De
Capua interview on Somalia :For the first time
in many years, a police academy has opened in
Somalia. It’s located in Armo, in the northeastern
part of the country. The UN Development Program, the
UNDP, has developed the training course for the
police cadets.
NAIROBI Dec 22/05 - SNS -- An estimated two million people in southern Somalia are facing an imminent humanitarian emergency and acute livelihood crisis over the next six months, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned.
BOSSASO, 22 December (IRIN) - Between 370,000 and 400,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) across Somalia are in urgent need of assistance and protection, a senior humanitarian official has said.
ROME (Reuters) - The worst harvests in 10 years will thrust southern Somalia into a humanitarian emergency, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Wednesday, warning up to 2 million people will need food aid.
ARMO, 21 December (IRIN) - Hamdi Hershi Mohamed, a 17-year-old female police cadet, was among the 150 recruits marching on Tuesday around the compound of the newly opened police academy at Armo, northeastern Somalia.
Up to 2 million people in Southern Somalia are likely to be in a "humanitarian emergency" or "acute food and livelihood crisis" for at least the next six months due to failed rains, double the number previously projected, according to the latest report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
December 22, 2005: The efforts of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to create a unified government for Somalia have been more or less fruitless.
The world's major powers and the United Nations must move urgently to prevent a new border war between arch-rival Horn of Africa neighbors Ethiopia and Eritrea that could further destabilize the volatile region, a leading international policy institute warned.
Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Families and friends of the estimated 220,000 people killed or missing after the Indian Ocean tsunami will attend beachside ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the disaster on Dec. 26.
