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High Malnutrition
And Mortality Among Somali Children
NAIROBI, 20 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - Deteriorating food security has resulted
in high malnutrition levels and child mortality rates in both southern
and northern Somalia, according to the UN Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO).
Five rapid nutrition assessments carried out by various humanitarian
agencies in the southern Juba riverine zone since September 2002 had
revealed serious malnutrition, much of which manifested as oedema and
high mortality rates, FAO's Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) said in
its nutrition update for June and July.
It said a nutrition survey conducted in May this year among children
aged between six and 59 months in the Juba riverine livelihood area
had shown global acute malnutrition of 19.5 percent and severe acute
malnutrition of 3.7 percent. About 79.8 percent of the malnourished
children were members of Bantu households, according to the survey.
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Female Peer
Educators Trained On HIV/AIDS
DJIBOUTI, 19 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - The Djiboutian ministry for the
promotion of women is conducting training programmes on HIV/AIDS for
female peer-educators, saying it is mainly targeting young women who
are most vulnerable to infection.
Amina Abdi, the ministry's HIV programme manager, told IRIN on Monday,
at the end of a three-day seminar to train 20 educators, that her
ministry's HIV/AIDS programme would support behavioral change among
young Djiboutian women.
"Young women aged between 16 and 27 are the most vulnerable. They are
sexually active, often without work, they have low levels of
education, and a low knowledge of HIV/AIDS. All these factors lead
them to have occasional sexual relationships with different partners,"
Amina said.
The peer-educators were selected from all over the capital,
Djiboutiville, and are expected to use the skills learnt during
training to educate their peers on the dangers of HIV/AIDS.
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Mogadisho’s Abgal
Community Remembers Jazira Victims
“We Understand Why Somaliland Values its
Independence,” Bashir Rage
Mogadisho, July 24, 2004 (SL Times) – Hundreds of Mogadisho’s Abgal
community took part in a memorial service for 47 Somalilanders who
were massacred in July 17, 1989 at Jazira, Mogadisho.
The victims, most of whom were students, were seized by Siyad Barre’s
Red Berets from their homes on the night of July 16, 1989 for the
simple reason of being Isaaks.
The memorial ceremony was conducted on July 18, 2004 at the former
national basketball stadium. Later, mourners went to visit the site of
the mass grave at the outskirts of Mogadisho where the victims were
buried by their executioners.
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Somaliland will Hold Parliamentary
Elections On 29 March 2005
HARGEISA, 20 July 2004 (Awdalnews) —
Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin announced the country’s first
parliamentary elections to be held on 29th March 2004, Somaliland
press reported.
In a circular he sent yesterday to the two-houses of parliament, the
National Election Commission and the Interior Minister, the President
said that by determining the date of the elections he was executing
his duties according to article 42 of the constitution.
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Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Madar
Dies
A 7 Day National Mourning And State Funeral Announced For The Leading
Architect Of Somaliland’s Peace And Veteran Of The Resistance Against
Dictatorship
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Opposition Leader Attacks BBC Somali
Service
Hargeisa, July 24, 2004 (SL Times) – The Chairman of Somaliland’s
Justice and Welfare Party, Faysal Ali Warabe, accused the editor of
the BBC’s Somali Service of abandoning journalistic ethics and
fairness in relation to Somaliland.
“The Somali Service under the leadership of Yusuf Garad has been
turned into a broadcast station that aggressively spreads
anti-Somaliland propaganda campaign,” Mr. Faysal A. Warabe said.
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Nagaad
Training For Women In Political Parties
Hargeisa, July 24, 2004 (SL Times) – 22 Somaliland women received
training on the techniques of conducting an effective election
campaigning. The women trainees consisted of members of political
parties and civil society organizations.
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TAMING THE SOMALI
WARLORDS
Somaliland Forum Media Release July 17, 2004/5 (Ref: S/F/EC 7/2004/5)
Indicting the warlords, recognizing Somaliland and returning Somalia
to its pre-independence status – UN Trusteeship- would sober the
Somali warlords and would lead to lasting peace.
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Registration Of
Houses Begins In Somaliland Capital
Hargeisa, July 24, 2004 (SL Times) – A six-month project took-off last
Friday to register houses, buildings and undeveloped lands in Hargeisa,
capital of the Republic of Somaliland.
