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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Somalia
30.04.2008
Somalian sisällissotaan voisi löytyä ratkaisu, jos neuvottelemaan päästettäisiin yhteiskunnan perinteiset ja uskonnolliset johtajat, pohdittiin Demo ry:n taannoisessa seminaarissa. Lisäksi yhteiskuntaa pitäisi uskaltaa demokratisoida – ja ulkopuolisten pitäisi lakata sekaantumasta Somalian asioihin.
more...From: Puolueiden kansainvälinen demokratiayhteistyö (DEMO) ry Related topics/regions: [Religion] [Conflict resolution] |
29.04.2008
Kuivuus on jo surmannut useita ihmisiä Pohjois-Somalian Somalimaassa. Vaikka sateet alkaisivat pian, Somalimaata uhkaavat ruokakriisi ja nälänhätä, varoittaa alueella kehitysyhteistyötä tekevä Solidaarisuus.
more...From: Solidaarisuus Related topics/regions: [Food] Image: © New Internationalist
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25.04.2008
A photoessay reveals the toll 17 years of conflict, political instability, droughts, floods, and an international community struggling to provide aid has taken on Somalia.
more...From: Refugees International Image: Sixty percent of Mogadishu's population has been displaced by violence. © Refugees International
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16.04.2008
The international community and UN should do more to assist the hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians and Somalis who seek refuge in Yemen, one of the "least developed countries in the world," urges an international refugee agency.
more...From: Refugees International Related topics/regions: [Yemen] [Ethiopia] Image: Yemen's geo-strategic position makes it a leading destination for regional asylum seekers. © New Internationalist
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16.04.2008
Maailmanlaajuinen ruoan kallistuminen kurjistaa erityisesti jo ennestään köyhien, kuten Somalian sisäisten pakolaisten, elämää. Kuivuuden, pitkittyneen konfliktin ja maailmanmarkkinahintojen nousun takia viljan hinta on Somaliassa jopa kolminkertaistunut viime vuoden aikana.
more...From: Punainen Risti Related topics/regions: [Food] [Poverty] [Refugees] Image: © New Internationalist
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15.04.2008
Somalia has been torn apart by civil war for nearly two decades. Several attempts have been made at finding a peaceful resolution to the conflict, but so far all of them have left the country without a functioning central administration. But now a new initiative with an innovative approach to peace-building is taking roots.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [War and peace] [Conflict resolution] Image: © New Internationalist
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08.04.2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Sudan] [International cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] Image: © United Nations
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07.04.2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Sudan] [International cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] Image: UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © United Nations
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04.04.2008
Somalian kriisin on paljon laajempi ja vakavampi kuin maailman siihen kiinnittämä huomio, kansainvälinen pakolaisjärjestö sanoo. Jo miljoona ihmistä on paennut kodeistaan verisemmiksi muuttuvia taisteluita.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Refugees] [Conflict] |
04.04.2008
Ankara kuivuus koettelee Somaliaa, erityisesti maan pohjoisosien paimentolaisyhteisöjä. Kaikkiaan kuivuudesta kärsii YK:n mukaan jopa 14 miljoonaa ihmistä koko Afrikan sarven alueella. Solidaarisuus lähettää Somalimaahan apua; järjestön kumppanit järjestävät alueelle esimerkiksi vesikuljetuksia.
more...From: Solidaarisuus Related topics/regions: [Emergency relief] |
04.04.2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - A leading humanitarian group is calling for the United Nations Security Council to take additional measures to help about 1 million Somalis who have been rendered homeless by the ongoing armed conflict in their country.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Ethiopia] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Refugees] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Security] [United Nations] Image: Somali family displaced by fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian-backed Somali government; January 2007.
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01.04.2008
Jopa 20 000 ihmistä pakenee joka kuukausi Mogadishun taisteluja Somaliassa. Vuodesta 1991 jatkunut konflikti on tuottanut jo lähes miljoona pakolaista.
more...From: OneWorld España Related topics/regions: [Refugees] [Conflict] Image: Taisteluja paenneiden tilapäisasumuksia Somaliassa. © United Nations
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28.03.2008
Somalia on onnistunut hävittämään polion, kertoo Maailman terveysjärjestä WHO. Afrikan sarven maassa ei viimeksi kuluneen vuoden aikana ole tullut ilmi yhtään uutta poliotapausta.
more...From: Plan Suomi Säätiö Related topics/regions: [Health] |
27.03.2008
The crisis engulfing Somalia has deteriorated dramatically since NGOs warned in October of an impending humanitarian catastrophe, the organisations say in a statement aimed at putting pressure on members of the UN Security Council.
more...Image: A pickup truck with a mounted gun in Mogadishu © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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13.03.2008
Many of the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Somalia are surviving on less than one meal a day, reports the International Committee of the Red Cross, as the protracted conflict in Mogadishu escalates and spreads to other parts of the nation.
more...From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Image: A displaced Somali woman and her child.
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05.03.2008
The world has largely turned its attention away from humanitarian crises in Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma, but the world body shouldn't, said a prominent human rights group this week.
more...From: Human Rights Watch Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [Myanmar] [Sri Lanka] Image: Congolese girl affected by war. © Refugees International
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21.02.2008
Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda -- all highly dependent on Kenya for goods, transport links, and services -- are struggling to cope with the consequences of the east African nation's ongoing political crisis.
more...From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related topics/regions: [Uganda] [Tanzania] [Kenya] |
13.02.2008
Somalia's tenuous security situation got even worse Monday as attacks on the UN compound in Mogadishu compelled the world body and some humanitarian groups to suspend aid operations.
more...From: allAfrica.com Image: Somalis. © Mercy Corps
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06.02.2008
Due to a combination of various factors, including violence, drought, and financial instability, as many as 2 million people in Somalia are currently in dire need of humanitarian aid, report the UN and other humanitarian agencies.
more...From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Image: A child and her mother wait to receive food at a UN feeding center in southern Somalia.
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04.02.2008
Kolmen työntekijän kuolemaan johtanut hyökkäys saa Lääkärit ilman rajoja -järjestön toistaiseksi lopettamaan toimintansa Somaliassa.
more...From: OneWorld España Related topics/regions: [Disease] [Conflict] Image: -
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