UNICEF STAFF MEMBER KILLED IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA (UNICEF MEDIA RELEASE).
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, today strongly condemned the killing of a Somali staff member
who was shot on Sunday, 19 October, in Huddur, southern Somalia. Read on »
THE DEATH OF TRADITIONAL SHIR TALKING POINT
The death of the traditional Somali Shir, the death of decency in Somalia, the death of formality and good manners, the death of dreams and hope.
They are focus-grouped and packaged in a way that the Somalis at home can sniff out. Read on »
SOMALI JOINT COMMITEES MEET TO IMPLEMENT PEACE AGREEMENT
Joint committees from the Somali transitional government and the opposition coalition Monday met in Djibouti for the first time and formally signed an 11-point communiqué
"to help start effective implementation" of the peace agreement, reports from Djibouti said. Read on »
PROMOTING DEMOCRACY, PEACE AND EQUILITY IN SOMALIA
Perhaps no issues, correctly or incorrectly dominate perception of Somalia by the rest of the international community-in particular in donor countries-as mush perceptions of Somalia being doomed to dictatorship,
totalitarian government, anarchy, meaningless or repressive constitutions and impunity. Read on »
HUMAN RIGHTS IGNORED IN SOMALIA
While human rights are referred to as core values that have been
accepted as essential to good government and sustainable development, the document in its current form focuses on the promotion of good governance including transparency Read on »
SOMALI VILLAGES ABONDENED AS DROUGHT BAKES PUNTLAND STATE
HAMURE, 10 April 2008 - Squatting in the scorching sun, Adan Hassan Mahamud pointed to the parched landscape
around Hamure village, 280km east of Bosasso in the self-declared autonomous Somali republic of Puntland. Read on »