· May, 2006

Stories about Somalia from May, 2006

Somalia: Appeal by Women

  26 May 2006

Marians Blog posts an appeal made by Somali women in 2004 – reminding us once again of the impact of conflict on women and the role women play in nation building but still remain disenfrancised.

Senegal: Immigration as colonization

  25 May 2006

“No Sarkozy! Immigration does not come from a vacuum,” says (Fr) Semett in a post on French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy's immigration policies. “With centuries of merciless exploitation of subsaharan countries and a continuous transfer of their riches to the North, it is logical that the disinherited masses from Africa...

African Diaspora: Victory for Sarkozy's Immigration Law

” [French Interior Minister] Sarkozy's immigration law [CESEDA] passed in the French National Assembly! ” says (Fr) Aimafrica . “For a country like Mali, this could be the beginning of an economic catastrophy. France … after having looted our riches and our people, wants business as usual. She no longer...

Chad: What is France doing there?

  17 May 2006

Generation Consciente, Une Autre Afrique asks (Fr) “What is France doing in Chad? In Africa?” and answers: “The day before yesterday, they waved the communist threat to explain France's presence in Africa. Yesterday Anglo-American jolts justified the need to stay. Today Islamist regimes peak their heads in and explain our...

Africa: Clandestine Emigration

  17 May 2006

Seckasysteme would like to see (Fr) “a summit of West African heads of state so that clandestine emigration can be uprooted and so as to find a durable solution to the problem.” “Hundreds have died since the beginning of the year for having simply tried to escape misery,” continues the...

Somalia: Violence in Mogadishu

  12 May 2006

Yebo Gogo reports on the violence in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. “An alliance of warlords are battling a group that wishes to impose Islamic law in the Horn of Africa country, and hundreds of people”

African Diaspora: Hard times for Africans in France and Belgium

Several francophone blogs have tackled African immigrants’ latest tribulations in France and Belgium. Choosing Immigrants Le Pangolin criticizes French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy’s latest round of immigration policies. The blogger sees Sarkozy’s approach as a diversion from the real social issues raised by protestors of the CPE [Youth Employment Law]....

Somalia: Sharia execution

3 May 2006

Farmgal has a report on the public execution of a murderer who is killed by the victims son…

Somalia: Relationship with Ethiopia, Somaliland

  3 May 2006

Harowo.com has a post on the relationship between Somalia and Ethiopia and Somaliland. On the Somalia parliment they write..”The so called Somali parliament in Baidoa is no more than singing Birds, for if they have the courage to concentrate and deal with the realities which the people they are suppose...