Posts tagged as: Somalia

UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon Urges Global Action to Restore Peace in Somalia

A two-day conference between the Somali government and the international community has ended in Turkey. The meeting (21-23 May) which was an international conference and is intended to review the Somalia’s long term chaos, civil-war aftermath, religious based militancy, along with large scale modern sea-pirating in the Indian Ocean.

Somalia Government Under Pressure to Surrender

SOMALIA’S WEAK GOVERNMENT UNDER PRESSURE TO SURRENDER AS ITS SPEAKER RESIGNS TODAY.

United Nations Call for States to Take Somali Refugees

The United Nations have called for the international community to take the Somali refugee running away from Somalia fighting between the Transitional National Government and the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist movements those are frustrating the peace and stability in the horn of Africa nation.

Kenya a Dumping Ground For Pirates

Reports focused to the international pirates along the “Indian Ocean” coasts say that young men abducting the commercial shipments are increasing and were not defeated as expected.

U.S. State Department | No Desire to "Americanize the conflict in Somalia"

…the United States does not plan, does not direct, and does not coordinate the military operations of the TFG (Transitional Federal Government), and we have not and will not be providing direct support for any potential military offensives. Further, we are not providing nor paying for military advisors for the TFG. There is no desire to Americanize the conflict in Somalia

Corruption in United Nations Food Aid Program is Being Investigated in Somalia

The World Food Programme announced that it will submit to an independent investigation into its operations in Somalia. A United Nations monitoring group reported their suspicion that aid is being diverted to criminal organizations, terrorist groups, and even UN workers.