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ENSURE SAFETY OF AID WORKERS, UN OFFICIAL URGES
NAIROBI, 22 October (IRIN) - A senior United Nations humanitarian official
has expressed "profound sorrow" at the killing of two British aid workers
in northern Somalia, saying that no new UN workers would be sent to the
area until it "stabilizes".
Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and
Emergency Relief Coordinator, said a total of four international aid
workers had been killed in Somalia since mid-September. He called on the
local authorities to take immediate action to "find and prosecute" those
responsible for the killings, and to "ensure the safety and security of
all aid workers in the area".
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TWO BRITISH TEACHERS SHOT DEAD IN SOMALILAND
NAIROBI, 21 October (IRIN) - Two British nationals working for an NGO in
the self-declared republic of Somaliland were shot dead on Monday night by
unidentified gunmen.
The two bodies were found in their home on Tuesday morning, said Evelyn
Winkler, project coordinator with SOS Kinderdorf International, which
employed them. The house was located in the same compound as the Sheikh
secondary school where they were working, in a town of the same name about
70 km from the port of Berbera.
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HUNDREDS FLEEING BAIDOA
NAIROBI, 16 October (IRIN)
Hundreds of people are fleeing their homes
and businesses in the southwestern town of Baidoa after heavy fighting
broke out between rival factions of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA)
which controls the area, local sources told IRIN on Thursday.
They said the conflict, which broke out last week, is centred around the
villages of Dambal near Baidoa airport, and at Dainunai on the road to
Mogadishu.
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KAHIN TRIP SET TO STRENGTHEN SOMALILAND-DJIBOUTI RELATIONS.
NAIROBI, 15 October (IRIN)
Relations between Djibouti and the self-declared republic of Somaliland, northwestern Somalia, are set to improve following a three-day visit to Djibouti by the Somaliland president, Dahir Riyale Kahin.
Abdillahi Muhammad Duale, Somaliland's Information Minister, told IRIN on
Wednesday that the "Riyale administration has been extremely busy
strengthening relations with neighbouring states, and this trip is part of
that".
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MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT MURDERED IN NAIROBI
NAIROBI, 20 October (IRIN)
A member of the Transitional National Assembly of Somalia, was found murdered in a forest on the outskirts on Nairobi on Sunday.
The body of Shaykh Ibrahim Ali Abdulle, a prominent Mogadishu-based
businessman and delegate to the peace talks in Kenya, was found - along
with those of a Kenyan businessman and their driver - in the Ololua forest
near Nairobi, according to the Kenyan newspaper, 'Daily Nation'
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TALKS IN KENYA "ON COURSE", SAYS OFFICIAL
NAIROBI, 14 October (IRIN)
Organisers say the Somali peace talks underway in Kenya are on course, and contrary to reports, have not stalled.
James Kiboi, a member of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
(IGAD) technical committee which is steering the talks, admitted that
"some personalities are not at the talks", but that the proceedings were
continuing.
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THOUSANDS AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION IN SOOL AREA
NAIROBI, 10 October (IRIN)
Thousands of people in northern Somalia are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance due to falling incomes and rising malnutrition, a food security watchdog has warned.
According to the US government's Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS), about 11,170 pastoralist households in the Sool Plateau are at risk.
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| SIX REPORTEDLY KILLED IN FIGHTING NEAR BAIDOA
NAIROBI, 9 October (IRIN)
Up to six people are said to have been killed
in southwestern Somalia in fighting between rival factions of the
governing Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA).
RRA chairman Hasan Muhammad Nur "Shatigadud", who leads one of the factions, said "skirmishes" broke out when his clan members came under attack from supporters of his rival Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade
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TOP UN OFFICIAL CONDEMNS AID WORKER'S MURDER
NAIROBI, 8 October (IRIN)
The UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator has called on Somali faction leaders to ensure safety in the country after a veteran aid worker was shot dead in the self-declared republic of Somaliland on Sunday.
In a statement, Jan Egeland expressed "shock and outrage" over the murder
of 60-year-old Italian, Annalena Tonelli, outside a hospital she ran in
Borama.
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VETERAN AID WORKER KILLED IN SOMALILAND
NAIROBI, 6 October (IRIN)
A veteran aid worker was shot dead in the self-declared republic of Somaliland on Sunday by unknown attackers, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday.
It expressed "shock and sadness" over the murder of Dr Annalena Tonelli, a
33-year veteran of assistance to poor people in Africa, who earlier this
year won the agency's highest award for her work in bringing attention to
the crisis in Somalia.
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DIGNITY THROUGH WORK
NAIROBI, 6 October (IRIN)
"Restoring dignity through work". This how the International Labour Organisation (ILO) describes a project underway in war-torn Somalia to give residents a feeling of worth and show that there are alternatives to the cycle of violence in which so many people become swept up.
The ILO's Promotion of Economic Recovery Project in Somalia (PERPS) began in
April 2002 in Hargeysa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland,
and has since spread to areas of Puntland and the ravaged capital Mogadishu.
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UN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE TO TOUR THE REGION
NAIROBI, 1 October (IRIN)
Members of the UN Security Council committee overseeing sanctions against Somalia will visit the region later this month in a bid to boost enforcement of the arms embargo.
According to a UN report, the two-week trip is due to begin on 12 October
and will include experts from all 15 Council members.
The group, led by committee chairman, Ambassador Stefan Tafrov of
Bulgaria, plans to visit Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen and
Somalia itself - security conditions permitting.
FULL STORY
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