Stories about Somalia from May, 2007
Qatar: Why Somalia isn't Iraq
Qatar-based blogger Abdurahman Warsame explains why Somalia isn't like Iraq. “There has been bomb attacks in Mogadishu since the city fell to the Transitional Government. A number of civilians were killed in various attacks, the prime minister Ali Ghedi and Mayor of Mogadishu, former warlord Mohamed Dheere, have both survived...
Somalia: protesting against illegal invasion
A YouTube video of Somali-American protest in Minnesota: “Somali-American protest in Minnesota What they called The illigal invasion of Ethiopian army in somalia with the support of George Bush's adminstration.”
Somalia: Fighting over Kismayo
Abdurahman Warsame writes, “War on Kismayo“: “Kismayo must be the most disputed city in Somalia. Just recently two militias, claiming to be loyal to the government, fought over Kismayo. The government claims that it's been attacked by Islamic terrorists but I doubt that member of this militia even know how...
Arabeyes: Muslim Evangelists; Somali Poets; Death on Amman's Roads and More
Today's round up of Arabic language blogs takes us to the United Arab Emirates, where a Muslim blogger gets an email from Africa urging him to embrace Islam and then to Somalia, where we get to learn a bit about Somalian poets. We also make stops in Jordan, where the...
Somalia: things fall apart, but…
http://zayali.blogspot.com/2006/02/picture-story.htmlfrom Zaynab, “Things fall apart, but it can be saved.”
