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Islamic fighters vow to rescue hijacked Saudi tanker

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:26:06 GMT

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Somali militants vowed to rescue a Saudi supertanker that was hijacked by pirates a week ago, according to residents of a town where the pirates are believed to be based. The fighters told residents they would battle the pirates because the tanker, which is loaded with 2 million barrels of oil, is owned by a Muslim country and should not have been taken.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/23/somalia.pirates/index.html

SOMALIA: Nasir Ahmed - "I feel bad every time I see children my age going to school"

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:40 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - More and more children are missing out on childhood as conflict continues in war-torn Somalia. Families who fled the violence have been separated from their children and, as poverty bites due to drought and hyperinflation, many children have taken to the streets to fend for their families. Nasir Ahmed, 12, is one such child in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland. Ahmed was born into a poor family and going to primary...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81029

SOMALIA: Conflict, drought force more children onto Hargeisa streets

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:40 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (IRIN) - Conflict, drought and economic hardships have led to an unprecedented increase in the number of street children in Hargeisa, capital of Somalia’s self-declared independent republic of Somaliland, with government and aid agencies calling for urgent steps to stem the increase. "Many of children on the streets of Hargeisa are from Mogadishu and other parts of south-central Somalia,” Sahardid Mohamed Osman, child protection and advocacy officer for...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81052

SOMALIA: Sophie: "I have to continue for the children’s sake"

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:39 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA, SOMALILAND Monday, October 27, 2008 (IRIN) - In September, Sophie (not her real name) fled fighting in Mogadishu to seek shelter in a camp in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland. Hargeisa, 1,500km north of Mogadishu, is home to thousands of displaced people from south-central Somalia. Sophie, 27, came to the city with her husband and three children, aged between 18 months and eight years, but her 10-year-old son was lost on the journey. She and other IDP...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81137

SOMALIA: Suicide bombers strike Bossaso, Hargeisa, killing dozens

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:38 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Up to 40 people are reported to have been killed and many others injured as near-simultaneous explosions hit Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, and the town of Bossaso, commercial capital of the neighbouring region of Puntland. Witnesses told IRIN the explosions were caused by suicide bombers in cars. In Hargeisa, a local journalist said the attackers "were definitely suicide bombers, who seem to have coordinated their...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81175

SOMALIA: Fleeing from the frying pan into the fire

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:37 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - When he fled Mogadishu, Mohamed Abdi thought life outside the war-torn capital could not be worse than what he was leaving behind. But since arriving in the self-declared republic of Somaliland in September, Abdi has had to reconsider. Besides the overcrowded conditions in shelters for the displaced, Abdi and hundreds more who fled fighting in Mogadishu are still awaiting official registration in Somaliland and have yet to receive food aid. Their...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81164

SOMALIA: Jamal Abdi: "There’s real panic and confusion in town"

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:36 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Thursday, October 30, 2008 (IRIN) - As security forces investigate the three suicide car-bombs that went off on 29 October targeting a UN compound, the presidential residence and Ethiopian embassy in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, Jamal Abdi, 22, a local journalist, spoke to IRIN from hospital about the experience: “Along with other journalists, I had just left the headquarters of UDUB [the Somaliland ruling party], when the first explosion hit the UN...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81202

SOMALIA: "One message" on FGM/C in Somaliland

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:36 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Hawa* is determined her young daughter will not undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), which is widespread in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland. An estimated 90 percent of girls still undergo the procedure. "I have suffered kidney problems, infections and miscarriages," said Hawa. "I dread the days when my period is close because of the pain I go through; it gets to the point where the pain makes it impossible to do anything....

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81261

SOMALIA: Floods displace thousands, destroy farmland in Bardera

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:35 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

NAIROBI Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Flash floods in south-western Gedo region have displaced hundreds of families and inundated hectares of farmland in and around Bardera, the regional capital. Abdirisaaq Mohamed Geriyow, executive director of the Social and Agricultural Development Organisation (SADO), an NGO based in Bardera, said the floods followed heavy rains in the town and in the hilly areas around it. "We had 11 hours of very heavy rains on Monday [3 November]," he said. Ahmed...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81281

SOMALIA: UN and local elders slam aid worker kidnap

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:34 GMT

Saturday, November 22, 2008

NAIROBI Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - The UN has called for the immediate release of four aid workers and two pilots who were abducted on 5 November in central Somalia's Galgadud region. Unidentified gunmen abducted the six from an airstrip near the town of Dusamareb. "The Secretary-General most strongly condemns the abduction of four aid workers and two pilots," said a statement issued by the UN headquarters in New York. An aid worker in Dusamareb, who requested anonymity, said the four...

Source: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81323