According to Hargeisa's Mayor, Engineer Hussein Mohamud Jiir, the
objective of the exercise is to introduce a master plan for the town,
the first of its kind in Somaliland.
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Man Accused of
Committing War Crimes In Somaliland Deported By US Gov’t
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2004 (AP) – A former Somali military judge
accused of war crimes has been deported from the United States,
immigration officials said Monday.
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In Peace Bid,
Somalis Attend Camp With Football Powerhouse Real Madrid - UN
New York, 19 July 2004 (UN News Center) – Four boys from Somalia are
attending a camp this month with Spanish football powerhouse Real
Madrid under a campaign by the United Nations and its partners to
foster peace at the grassroots level in the Horn of Africa country.
The youngsters, aged 15 to 17, were
selected following a month of tournaments involving 384 members of 24
football teams in different parts of Somalia.
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Educational
Programme
By: Ahmed Essa Jama (Gade), Regional Education Inspector
Preparing To Teach
Questions for discussion
Discuss five factors you would consider essential to ensure the
success of a lesson you were preparing.
Analyze the following lesson objectives critically, saying how they
could be more effectively stated, and why:-
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The Dir Gimmick
Editorial
Somalia’s factions attending the Mbagathi talks are going to share
political power on the basis of a 4.5 clan system. IGAD mediators of
the talks, some of whom are Somalis themselves, along with Somali
warlords have come up with a new Somali tribal map which says that
Somalis are divided into four and half clans called Hawiye, Darood,
Dir, Digil/Mirifle and a nameless 1/2 clan. According to this newly
invented formula, the first four clans shall be allocated 61 seats in
the parliament to be formed at Mbagathi with 31 seats going to the
remaining nameless ½ clan.
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A Few Questions
About HornAfrik
By: Jamal Gabobe
Those who listen to HornAfrik radio would have probably noticed that
it is following a new approach to Somaliland these days. Whereas in
the past it used to only feature southerners and a few individuals of
Somaliland origin who espouse anti-Somaliland views and who live in
Mogadishu or abroad, these days HornAfrik seems to have expanded its
coverage to include Somalilanders who live in Somaliland. Normally,
this should make me happy. But instead of being happy, I am asking
myself what is HornAfrik up to?
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An Open Letter To The Organizers Of The
Somali Reconciliation Meeting In Kenya
By Ibrahim Maygag Samater
Sirs
I am a Somalilander now living in Japan. I was one of the leaders of
the Somali National Movement whose struggle resulted in the liberation
of the Northern part of the country—now Somaliland—from the
dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. I was also the last chairman of the
Central Committee of that movement.
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The Edge of The
Abyss
By Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar
On July 17, 2004, the minister of interior
of Somaliland released a
ministerial edict essentially prohibiting Somalilanders from speaking
about the future of their nation in groups. The ministerial document
reads as follows (I translate this from Somali):
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AT THE CROSSROADS
OF FAILURE
Ahmed Ali Ibrahim (Sabeyse), Scarborough, Canada
The protracted and often acrimonious proceedings of the 14th Somali
peace and reconciliation conference at Mbagathi, Kenya, are finally
winding down to its eventual fait accompli. Twenty months into the
making, the stark reality facing Walaweynian Somalis is another failed
attempt at peace making- not any different than the thirteen previous
conferences.
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LETTER FROM
THE SOMALI FOOTBALLERS
Dear All,
Just to report that everything went fine. We arrived perfectly to
Madrid after a long but safe flight. No problem at all with the
European immigration point at Schipol, Amsterdam
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ABDI BASHIR
ABDI ARTICLE
It may have gone unnoticed by the crew of the KLM flight from Nairobi
to Amsterdam on Saturday, but they were carrying a very special
passenger.
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Risks For
Rayale In His Policy Of Abandonment To Awdal Region
Mowliid Magare – Seattle, USA
Though I avoid to be caught in the middle of Somaliland “gutter
politics”, I am impelled to write, this time, about the discontent of
Awdalians with President Rayale's government, and the cloak of
disappointment that hangs over them – which certainly could have an
impact on the upcoming parliamentary elections.
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