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Somalia is continuing to experience food shortages, with some areas reporting malnutrition levels of more than 20 percent, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.In its March update on food security and nutrition in Somalia, the FAO’s Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) noted that in the southern region of ...
Read Story at IRINNews (2005-04-06)
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed requested Monday the international community to send 15,000 to 20,000 peacekeeping forces to his country to help disarm 55,000 militia and build a new Somalia. While addressing here the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), the newly-elected president said that "Somalia ...
Read Story at AngolaPress (2004-10-25)
A dozen Somali gunmen wearing government uniforms snatched two French security advisors from their hotel rooms in Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said today. Somali kidnap worries photographer’s family AU forces assist Somalia Bin Laden urges Somali coup The French foreign ministry said in a statement ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2009-07-14)
Kenya has beefed up its security and closed its border with Somalia to halt defeated Islamic militias driven from Kismayo in southern Somalia. The Islamists say their retreat from advancing Ethiopian and Somali forces is tactical and warns of an insurgency. A BBC reporter says helicopters and hundreds ...
Read Story at BBC News (2007-01-02)
A top official working for the United Nations food agency in Somalia was released after being held by Somali security personnel since Wednesday last week, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Up to 60 heavily armed security officials stormed the WFP compound in the chaotic capital Mogadishu ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2007-10-23)
A top official working for the United Nations food agency in Somalia was released after being held by Somali security personnel since Wednesday last week, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Up to 60 heavily armed security officials stormed the WFP compound in the chaotic capital Mogadishu ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2007-10-23)
Humanitarian agencies should employ a "twin-track" approach that addresses both the immediate and medium-term needs of vulnerable Somali populations in order to prevent the creation of relief-dependent communities, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) Somalia has said."If the focus is only addressing immediate needs ...
Read Story at IRINNews (2006-01-27)
Mogadishu, Somalia - Residents say Islamist fighters and Somali government forces are fighting for control of a strategically important town in central Somalia. Resident Osman Ahmed says the fighting early on Monday began when forces loyal to the Somali government took control of Belet Weyne from Islamist fighters. ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2009-09-28)
A food security watchdog says lower than expected cereal production has been recorded in southern Somalia due to poor and erratic rains during the April-June (Gu) season.In its latest report, the Food Security Assessment Unit (FSAU) - a joint project of the EC and the UN"s Food and Agriculture Organisation ...
Read Story at IRINNews (2003-08-14)
Isiolo, Kenya - Kenyan security forces are ready to tackle any threats from the rebel group al Shabaab in neighbouring Somalia, a senior regional administrator said. Al Shabaab fighters crossed into Kenya from south Somalia on May 27 while pursuing rivals from the Somali Hizbul Islam group. They ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2010-06-07)
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