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Information on Somalia

Adam, Hussein and Richard Ford, et. al. "Removing Barricades in Somalia: Options for Peace and Rehabilitation"
 
U.S. Institute of Peace (Washington, D.C.) Peaceworks, No. 24, October 1998. http://www.usip.org/pubs/peaceworks/pwks24/pwks24.html
[Addo] Farah Sindiko. Farah Weheliye Addo Campaign Committee (FWAPCC). Presidential Campaign 2003
2003 campaign site. Has political program, statements. Addo served as vice-president of the African Football Confederation and is a long established offical. Campaign office based in Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.farahsindiko.com/
African Internet Connectivity-Mike Jensen
Current information on internet service providers, telecommunications in Somalia.. Maintained by Mike Jensen. http://www2.sn.apc.org/africa/countdet.CFM?countries__ISO_Code=SO
AllPuntland.com
In Somali. Puntland's President is Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. Based in Albertslund, Denmark. http://allpuntland.com/
AllSomaliaNews.com
In Somali. Based in Albertslund, Denmark. http://www.allsomalianews.com/
American Diplomacy
Electronic journal published with the cooperation of  the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (T.I.S.S.) based at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Has articles such as "Safirka, Envoy to Somalia" by Peter Bridges. http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/
American Friends Service Committee (Quakers)
Describes the Africa program, their work in Mozambique, Somalia. Organizes an annual tour of African scholars and activists to U.S. college campuses. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [KF] http://www.afsc.org/
Amoud University (Borama, Awdal, Somalia)
"It is the first higher education of its kind in post-civil war in Somalia." Has a Center for Family and Gender Studies, Center for Culture, Peace and Conflict Resolution, and a Center for Research and Development. Information on faculty, news, the libraries, chronology of the university. [KF] http://www.amoud-university.borama.ac.so/
Arawelo
Site for Somali women maintained by a Somali woman living in the U.S. Includes a discussion forum, issues concerning the Somali diaspora, Somali marriage (colonial times and present day), Raising Children In the Diaspora, links to related web sites such as the Somaliland Women's Organization of Toronto. The web site title is based on Queen Araweilo. http://www.angelfire.com/ar/arawelo/index.html
ArlaadiNet.com
In Somali and English. Has current news, business and sports news, history articles, the Maay langauge, human rights abuses, many links to Somalia sites. Emphasis is on "southern Somali history, language and political view." [KF] http://Arlaadinet.com/
Examples of history articles are -

"Somali history" by Mohamed Haji Mukhtar,
"Baidoa Diary: The political events surrounding the occupation and liberation of the Somalia city of Baidoa since 1995," by Mohamed Aden Farkeeti,
"Building Peace From Below? A Critical Review of the District Councils in the Bay and Bakool Regions of Southern Somalia. A preliminary report" by the late Bernhard Helander in cooperation with Mohamed Haji Mukhtar and I. M. Lewis,
a "Chronology of Digil & Mirifle History of Somalia," by Mohamed Aden Ibrahim (Farkeeti),
"The Emergence and Role of Political Parties in the Inter-River Region of Somalia from 1947 to 1960 (Independence)" by Mohamed H. Mukhtar, and other essays.
AsylumLaw.org
Helps individuals win asylum. Has the legal requirements for asylum in countries around the world and full text documents to aid in seeking asylum. Has a section on Somalia with full text documents, in Adobe PDF, covering clan membership, human rights reports, to aid those seeking asylum. Includes Writenet reports by Gerard Prunier on Somalia in Adobe pdf. [KF] http://www.asylumlaw.org
Ayaamaha Press
In English and Somali. Articles on Somalia politics (including Somalia-related events in the U.S.), statements from organizations such as the Somali Intellectual Forum, Mogadishu, Somalia. Based in Toronto, Canada. http://Ayaamaha.com/
Banadir
In English and Somali. News on Somalia from various sources, radio news (in Somali, requires Real Player, sound card), links to Somali related sites (the Somali press, businesses), etc. Based in Windsor, Canada. http://www.banadir.com/
Blackhawk Down - By Mark Bowden
Extensive account of the Battle of Mogadishu October 3, 1993. Background to the events, material from classified military video tapes and documents and from military radio transmissions. Audio interviews for those with sound cards/speakers. There are comments to the reporter, Mark Bowden, from the public such as on military technical details, etc. From the book "Black Hawk down : a story of modern war." (New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1999. 386 p.) Bowden's book was a nonfiction finalist in the 1999 National Book Awards. Includes a short video clip from a PBS documentary, Somalia: Good Intentions, Deadly Results. Produced by the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/somalia/

 
Mark Bowden talks about his series and the website for Nieman Reports (The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University) , Vol. 54 No. 3 Fall 2000.
Bush, George - Address to Troops in Somalia
The History Channel provides a very brief audio file of Bush's Jan. 1, 1993 address to U.S. troops in Somalia. See the Speeche Archive section. You'll need Real Player, sound card, and speakers. http://www.historychannel.com/
Canada. Dept. of Foreign Affairs & International Trade. Travel Information & Advisory Reports
Travel advisories, health conditions, reports for Somalia. http://voyage.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/destinations/menu_e.htm
Canada. Ministry of National Defence. Commission of Inquiry the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia
Full text of the Report. "During the deployment of Canadian troops, events transpired in Somalia that impugned the reputations of individuals, Canada's military and, indeed, the nation itself. Those events, some of them by now well known to most Canadians, included the shooting of Somali intruders at the Canadian compound in Belet Huen, the beating death of a teenager in the custody of soldiers from 2 Commando of the Canadian Airborne Regiment (CAR), an apparent suicide attempt by one of these Canadian soldiers,...." http://www.dnd.ca/somalia/somaliae.htm

