http://en.afrik.com/ Afrik.com, Africa's portal offers a daily online newspaper with information on what is going on in the world, culture, economics, sport, societies of 56 african countries. en http://en.afrik.com/images/logo_moyen.gif http://en.afrik.com/ http://en.afrik.com/article14108.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:13:42 +0200 Somalis needs food and aid http://en.afrik.com/article14087.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:01:56 +0200 Somaliland has been hit by inflation and high food prices that have especially hurt the livelihoods of the predominantly pastoralist population http://en.afrik.com/article14039.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:44:21 +0200 Somalia, a country that has not known peace since the removal of military leader Siad Barre in 1991, has become an extremely dangerous country, where gun-totting militiamen http://en.afrik.com/article14032.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:42:45 +0200 Shiino Moalim Nur, deputy governor of Bay Region, said the insurgent attacks added to the suffering of the displaced people. "All they achieve is to add to the suffering of http://en.afrik.com/article13814.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:55:57 +0200 Eritrea and Djibouti have been asked to resolve border issues peacefully, in accordance with international law, by the United States Government, while Somalia has been commended for http://en.afrik.com/article13616.html Sun, 18 May 2008 21:03:10 +0200 The Kenya News Agency (KNA) reports that the vessel, heading to India from Mogadishu, was hijacked about 40 nautical miles off the Mogadishu Port at dawn Sunday. Panapress http://en.afrik.com/article13460.html Fri, 02 May 2008 19:15:48 +0200 An American strike killed Adan Hashi Ayrow, the commander of the Islamic militia Al Shabab, Thursday in Somalia. He was believed to be linked to Al Qaeda. The attack, confirmed by the pentagon this Thursday, was launched from a US army vessel off the Somali coast and targeted a house in the town of Dusamareb. Lucas Radicella http://en.afrik.com/article13393.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:56:57 +0200 The combat between Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and insurgents has killed a substantial number of civilians and reportedly wounded some 200 people, including women and children. Panapress http://en.afrik.com/article13207.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:52:33 +0200 The humanitarian situation in Somalia is deteriorating faster than expected, owing to an unusually harsh dry season, rising insecurity and soaring inflation rates, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. Panapress http://en.afrik.com/article13140.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:51:01 +0200 The passengers had travelled for many hours from a refugee camp in Malawi inside the windowless metallic container, without any food or drinking water. http://en.afrik.com/article13038.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:15:06 +0200 "The two foreigners were abducted this morning by unknown gunmen between Saakow and Bu'aale in Middle Juba," the UN office for Somalia said in a statement. http://en.afrik.com/article12861.html Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:27:34 +0100 He described the humanitarian scenario in the country as a setting whereby a charitable person pitched his camp opposite the beneficiary's house and picked his favourites among the family members at the expense of the rest in the household. http://en.afrik.com/article12770.html Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:05:53 +0100 The newsletter, which contains firsthand testimonies of civilians who have endured the most of the "protracted and dirty conflict," indicted parties in the conflict for extreme brutality and "utter disregard for basic international humanitarian law and human rights principles." http://en.afrik.com/article12661.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:53:52 +0100 Ethiopia Monday called on member states of the African Union (AU) and the international community to renew their efforts towards providing an all-inclusive support and cooperation to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia in view of the improving security situation in the country. http://en.afrik.com/article12634.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:53:25 +0100 Thousands of people have been displaced by fighting in the capital, Mogadishu. Somalia's transitional government has welcomed a resolution by the UN Security Council authorising a six-month extension for African Union (AU) peacekeepers but said more needed to be done to restore peace and stability to the war-torn country. our partner IRIN