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News Source: Times of India
| 5 months ago
The UN refugee agency on Friday said it is reviewing the way it operates in Pakistan and assessing what adjustments need to be made to ensure staff security, following Tuesday's bomb attack in Peshawar in which two UN staffers were killed. Despite...
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News Source: One World
| 5 months ago
Aid groups are calling on Kenya to fulfill promises of more land and funding for Somali refugees living in camps on the country's border, now the largest concentration of refugees in the world. What's the Story? "The refugee crisis worsens with...
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News Source: Middle East Security News
| 5 months ago
A U.N.-backed group working with the transitional government in Somalia called for international support to help prop up the new regime. Somali President Sheik Sharif Ahmed enjoys only fragile control over the embattled nation, struggling with nearly...
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News Source: The Daily Star
| 5 months ago
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told a news conference after two days of talks in Rome. The group issued a communique calling for "actions to address the root cause of piracy, namely the political, security and social crisis in Somalia," which has been without...
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News Source: Scoop
| 5 months ago
UN-Chaired International Group Asks Support For Somalia Government New York, Jun 10 2009 2:11PM An international gathering on Somalia, chaired by the United Nations, wrapped up today with a call for stepped up support for the Horn of Africa nation,...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 5 months ago
Somalia delegation Pascal Mauchle said that it is true that all humanitarian organizations face enormous challenges to bring protection and assistance to the victims of the armed conflict. "We should remain optimistic that one day things will...
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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 5 months ago
A daily summary of global reports on security issues. As violence in Somalia creates a staggering wave of refugees, the United Nations has warned that factions on both sides of the fight – Islamist rebels and pro-government militias – are...
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News Source: IRIN
| 5 months ago
There are 11 independent radio stations and two TV stations in the city. "We are in a very difficult and dangerous situation...The killing on 7 June of the Radio Shabelle director Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe has added to pressure on journalists in the...
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News Source: Scoop
| 5 months ago
Somalia to guarantee the safety of civilians, with thousands of Somalis having escaped “some of the heaviest and bloodiest street battles” in the capital, Mogadishu, since violence erupted between Government forces and opposition groups on 8 May..
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News Source: Daily Nation
| 5 months ago
Eritrea is playing an unhelpful role in nearby Somalia and must cease its actions there if it wants better relations with Washington, the Obama administration’s top diplomat for Africa has said. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs...