IMF, World Bank Somalia Talks NAIROBI, Kenya June 30 (AP) -- The International Monetary Fund and World Bank have held talks with representatives of Somalia for the first time in 10 years ......

Security Council praises Somalia peace effort (From the newsroom of the BBC World Service )- (June 29) - The United Nations Security Council has said it strongly supports the peace initiative by Djibouti aimed ......

Djibouti Seeks Help for Somali Unification Talks UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - (June 29) - Little Djibouti said on Thursday that the reconciliation process it started last year for its giant Red Sea neighbor Somalia was attracting more and more participants but required financial ......

Govts. Urged To Back Somali Peace UNITED NATIONS (AP) - (June 29) - The Security Council gave strong support Thursday to a proposal aimed at ending a decade of violence in Somalia, and urged governments to provide political and financial backing to the process ......

China Calls for Full Participation of Somali Factions in Peace Process UNITED NATIONS (June 29) XINHUA - China Thursday strongly urged the Somali faction leaders, who remain outside the peace process, to join the others in the peace efforts to ......

U.N. Leader Calls for World Support to Djibouti on Somalia UNITED NATIONS (June 29) XINHUA - A senior U.N. official Thursday called on the international community to assist Djibouti financially in its peace ......

Toll rises to 59 in south Somalia clashes: witnesses MOGADISHU, June 28 (AFP) - A week of factional clashes in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle region has left some 59 people dead ......

Death toll rises to 40 in southern Somalia clashes MOGADISHU, June 27 (AFP) - At least 13 people have been killed in factional fighting in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, bringing the death toll in ......

Somaliland says Djibouti conference misguided From the newsroom of the BBC World Service , 26 June (BBC) - Hundreds of people have been on the streets of Hargeisa, in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, celebrating independence day ......

Somalia: Djibouti delegates secure two more weeks for debate DJIBOUTI, 26 June (IRIN) - Somali delegates attending peace talks in Djibouti won more time in which to agree on steps towards the ......

Death toll rises to 28 in interclan battle in southern Somalia MOGADISHU, June 26 (AFP) - The death toll from the four days of fighting between two sub-clans in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle region has ......

Corrupt Leaders and Warlords Are a Menace to Sustainable Peace Bossaso City (Somali Peace Rally, June 26, 2000) - (Somali Peace Rally) - The Somali Peace Rally (SPR) still keeps the believe that the Djibouti government's peace initiative for Somalia is ......

Three more committees formed in Carte Arte (DJIBOUTI), June 26-Somali delegations arriving from Somalia and other parts of the world are still pouring into Arta ......

Thirty dead in Somalia fighting Mogadishu, June 25 (BBC) -More than thirty people have been killed in Somalia in a battle between rival clans in the south ......

Somali girls coming of age are caught in cultural tug of war Published Sunday, June 25, 2000 (startribune) -At gym time, teenage girls in the locker room strip off T-shirts and jeans and squeeze into tank tops and spandex shorts. But Fartun Nur, 17 ......

Mosques in America under attack CALIFORNIA, June 23 (AROL) - In recent years American Muslims have witnessed an increase in the incidence of attacks on mosques by arsonists and vandals ......

Somali Refugees in Zambia Face Starvation LUSAKA (June 22) XINHUA - Thousands of refugees in Zambia face starvation because of a sharp decline of food supplies, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) said ......

Peace conference tackles status of Mogadishu NAIROBI, 21 June (IRIN) - Somali delegates in Arta, Djibouti, formed committees on Wednesday to discuss key issues related to the political crisis in Somalia ......

PRESS RELEASE FROM CARTA JABUUTI June 20 (From SomaliaRebirth Web) - The Delegates of the Somali national Conference in Arta, Djibouti, would like to express their whole hearted support for the popular uprising in many parts of Somalia ......

Heavy fighting at Baidoa airport Somalia, June 19 (IRIN) - Heavy fighting broke out at Baidoa airport on Saturday, and resumed again on Monday, humanitarian sources told IRIN ......

Puntland rejects Djibouti peace process Somalia, June 19 (IRIN) - The Puntland authorities have officially rejected the Somali peace talks currently underway in Djibouti......

After Horn peace deal, shift sights to relief: UNICEF chief RABDURE, Somalia, June 19 (AFP) - UNICEF chief Carol Bellamy has welcomed the weekend peace agreement between ......

Secretary-General urges all somalis to join and support Djibouti Peace Initiative (June 17) The following statement was issued by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General: ......

Somalia Well under Way to Form New Government MOGADISHU (June 17) XINHUA - The Djibouti peace conference for Somali is well under its way to establish a new government for the war-torn country as the delegates participating ......

Annan Hails Progress in Peace Process in Somalia UNITED NATIONS (June 16) XINHUA - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Friday welcomed the development that the Somalia National Peace Conference has moved into its second phase ......

SOMALIA: Italian NGO compound attacked in Merka MOGADISHU (June 16) IRIN - The Italian NGO COSVI (Coordinating Committee of the Organisation for Volunteer Services) was the subject of a grenade attack in the coastal town of Merka ......

Djibouti meeting on Somalia peace a security threat: Somaliland HARGEISA, Somalia, June 16 (AFP) - The meeting in Djibouti on the Somali peace process is "hostile" and aimed at "undermining" the prevailing peace in the self-declared ......

Conference stage of Djibouti peace talks opens MOGADISHU (June 15) IRIN -The Somalia National Peace Conference opened on Thursday after completing its consultative phase. Since early May clan elders have ....

Aid agency pulls out of northeast Somalia after failed attack MOGADISHU (June 15) IRIN - International NGO Action Against Hunger have pulled out of northeastern Somalia after a grenade was thrown over the compound wall at nighte ....

SOMALILAND Authorities ask for international observers at trial MOGADISHU (June 15) IRIN - Following the killing of German national Dieter Krasemann on 6 June, Somaliland authorities have requested international assistance in bringing ....

Six Killed, 20 Wounded by Unknown Gunmen in Mogadishu MOGADISHU (June 13) XINHUA - At least six people were killed and nearly 20 others wounded when unidentified gunmen attacked the Hararyalleh residential quarter in South Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday night ....

Hussein Aideed faces militia protest MOGADISHU (June 13) IRIN- Elders and local officials held talks on Monday to try and end four days of sporadic gun battles and looting by militia loyal to faction leader, Hussein Aideed ....

Spaghetti war hotting up in Mogadishu MOGADISHU (June 13) IRIN - With new opportunities in private business, lines of conflict are being drawn between rival spaghetti entrepreneurs. A legacy from the Italian ....

IRIN Horn of Africa Update, 12 Jun 2000 MOGADISHU (June 12) IRIN- SOMALIA: Aid flights suspended in Merka ....

Elders, Officials Meet in Somalia MOGADISHU (June 12) AP- Elders and local officials held talks Monday in a bid to end four days of sporadic gun battles and looting around the former presidential residence in the capital, Mogadishu. ....

Djibouti says Somali conference progressing well MOGADISHU (June 12) BBC- The Foreign Minister of Djibouti, Ali Abdi Farah, has said the Somali national reconciliation conference, which began in Djibouti in early May, is progressing well ....

15-year-old drowns in apartment pool (June 12) AP - A 15-year-old boy, whose family came to the United States just two months ago from Somalia, drowned here in the swimming pool of his apartment ....

Foreign Printed Currency Hits Somali Market MOGADISHU (June 9) XINHUA - Somali businessmen are struggling hard to take the profit of the last chance of printing Somali notes before it is too late ....

SOMALILAND: Investigation results awaited over murder of aid worker MOGADISHU (June 9) XINHUA - The Somalia Aid Coordination Body (SACB) expressed its "deepest regret" over the death of project manager Peter Krasemann of German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in Somaliland ....

Somalia at the bottom of African Football Rankings JOHANNESBURG (June 8) XINHUA - Monthly African rankings from world governing body FIFA ....

Puntland Recalls its delegation to the Djibouti Conference MOGUDISHU ,June 8 (QARAN) - The Puntand Federal State of Somalia recalls its delegation to reconcilation talks in ...

Somalis Envisage Peace from Djibouti Talks MOGUDISHU (June 8) XINHUA - Small and private industries are mushrooming in Mogadishu with the growing hope for the rebirth of Somalia as a result of the ongoing peace meeting in Djibouti . ...

German Aid Worker Murdered in Somaliland HARGEISA, Somalia June 7, 2000- (AFP)- A senior German aid worker was murdered in the self-declared republic of Somaliland on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said. ...

SOMALIA: First recognised meat market opened since 1991 Abu Dhabi, June 7(IRIN-CEA) - Somalia's first officially recognised meat market opened last month in Abu Dhabi, after Dubai's municipality decided it could accept unlicenced meat with assurances from the UN ...

Special Report: The Riverine Somali Community Reap the Fruits of their long Struggle ( Article is distributed via ArlaadiNet June 6, 2000)- June 6 is a historic day for Riverine community of Somalia - it marks the first anniversary of Baidoa liberation .....

Regional administration in Somalia bans the hiring of armed guards MOGADISHU, June 5 (AFP) - Authorities in northeastern Somalia's self-declared autonomous region of Puntland told aid agencies there Monday to stop hiring .....

18 FFU Injured In Hunting Somali Bandits Dar Es Salaam (TOMRIC Agency, June 5, 2000) - About 18 policemen on the mission to hunt notorious Somali bandits in Northern Tanzania have serious injured ......

Eritreans, Somalis and others are arriving in Yemen (Sana, Reuters , June 5, 2000) - More than 600 refugees from the Horn of Africa region have arrived in Yemeni ports since fighting between Ethiopia and Eritrea escalated in .....

USAID will provide $4.4 million in aid to Somalia Washington, DC (U.S. Agency for International Development, June 1, 2000) - USAID will provide $4.4 million in aid to Somalia, for projects to provide primary health care .....