The head of the UN’s World Food Program in Somalia was freed today on bail, the AP reported.
“Idris Osman, the Somali head of U.N. World Food Program operations in Somalia’s war-battered capital, was seized Oct. 17 when dozens of armed security agents stormed a U.N. compound. Osman was released on bail Tuesday, but is still [...]
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Filed under: Somalia, United Nations Agencies and Programmes
The Associated Press is reporting that the top U.N. World Food Program official in Somalia, detained since Wednesday, is under criminal investigation.
The head of Somalia’s intelligence service — in a country which is reported to have barely a functioning government — says he is convinced that Osman committed a crime. But, AP said, [...]
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Filed under: Somalia, United Nations, United Nations Agencies and Programmes
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the forceful and illegal entry of Government security forces into the United Nations compound in Mogadishu, and the detention of a United Nations official” — the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) office in Somalia — a deputy UN spokesperson told journalists at UNHQ/NY on Wednesday.
She added that SG BAN [...]
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Filed under: BAN Ki-Moon, Somalia, United Nations Agencies and Programmes
The UN Spokesperson told journalistsa at UNHQ on Monday that “Eric Laroche, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, has written an open letter to Somali leaders, military commanders, elders and community representatives, in which he expressed grave concern at reports of abuse, harassment, theft and rape perpetrated on civilians displaced by the latest round of [...]
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Filed under: Salim Lone watch, Somalia
What is about to happen here?
It is perfectly predictable and obvious. This man, lying face down on the ground, is about to be summarily shot.
The Guardian newspaper of London ran a story on Thursday by Reuters correspondent Sahal Abdulle in Mogadishu, reporting that: “Anybody with the means to leave Mogadishu has already gone. Some [...]
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Filed under: Journalism and Journalists, Somalia, UN Security Council
Fourteen years after an American-led UN Peacekeeping operation pulled out of Somalia, following the deaths of Pakistani and American force members, the UN Security Council has authorized a return of peacekeepers to that country. This time, however, the force will be African-led.
As the UN News Centre [the UN uses British English spelling] says, Somalia [...]
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The New York Times is reporting today that the Somali Transitional government thinks it can turn captured “terrorists” over to the UN. In a dispatch entitled “Islamist Fighters Captured Fleeing Somalia“, Jeffrey Gettleman writes that ”Several Somali Islamist fighters and possibly some of their leaders were arrested trying to escape into Kenya, Kenyan authorities said today, [...]
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After closed-door consultations at UNHQ on Wednesday, the members of the UN Security Council now consider Somalia a top priority, Russia’s Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said after the meeting.Â
The Council was briefed by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari (who will reportedly soon be replaced by an American, the present U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia). USG [...]
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…as well he should be.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the United States air strikes on Somalia, particularly their humanitarian impact, his spokesperson said in New York on Tuesday afternoon: “Notwithstanding the motives for this reported military action, the Secretary-General is concerned about the new dimension this kind of action could introduce [...]
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Abu Aardvark writes: “Interesting on all kinds of levels. Seeing the CNN feed on al-Jazeera like that is a nice graphic demonstration of how far media globalization has gone.  But more important is the origin of the images themselves. That CNN actually got live images of the US airstrike is kind of remarkable - was [...]
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Filed under: Journalism and Journalists, Somalia, UN Security Council