Somalia: Local MP Says They Want to Form Administration in Gedo Region (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu Mohamoud Sayid Adan, a Somali lawmaker said Thursday he wanted to form a unity administration in Gedo region where Islamists control.
Somalia: AU Mission Extended (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution on Somalia, extending the African Union mandate to 31 January 2010. The extension comes as clashes between government forces and rebels took a new toll in the Horn of Africa state.
Somalia: WFP Bridges Gap to Feed More Than 1 Million People in Central Region (AllAfrica.com)
The United Nations World Food Programmes (WFP) has agreed to feed more than 1 million people in central Somalia, after a non-governmental organization (NGO) was forced to withdraw from the area due to security threats.
Somalia: Ban Deplores ‘Campaign of Violence’ Against Government (AllAfrica.com)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the continuing armed attacks against Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government, expressing concern at the growing numbers of civilians killed, wounded and displaced by the violence.
Ugandan and Burundian presidents discuss peacekeeping in Somalia (EARTHtimes.org)
Kampala -Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza was due to arrive in Uganda Thursday to hold talks on maintaining the nations’ joint peacekeeping mission in conflict-ridden Somalia. Nkurunziza and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will discuss the rec…
SOMALIA: Fears of more clashes as war-wounded overwhelm hospitals (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Scores of civilians are fleeing their homes in the Madina district of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, amid fears of clashes between armed forces massing in the area, witnesses told IRIN on 27 May.
1 Million People In Central Somalia to be Fed (Scoop.co.nz)
New York, May 27 2009 6:10PM The United Nations World Food Programmes (WFP) has agreed to feed more than 1 million people in central Somalia, after a non-governmental organization (NGO) was forced to withdraw from the area due to security threats.
Somalia: Seeking Alternatives to Charcoal in Somaliland (AllAfrica.com)
May I suggest another source of charcoal? Typha and Phragmites can both be made into charcoal. It does need briquetting. You have these plants in Somalia. Most everywhere in Africa, they are a problem. Recently, an article entitled ” can green charcoal save trees?” was published on this site.
Private armies board ships in Somalia (Radio Netherlands)
Dozens of warships from navies around the world patrol the waters off Somalia, yet still the number of hijackings rises. As governments fail, private security contractors move to fill the void.
Wetangula meets Somali PM (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
Minister for Foreign Affairs Moses Wetang’ula Thursday the met the Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmake. During the meeting, Sharmake briefed the minister on the current political and security situation in Somalia.
Somalia: Thousands Flee Mogadishu Ahead of War Build-Up (AllAfrica.com)
Thousands of people are fleeing the Somali capital Mogadishu as government forces and insurgent fighters gear up for renewed fighting, Radio Garowe reports.
