Stories about Somalia from October, 2005
Somaliland: UN interview
Inside Somaliland posts an interview with Maxwell Gaylard, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Detention center blaze
Somali/Dutch blog ayaan hirsi ali – has a report on the fire in a Netherlands detention center for illegal immigrants and drug dealers which resulted in the death of 1o people and a further 15 injured. Prisoners have accused the guards of a slow response despite cries for help.
War crimes in somaliand
Inside Somaliland reports on the arrest in Sweden of a member of Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament on suspicion that he was involved in war crimes in the Horn of Africa.
Somalia and Somaliland
Yvette Lopez of Inside Somaliland has a report on the “Curious Case of Somaliland”. Most people get confused over what is Somalia and Somaliland often thinking they are one and the same, here it is explained. Somaliland is not Somalia, but is a part of what used to be Somalia...
Elections in Somaliland
While most of Somalia has been a dangerous, unstable place since the fall of Siad Barre in 1991, Somaliland, the northernmost part of the former Somalia, has fared surprisingly well. It has a functioning government, a police force, currency, and strong aspirations towards sovreignty. The unrecognized country has just held...