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Thursday, 15 May 2008
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Beledweyn, (insidesomalia.org) - The inhabitants of Baladweyn town the headquarters of Hiran region in central Somalia have started shifting their abodes in the town due to constant fears from the Ethiopian troops in the region.
The Ethiopian troops who have recently stationed themselves at the town have started frequent military exercises within some sections of the town especially during the nighttime.
The other main reason that has forced these residents to move away from their shelters is because they are scared of being trapped between battle of the Ethiopian troops and the Islamist groups who are believed to hiding somewhere in the region.
The few residents of the 4 sections of Baladweyn town are showing great anxiety about their fate after they missed their neighbors on their sides.
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Thursday, 15 May 2008
Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org)- Somali transitional government has expressed hopefu... |
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Thursday, 15 May 2008
Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org)- Unknown armed men raided at Ethiopian troops base a... |
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Asmara, (insidesomalia.org)-Dahir Mohamud Gelle the spokesman of Asmara group has t... |
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Hiran, (insidesomalia.org) - Reports from Baladweyn town the headquarters of Hiran ... |
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Mogadishu,(insidesomalia.org)-The Hawiye traditional elders the dominant in the Somali capital Mogadishu have at length condemned and warned the Somali population of taking food ration distribution by the Ethiopian forces in the capital Mogadishu.
The Hawiya elders termed these distributed ration as poisoned ration.
The chairman of the Hawiya traditional elders Mohamed Hassan... |
Mogadishu,(insidesomalia.org)- An emergency session held by dignitaries from INXA, COGWO, social activists, freedom speech alliance, CRD, SWA and other and several other prominent officials have expressed their anxiety over two important local Aid workers who their whereabouts is mysterious.
These two persons are named Osman Mohamed Hajji and Abdulle Somane and there last tim... |
Mogadishu,(insidesomalia.org)The business activities of Elasha-Biyaha area of Afgoi district 30km north of Mogadishu has in general closed up following the traders of the locale have paid no heed to an order from the regional administration on buying and selling with the old currency that the traders have rebuffed on Tuesday-residents said.
The government troops in Elasha-Biyaha area have impressively overawed to the dealers to deal with the old... |
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Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org) - Life is hard for the Somali melodious bands and singers after the collapse of the late military regime of General Mohamed Siad Barre ousted by a coalition of factional leaders .who fought each other for power during the start of the civil unrest in Somalia in 1991.
Somali musical bands were unfastened and their careers discarded, and most of illustrious singer and musicians become hopeless.
The National th... |
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Jowhar, (insidesomalia.org) - Reports from Jowhar town the headquarters of middle shabelle region in southern Somalia says that the chairman of the regional traders resigned his post after brawl between him and the local administration on how to alleviate the soaring price of the commodities.
The traders have on their side rejected to pay money to the town vigilantes.
The est... |
Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org) - The traders of Bakara Bazaar the largest commercial point in Somalia have requested from the Somali transitional federal government to collect the tax in Somali shillings.
Ali Mohamed Siyad the chairman of Bakara Market has demand from the TFG of Somalia to collect the income tax in Somali shillings instead of US dollars.
“It is only tha... |
Afgoi,(insidesomalia.org)-The entire mercantile in Afgoi district some 30km from the Somali capital Mogadishu have this morning closed down all their business centers, due to the fear from vexed population.
The inhabitants in the district were very much annoyed for the district traders due to the rejection of the old one thousand Somali shillings note.
There was no single bu... |
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MOGADISHU,(insidesomalia.org)- Three gunmen abducted a Kenyan teaching at the Mogadishu University campus in the latest seizure of a foreigner in the lawless Horn of Africa country, witnesses said on Tuesday.
Yasin Abdi, a student at the Taleh campus in the bombed-out Somali capital, said the armed men abducted Moses Nyandusi Matundura, a public administration lecturer.
Matund... |
Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org) - Al-Nur primary school, one of the best in Mogadishu that used to host 2,400 students, has been transformed into an Ethiopian military base after most of its students were either killed, disabled, or displaced.
A year ago, 53 000 Somali children attended school in Mogadishu. Today, that number is plummeting as education's priority rank is taken over by survival.
