Somalia – Somalia: Video Plea by British Couple Held by Pirates (New York Times)
Somalia: Video Plea by British Couple Held by Pirates (New York Times)
A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in a video broadcast Friday that they feared they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand was not paid.
Somalia ‘to ratify UN child pact’ (BBC News)
Somalia says it will ratify the UN’s child rights convention, leaving the US as the only nation not backing the accord.
Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outside (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday.
Somalia : Puntland Calls for the Formation of Regional States (AllAfrica.com)
The president of Somalia’s Puntland State has said that his government will play major role in the formation of more regional states that would help in stabilizing the Horn of African nation.
Somalia to join global treaty, says Unicef (Gulf Times)
Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the US as the only country outside the pact, Unicef said yesterday.
Somalia to join child rights pact – UN (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * UNICEF says Somali government plans to ratify child treaty * Somalia, U.S. only two states outside of child rights pact * Move comes on 20th anniversary amid positive U.S. signals GENEVA, …
Can Somali pirates be defeated? (BBC News)
The BBC’s Paul Wood, on board an EU warship in the Gulf of Aden, asks why the world’s most advanced navies have failed to end piracy off Somalia’s coast.
Militants’ grip (BBC News)
US Somali youths recruited by homeland radicals
Somalia : Sharif – ‘I Am Sorry for the Misunderstand Between TFG, Puntland and Ahlu Sunna’ (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu The transitional federal government president Sharif Sheik Ahmed has held press conference in Mogadishu on Friday and said that he was very sorry for the misunderstanding between the TFG, Puntland and Ahlu Sunna.
Somalia to join child rights pact, only U.S. outside (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * UNICEF says Somali government plans to ratify child treaty * Somalia, U.S. only two states outside of child rights pact * Move comes on 20th anniversary amid positive U.S. signals (Adds U.S …
Somalia to join child rights pact (TVNZ)
Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said
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