The Human Rights Council this morning discussed the reports of the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Somalia, Ghanim Alnajjar, and of the Personal Representative of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Cuba,...
[30 October 2006] - An estimated 750,000 people have fled their homes in Somalia since fighting began fifteen years ago. Since January alone, some 25,000 Somali refugees have found refuge in neighbouring Kenya, and the number of newcomers has risen...
[30 October 2006] - Talks in Sudan between Somalia's interim government and Islamists have been delayed. An Islamist delegation has flown to Khartoum but they say they will not take part in the talks unless Ethiopian troops leave Somalia. Ethiopia...
[27 October 2006] – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan emphasized today that all sides in strife-torn Somalia must settle their differences through dialogue and not military action, as he repeated calls for the international community...
[27 October 2006] - Thousands of young Muslim men have demonstrated in the Somali capital in support of a call for a holy war, known as a jihad, against Ethiopia. The young men were urged to register their names for a jihad. Demonstrations following...
Summary: A review of the current situation in Somalia concerning children, with a special focus on health, security and political developments in the face of the recent droughts and unrest.The UNICEF Somalia Monthly Review is a monthly bulletin...
[DADAAB, 19 October 2006] - The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, is expanding camps in this arid area of northeastern Kenya to accommodate the daily influx of people fleeing Somalia. Refugees who arrived earlier in the year said they were...
Three children died and four others were seriously wounded on 10/10/06 after a bomb exploded at Bananey village near Qoryoley district of L/Shabeele region of Somalia.The children were playing with the bomb. SOCPD about child protection in the...
Summary: This global report was launched during the week of the presentation of the UN Study on Violence Against Children in New York on 12 October. The report is part of a submission to the Violence Study.As the UN Secretary-General’s Study...
[CAIRO, 1 October 2006] - The Arab League has proposed an international meeting with the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations to talk about peace in Somalia. A League official said Secretary-General Amr Moussa wanted the...