In April 2007, local NGOs and Hawiye clan ... |
NAIROBI,(insidesomalia.org)- A new survey by the UN children's fund, UNICEF, shows increase on Somali girls' enrolment but said much more must be done to shape progress for girls education in the Horn of Africa nation.
The survey released on Friday as the world prepares to commemorate International Women's Day on Saturday said although the past ten years have seen a threefold increase in the number of girls enrolled in school in Somalia o... |
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 Energy system in Somalia has collapsed in the early 1991, when the former government of Siyad Barre was toppled the country, especially in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia's troubled nation. Somali entrepreneurs established privately owned power supply companies, which provide insufficient energy to the daily consumers with the highest rates for more than a decade.
The power providers try at least to satisfy the public demand, given that the ... |
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By HASSAN IBRAHIM MAO, (insidesomalia.org)-Environment refers to the external conditions, resources, stimuli etc. with which an organism interacts. As many parts of Somalia, Hiiraan region is not spared but contrary to that it is environmentally degraded. As the need for the ever growing population continuous, so as the destruction of the resources and sometimes depletion of the available resources.
Unlike other parts of Somalia Hiiraan enjoys... |
Nairobi,(insidesomalia.org)-Ten people have been killed and at least 20 others injured in inter-clan fighting over land in Somalia's central town of Galkayo in the Mudug region, sources told IRIN on 18 March.
The fighting broke out on 17 March between the Sa'ad, Habar Gedir sub-clan and the Dir, and was concentrated near the Galkayo airport and nearby south Galkayo settlements, a journalist, Ahmed Sheikh Mohamed, of Daljir radio, said.
The clas... |
Mogadishu,(insidesomalia.org)-Afgoye is one of the districts of Lower Shabelle region in Southern of Somalia. It is situated at 28km south west of Mogadishu, 60km North of Merka, 60km of south east of Wanla weyn and 30km of South of Bal'ad.
Afgoye has been shared the problem of lack of functional government for the last sixteen years, as well as currently governmental mismanagements with the rest of the country, Southern Somalia in partic... |
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 Experiencing domestic disturbance and clan warfare in more than a decade, a transitional Federal Parliament and government with the UN backing was finally formed in Kenya in 2004. The Transitional Federal Parliament being selected through clan lines elected and sworn for office Col. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the president of the transitional Federal government on October 10, 2004 in Nairobi.
A month later, regarding the Transitional Federal C... |
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Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org)- Amnesty International said Tuesday that Ethiopian troops who support Somalia's UN-backed government are killing civilians, slitting people's throats and gang-raping women.
The human rights group called on the international community to intervene to halt the bloodshed. It released a report Tuesday containing chilling witness accounts of indiscriminate killing... |
Nairobi, (insidesomalia.org) - Civilian population in Somalia has been targets of human rights abuses. This is according to a report released by human rights watch group, Amnesty International in Nairobi today.
The Amnesty International report details the kinds of abuses that civilians go through in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. The report further accuses all the parties involved in the ... |
Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org) - Soaring food prices and a worsening drought are causing a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Somalia, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
About 2.6 million Somalis now need assistance - more than a third of the country's population, representing a rise of 40 per cent since January. An additional 600,000 people in urb... |
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Nairobi, (insidesomalia.org) - Mrs Faduma Dalel Farah, a mother of four, is a typical victim of the ongoing conflict in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
She and four of her six children were wounded when insurgents attacked forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Wardigley district in central Mogadishu. Her husband, Said Abdi Farah, was killed when a shell landed on their house... |
Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org)-More than 50 diarrhea patients including infants were admitted at Banadir Mother and Child hospital in past 24 hours the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Most of these patients were brought from the suburbs and inside the capital 35 out of the 50 are reported to be in very critical condition.
Two of the diarrhea patients have last night died of the dia... |
Galgadud,(in sidesomalia.org)-The spring rains have been observed in some locations in Galgadud region in central Somalia after persisting drought, which has shortened the lives of many domestic and wild animals in the region for a long time of period.
