More displaced Somalis from the Bay area moved into the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in droves on Tuesday, as the nation continues to suffer from drought and famine. This region is the sixth in Somalia to be impacted by starvation since the United Nation's first announced the outbreak of famine in July which has affected a little over half the population. On Monday, the UN said that the six out of eight regions south of the country are now affected by the famine, as 750, 000 Somalis are at risk of starvation. Amina Mohammed is an example of a person who has been displaced within Somalia. "I came from Bay in Southern Somalia last month because of the drought, I settled at Galkayo but the recent clashes scared me and I had to move from there. I got here yesterday but the situation looks the same from where I came from, I don't know what to do," she said. Moreover, aid agencies are facing difficulty supplying the people with food, as the al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabab rebels are prohibiting incoming aid to the southern territory which they predominantly control. Also, displaced farmers don't have enough time to reach their farms to tend their crops by October, when brief rainfall is expected. "The situation at Bay was very bad, there is a lot of starvation there and there is no water. The last time it rained there was years ago and all our livestock was wiped out. We are farmers and all our crops died, I don't think enough attention is being given to this situation," she said. The displaced have been complaining about the lack of basic human necessities like food and shelter. Thirty percent are suffering from severe malnourishment and the UN reports two in 10,000 deaths a day. Since the end of dictator Mohammed Siad Barre's rule 20 years ago, Somalia has been hit by continuous conflict and civil war. The country has been ruled by interim governments since 2004, but a meeting was held by various stakeholders on Tuesday in the capital Mogadishu to discuss both security and political reform and the holding of elections next year. By Noora Faraj AlArabiya with Agencies Speaker: Amina Mohammed - Internally displaced Somali Voice: Nadia Idriss Mayen
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Eritrea Economic - Financial Crisis - Mexico - Berlusconi - Drought - Somalia - Kenya - Ethiopia
http://www.eritrea-chat.com - Eritrea TV - English News - Editorial - 17 July 2011. Topics: 1. Sex Scandal Trial of Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi. 2. Eritrean Economic(Economy) Growth and what the world can learn from Eritrea - EU (Greece, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, France, Italy) US Nato Financial Crisis. 3. Deadly Mexican Flood 4. Gash Barka Development. 5. Graduates of health science college Editorial - Political Comment: From 8:45 minute to finish Hunger Drought Disaster in the Horn of Africa - Somalia - Ethiopia - Kenya. UN called for emergency Food Aid in the Horn of Africa.
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These are findings made by a research on the challenges facing the security sector in Puntland. The research specifically focused on the challenges many of which, however, have been addressed (at different levels) by the current Puntland administration through the cooperation of the civil society and international support.
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Former Somalia PM rejects claims he signed contracts with Saracen
http://somalitalk.com/2011/shirkado/ UniversalTV News:Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke rejects claims he sign contracts with Saracen International
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Tv9 Gujarat - Somali Pirates breached coastal security
It seems that attacks by Somali pirates just do not seem to end. In a recent incident, Gujarat police captured a foreign fishing boat with 17 men on board at Nandel, a small port near the Junagadh district. Fourteen of them were Somali pirates and the other three were Yemenese nationals, their hostages.
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Western firms profit from Somalia's piracy problem - 09 Sep
Many of the pirates operating off the coast of Somalia were given special forces-style training from Western firms, a special report by Al Jazeera has found. Some security firms currently protecting shipping from the pirates had been engaged to train them a decade ago. One company, Hart Security, coached trainees to be the "coastguard" of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region - providing protection from illegal fishing in the region. In this exclusive report, Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan found that Western companies, involved at all levels of the business, can now expect to make up to half a million dollars from the average $2m "ransom and release" contracts they are awarded to solve.
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