Somalia – Aid contributions to Somalia down (UPI)
Aid contributions to Somalia down (UPI)
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 7 (UPI) — Donors have contributed less to Somalia because many areas are too dangerous for aid agencies to operate in, U.N. officials said Friday.
Spain refuses demand to free Somali pirates (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Spain said Friday it would not free two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off the coast of Somalia. Three crewmen that had been removed from the vessel and taken to the Somali mainland by hijackers to add pressure on Spain to repatriate the arrested pirates were returned to the ship late Friday, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel …
Spain refuses demand to free Somali pirates (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Spain said Friday it would not free two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off the coast of Somalia. The trawler’s captain told Spanish media Thursday that the pirates on board had threatened to start killing the hostages. Deputy Defense Minister Constantino Mendez said Friday the two Somali men were captured in connection with …
U.N. Says U.S. Delays Led to Aid Cuts in Somalia (International Herald Tribune)
The U.S. greatly reduced food contributions out of fears they would be diverted to terrorists.
Spain Refuses Prisoner Exchange Demanded By Somali Pirates (INO News)
(RTTNews) – Spain on Friday refused to release two captured Somali pirates in exchange for three Spanish nationals seized by pirates from a fishing trawler off Somalia last month, stressing that it will not negotiate with the pirates.
SOMALIA: Donor caution alarms aid workers (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Aid agencies operating in Somalia say they need more money but that some donors are holding back, concerned at where resources might end up in areas too dangerous for international staff.
Somali rebels issue aid rules (News 24 South Africa)
Don’t promote democracy, fire all women, don’t take Sundays off and remove all logos from your vehicles: these are only some of the rules Somalia’s Shebab rebels want to slap on aid groups.
Palace orders rescue of RP seamen abducted in Somalia (GMA News)
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs to ensure the immediate release of 14 Filipino seafarers on board a Malaysian fishing vessel that was hijacked off Somalia by pirates.
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