The rain of overnight has favored both human and animals in the region and the place where it cats and dogs include some location, which co... |
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Malta, (insidesomalia.org)-The Armed Forces of Malta rescued 53 irregular immigrants who were adrift in two boats in Maltese territorial waters on Tuesday. A group of 19 men and six women were found by a Maltese fishing vessel some 2 miles off il-Mara Point.
Maritime Squadron AFM immediately dispatched its Swift-class patrol-boat, P-23, to the scene in a rough Force 5 south-westerly sea-swell.
A fibreglass boat powered by an outboard engine w... |
Bosaso, (insidesomalia.org)-A father of two, Yusuf had for two years ferried illegal migrants to Yemen from Bosasso, 1,500km northeast of Mogadishu. The port city is popular with would-be migrants from southern Somalia and Ethiopia. Five months ago, Yusuf stopped ferrying migrants after meeting a lobby group trying to convince boat owners to stop the trade. Yusuf told IRIN about his experience:
"In two years I made about 10 trips to Yemen, with ... |
Mogadishu,(insidesomalia.org)-Five dead bodies were discovered and buried Sunday in the Somali capital after Ethiopian troops vacated 30th Avenue, a major thoroughfare that runs adjacent to Mogadishu's main Bakara market.
The Ethiopian army contingent had been stationed at 30th Avenue for the past nine days, residents said.
A local who returned to his home after the Ethiopians left the area told Garowe Online that he saw the dead bodies, who we... |
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Addis Abba,(insidesomalia.org)- The Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) is greatly perturbed by plans of the Ethiopian government to bring into force a media law that would not only go a long way in annihilating media freedom but also stifle the freedom of expression and democracy in that country.
“We are aware that Ethiopia has taken to its parl... |
Bosaso,(insidesomalia.org)- The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns today's arrest of Director of Somali Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) Mowlid Haji Abdi by the police of Puntland Regional State in northeastern Somalia.
Around 09:50am local time, Puntland police forcefully entered the headquarters of SBC, largest Radio and Television Network in Puntland, and order... |
Paris,(insidesomalia.org)- Reporters Without Borders said today it was disgusted by a murder attempt against Bisharo Mohammed Waeys, celebrated presenter on the privately-owned Eastern Television Network (ETN), on 4 May, the last woman working openly as a journalist in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, north-eastern Somalia.
Bisharo Mohammed Waeys, who presents a popular talk show ont... |
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Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org) - The Islamic Courts Union in Somalia officially said that they would take steps against those who rebuff the old one thousand Somali shillings, which is currently the merely monetary unit in Somalia.
The spokesman of the Islamic Courts Union Sheikh Mohamud Ibrahim Suley has absolutely endorsed the meeting between the religious clerics, and Mogadishu trade... |
Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org)-Hyperinflation and increasing insecurity have forced Somali businessmen to demand payment in US dollars, creating difficulties for ordinary people with limited access to the greenback, traders said.
"We are demanding payment in US dollars because it has become impossible to keep track of where the value of the Somali shilling will be from one hour to the next," Liban Yusuf, a businessman in Bosasso, said.
"Infla... |
 MOGADISHU,(insidesomalia.org)- Somalia's transitional federal government says it is in the process of printing new Somali Shillings to replace the old Shilling, according to the country's head of the Central Bank.
Mr. Bashir Isse told a Tuesday press conference in the capital Mogadishu that the Somali government is not responsible for hyperinflation that has adversely affected the Horn of Africa's fragile economy in recent months.
“We wil... |
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Mogadishu,(insidesomalia.org)- The Burundian defense Minster Mr. Germain Niyoyankana reached the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday and during his three days visit Mr. Niyoyanakana met with the Somali president Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed and the police chief commander Abdi Hassan Awale Keybdid.
The Minster addressed the press today at Adan Abdulle Osman international airport.
Dur... |
New York, (insidesomalia.org) - Ongoing military activities by Darfur's rebel groups as well as reprisal actions by the Sudanese Government and its allied militia are costing lives and limiting humanitarian operations in the strife-torn region, the United Nations Secretary-General says today.
In his monthly report to the Security Council on the joint African Union-UN peacekeeping mission in... |
Mandhera, (insidesomalia.org)-The neighboring country Kenya has deployed heavy military in the frontier town with Somalia Bulahaw. The Kenyan soldiers were seen asking numerous questions to border crossers.
