SOMALIA: UN calls for respect of child rights
NAIROBI, 20 JAN 2003 (IRIN) - UN agencies working in Somalia have called on Somali leaders and all parties to the conflict to take immediate measures to ensure that children are protected from violence.
Monday, January 20, 2003
DJIBOUTI: President on official visit to the USNAIROBI, 20 JAN 2003 (IRIN) - Djibouti President Isma'il Omar Guelleh on Saturday left for a five-day official visit to the US at the invitation of the US government, a Djibouti official told IRIN on Monday.
OPINION: Somaliland's private sector thrives despite absence of proper economic system
BORAMA, 20 JAN 2003--Since the upheaval of Somali society and the collapse of government system
in Somalia early in 1991, Somaliland has undergone huge business and economic reforms. Despite the fact that there is no proper economic system and financial institutions currently in place, the economy is not idle.
BORAMA, 20 JAN 2003--Since the upheaval of Somali society and the collapse of government system
in Somalia early in 1991, Somaliland has undergone huge business and economic reforms. Despite the fact that there is no proper economic system and financial institutions currently in place, the economy is not idle.
Sunday, January 19, 2003
14-year-old girl's 60km escape from elderly suitor
NAIROBI, 20 JAN 2003--A brave 14-year-old pupil walked 60 kilometres to seek government protection from her father's' intentions to marry her off to a 60-year-old man.
NAIROBI, 20 JAN 2003--A brave 14-year-old pupil walked 60 kilometres to seek government protection from her father's' intentions to marry her off to a 60-year-old man.
Africa starves as rains fail and rulers reap profits ERITREA, MALAWI, 19 JAN 2003--Despite the half-light inside the dilapidated hospital at Sanafe, signs of famine are written clearly on Susana's body. Her skin is sallow and hangs loosely off her tiny body. She looks newborn, but is in fact a year old.
Outside, the Eritrean sun beats down. At least the hospital provides shelter from the heat. 'I brought her here because I have nothing to eat for her,' said her mother, Zaid Burher. 'I want her to live.'
Outside, the Eritrean sun beats down. At least the hospital provides shelter from the heat. 'I brought her here because I have nothing to eat for her,' said her mother, Zaid Burher. 'I want her to live.'
Somali peace process: Mwangale is replaced
NAIROBI, 19 JAN 2003 (East African Standard)--The government has appointed former ambassador Bethwell Kiplagat to replace Mr Elijah Mwangale as the special envoy to the Somalia peace and reconciliation process. Sources close to the peace talks said yesterday that the changes are meant to inject new momentum in the reconciliation process.The talks, currently under progress in Eldoret, have been engulfed by confusion over the modalities of participation and funding. Mwangale’s fate was sealed at a meeting of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) member countries held in Nairobi on Thursday. Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister Kalonzo Musyoka chaired the meeting. It was attended by a delegation from Ethiopia and the Igad Executive Secretary, Dr Ahmad Artalla.
NAIROBI, 19 JAN 2003 (East African Standard)--The government has appointed former ambassador Bethwell Kiplagat to replace Mr Elijah Mwangale as the special envoy to the Somalia peace and reconciliation process. Sources close to the peace talks said yesterday that the changes are meant to inject new momentum in the reconciliation process.The talks, currently under progress in Eldoret, have been engulfed by confusion over the modalities of participation and funding. Mwangale’s fate was sealed at a meeting of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) member countries held in Nairobi on Thursday. Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister Kalonzo Musyoka chaired the meeting. It was attended by a delegation from Ethiopia and the Igad Executive Secretary, Dr Ahmad Artalla.
Dire Dawa: Random Thoughts On a CentenaryADDIS ABABA, 17 JAN 2003 (ADDIS TRIBUNE)--On December 23, 1902, the first train of the Compagnie Impériale des Chemins de fer Ethiopiens or as the French railway was known then reached the hastily built station in the valley of Dire Dawa. This was five years after the rail tracks started to be laid inland from Djibouti, the newly founded port capital of Côte Française des Somalis or the French Somaliland.
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