BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Somalia’s government and international donors will sign up to a three-year plan on Monday to rebuild the violence-torn country, backed by pledges of new funding that EU officials hope could reach more than one billion euros ($1.3 billion). The Brussels conference is aimed at consolidating fragile security gains in Somalia after two...
Despite it now being a year since a new Government was installed in Somalia, little has changed to quell the problems both on land and at sea including the risk of piracy attacks. That’s according to Mary Harper, Africa Editor for the BBC’s World Service, who gave her perspective on the country’s current situation at...
Somalia’s weak government struggles with how to help the people displaced by decades of war. RMIN ROSENSE MOGADISHU, Somalia — At certain points, Mogadishu, longtime synonym for anarchy, terrorism, and urban warfare, is indistinguishable from many other cities in the developing world. Along Maka Al-Mukarama road, a former front line during Somalia’s civil war years,...
Nobody can deny it. Somalia has come a long way. The tremendous changes the country has been through in recent months demonstrates the power of commitment to move a country away from civil war and destitution; a commitment by Somali leaders to meet their people’s aspirations for a better future and by the European Union...
by Beth Buczynski, EarthTechling A good pair of jeans should be treasured. You know, that pair that fits perfectly, time-worn to fit comfortably while still looking good. The pair you’ll wear long after they develop holes in both knees, just because you love them so much. Unfortunately, most denim brands use resource-intensive processes that utilize a lot...
Muaz Shabandri A senior official from the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the international community to exert greater efforts in securing the release of fishermen and sailors held as captives by Somali pirates. “Until now, some fishermen and sailors are in custody of the pirates and we would like to send a...
Sustained government drive brings down deaths among children under the age of five by 67% compared with 1990 figures Elissa Jobson in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, a low-income country in the drought prone Horn of Africa, has achieved the millennium development goal to cut the mortality rate for children under the age of five ahead of the 2015 deadline, according...
While praising the people and Government of Somalia, along with their international partners, for being “on the brink of achieving truly great things,” the top United Nations Envoy in the country warned the Security Council that overall success is not guaranteed and that “in no sense at all is the Somalia ‘crisis’ over. “Where we...
Thousands of people are being forcibly evicted from makeshift camps in Mogadishu as the government presses ahead with plans to clean up the capital, Amnesty said in a briefing released today. Forced evictions have gathered pace in recent months despite the authorities’ failure to find an alternative safe location. Gemma Davies, Amnesty International’s Somalia researcher,...
Al-Britani and his American friend Omar Hammami – known as al-Amriki – were tracked down to a village outside the capital Mogadishu British former jihadist was killed in a dawn shoot-out in Somalia today following a bust-up in the ruthless al-Shabaab terror group. Osama al-Britani died with an American associate wanted by the FBI. They...