The residents of Bulahaw town used to go to Mandera town for their daily shopping activities into Mandera district into Kenya, their kids attend their schooling at Mandera as well. .... |
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New York, (insidesomalia.org)- Talks between the Somali Government and an opposition group began today, and the top United Nations envoy to the war-torn Horn of Africa nation said that he was pleased that leaders have made the well-being and safety of their people their priority.
“Many, especially the young people, told me that this is a new and important first step towards stability ... |
NAIROBI, (insidesomalia.org) - The United Nations' Special Envoy to Somalia, Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has sent out a special request to the Somali people in the Diaspora to support the ongoing peace process to help save the country.
In a signed statement released from his office in Nairobi, the envoy further thanked the Somalis in the Diaspora for their continued support for... |
NAIROBI, (insidesomalia.org)- Kenya — Aden Hashi Ayro, long identified as one of Al Qaeda's top operatives in East Africa and the leader of the Islamist comeback in Somalia, was killed Thursday morning by an American airstrike, according to American and Somali officials.
Mr. Ayro was one of the most feared and notorious figures in Somalia, a short, wispy man believed to be in his 30s who had gone from lowly car washer to top terrorist susp... |
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Somalia (insidesomalia.org) Islamist militants murdered four teachers at an English-language school in Somalia on Monday.
64-year-old Daud Hassan Ali and three foreign teachers--a Briton and two Kenyans--were killed by Islamist insurgents during a midnight raid on one of the few English-language schools in south-central Somalia. Authorities are investigating the deaths.
Voice of the Martyrs Canada's Adele Konyndyk says Ali's widow believes ... |
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Nairobi, (insidesomalia.org)- Kenya beat Somalia 5-3 on penalties in an entertaining Africa Youth Championships soccer first round second leg match played in Nairobi on Saturday.
The Under-20 match was stretched into penalties after the east African neighbours drew in regulation time at the Nyayo National Stadium.
Kenya will meet Sudan in the second ... |
Nairobi,(insidesomalia.org)-Kenya under-20 coach Leonard Saleh named his 18-member squad to travel to Djibouti today for a first leg, preliminary round Africa Youth Championship qualifier against Somalia Friday.
Some members of the Kenya under-17 from left Victor Maloba, Victor Oduma and Francis Kahati on arrival back home from Kigali, Rwanda where they drew 2-2 in an Africa Under-17 qualifier on Tuesday. Photo/MOHAMMED AMIN
As expected, all t... |
Mogadishu,( insidesomalia.org) Former President of the Somalia Football Federation (SFF), Farah Addo, has had his 10 year ban lifted by FIFA president Sepp Blatter by personal decree.
Blatter took the decision after reviewing critically the clemency plea brought forward by Addo during the last edition of the African Nations Cup in Ghana.
Addo, who was a former vice-president of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), was heavily fined a... |
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New York ,(insidesomalia.org)-Africa has been the fastest growing market worldwide in communication technology over the past three years and will continue to emerge as an important market for the industry, according to the head of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Speaking at the opening of a major trade fair for the African telecommunications industry today in... |
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Paris(insidesomalia.org)- - Four of the six Somali pirates arrested for kidnapping a French luxury yacht are related to Somali President Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed, the French weekly Le Point reported Monday on its website.
Le Point said their identities, as members of the same Darod- Majteen clan as the president, have been confirmed by several French government sources.
The repor... |
Puntland,(insidesomalia.org)- Seven pirates have been given life sentences for seizing a United Arab Emirates ship last week by a court in Somalia's northern Puntland region.
Another four were given similar sentences for helping the pirates.
They were convicted of "taking people hostage with the aim of obtaining a ransom" a local official said.
Somalia's water are among the most dangerous in the world. Last year, more than 25 ships were sei... |
Puntland, (insidesomalia.org)-The Playa de Bakio was attacked 400km off the Somali coast.
Pirates have released a Spanish fishing boat and its 26-crew members seized off the coast of Somalia last week.
The Playa de Bakio, a Basque tuna fishing boat, was released along with all of its crew on Saturday, the Spanish government says.
Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa de la Vega said the crew were safe and on their way to "safer wate... |
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