they realised that the...
Famine causes about 260 000 deaths in Somalia
Posted by: rawaha
Hurdiyo :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-05 01:38:58 -0700 | disasters-news
around 260,000 Somalis starved October 2010 until April 2012, says a report today from the joined countries Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO). The famine and critical nourishment insecurity initiated these killings in Somalia, half of them young kids under...
Remembering Zambia 'Afronauts'
Source: CNN
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-02 06:41:10 -0700 | political-news
EDT, Thu May 2, 2013 Half a century ago, the quest for interplanetary exploration between the Earth's superpowers gained a new, self-proclaimed, contender. updated 6:20 AM EDT, Tue April 23, 2013 Growing up opposite a garbage heap inspired Kenyan artist...
The famine killed 258,000 Somalis including children in 19 months
Posted by: rsa76
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-03 07:39:03 -0700 | disasters-news
The food crisis in Somalia between October 2010 and April 2012 caused the death of about 260,000 people, half of whom are children under five years, according to a report by the UN Food published on Thursday . Nearly 260,000...
Somalia: Will London Respond to Somalia's Needs?
Source: Africa Headlines
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-01 22:38:25 -0700 | political-news
Countries will meet in London on May 7 to support the nation-building project in Somalia. It is crucial that women, children and displaced people are at the forefront of the debate. I met Fatuma in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, late last...
Court Papers Offer Glimpse of Government Rationale in Federal Terror Cases
Source: The New York Times
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-01 21:02:44 -0700 | travel-news
Court Papers Offer Details in Terror Case Published: May 1, 2013 The terrorism case landed on the public docket in Federal District Court in Brooklyn last year like a riddle. Prosecutors charged three foreign men arrested overseas with supporting a...
Somali President Says Terrorists Are Defeated
Source: Sky News
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-01 20:50:31 -0700 | travel-news
The Somali President says the al Shabaab terrorists operating in his country have been "defeated as a fighting force" after decades of creating havoc...President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud travels to England next week to jointly chair an international conference with the...
Cabdriving Army sergeant says attacked for being Muslim
Source: NY Daily News
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-01 14:16:43 -0700 | entertainment-news
Army reservist allegedly attacked by bigoted passenger: 'I will slice your f---ing throat right now!' Washington, D.C., cabdriver and Iraq War veteran Mohamed A. Salim sat through a passenger's litany of anti-Muslim remarks and physical threats before the middle-aged businessman...
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