The printed report, "Dishonoured Legacy: The Lessons of the Somalia Affair" is published and sold at a cost of $125.00 (5 volumes + summary) by the Canada Communications Group, at 45 Sacré-Coeur Boulevard, Hull, Quebec, K1A 0S7. Bookstore phone number: (819) 956-4802. Catalogue number for the publication is CP32--66/1997. [KF]
Care International - Somalia
Brief information on CARE's work in Somalia. Includes basic statistics from The State of the World's Children (pub. by UNICEF). http://www.careinternational.org.uk/cares_work/where/somalia/
Carter Center
Brief information on the Carter Center and Somalia. http://www.cartercenter.org/
Cato Institute
Public policy institute, supports "limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace". Has a short report, Setting a Dangerous Precedent in Somalia, by Ted G. Carpenter (Foreign Policy Briefing No. 20, 1992) and The Somali Crisis: Time for an African Solution, by George Ayittey (Policy Analysis No. 205, 1994). http://www.cato.org/
Centre for the Strategic Initiatives of Women (Washington, D.C.)
" In the Horn of Africa, CSIW's strengthens women's political participation in civil society for peace, democracy and human rights." Has a directory of Horn of Africa women's groups, maps. [KF] http://www.csiw.org/There are full text reports on -
 

Women's Right in Islam (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan)
The Culture and Tradition of Women in Somalia
Women’s Work in Peace: Lessons from Training Projects in the Horn of Africa

Clandestine Radio Intel Web
A directory with radio frequencies of rebel, clandestine radio stations in Africa and elsewhere. Has a Nov. 2000 report on "Somalia: Militia Radio Stations Remain Clandestine" which includes a directory of radio stations. Has a directory of inactive radio stations. Use the Search from to locate other Somalia related items. http://www.clandestineradio.com
Clarke, Walter Sheldon - Humanitarian Intervention in Somalia
A bibliography. The main page is the index (24 p.) for the bibliography. Click on the letter of the alphabet to find the full citation. Has some typos (Alpters instead of Alpers). Clarke was Deputy Director of the U.S. Liaison Office in Mogadishu, 1993, Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy, Djibouti, and a former Senior Foreign Service Officer. On the site of George Mason University, School of Public Policy, Program on Peacekeeping Policy. http://www.gmu.edu/departments/t-po/peace/clarke/index.html
Cold War International History Project (Washington, D.C.)
Established at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, supports the release of historical materials by governments, seeks to disseminate new perspectives on Cold War history. http://cwihp.si.edu
Has full text reports -
Anatomy of a Third World Cold War Crisis: New East-bloc Evidence on the Horn of Africa, 1977-1978.
  • The Horn, the Cold War, and New Documents from the Former East-bloc: An Ethiopian View, by Ermias Abebe
  • Moscow, Mengistu, and the Horn, by Paul B. Henze
  • East Germany and the Horn Crisis: Documents on SED Afrikapolitik, by Christian F. Ostermann
  • Russian and East German Documents on the Horn of Africa, 1977-1978
Committee to Protect Journalists
Based in New York city, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. Has a report on Somalia. Use their keyword search facility to locate other reports. http://www.cpj.org
Conciliation Resources (Lancaster House, London)
CR is a service for conflict resolution and prevention with a program on Somaliland. It's Occasional Papers series includes a Report on Peace-Making Initiative in Somaliland, April 1995-January 1997. http://www.c-r.org/
Coral Reefs - Action Atlas
Site by Mother Jones magazine and the Coral Reef Alliance in Berkeley,
California on endangered coral reefs in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique,
Comoros, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Reunion.
Main page: http://www.motherjones.com/coral_reef/
African coral reefs: http://www.motherjones.com/coral_reef/indian_ocean.html
Council on Foreign Relations. Terrorism: Questions and Answers
Include questions and answers concerning Somalia and terrorism. Information sources are mainly newspapers. The Council on Foreign Relations is a nonpartisan organization which conducts research and publishes Foreign Affairs magazine. http://www.terrorismanswers.com/home/
Cultural Orientation - Somali Bantu
On the "people, history and cultures of the Somali Bantu.....designed primarily for service providers and others assisting Somali Bantu refugees in their new communities in the United States." Includes a bibliography, resettlement challenges, a language glossary. The principle writers are Daniel Van Lehman and Omar Eno. From the Cultural Orientation Resource Center, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. http://www.culturalorientation.net/bantu/sbtoc.html
Cultural Orientation - Somalis, Their History and Culture
Information on the people, land, economy, history, society, education, values, religion, art, food, festivities, names, language. Has a glossary, bibliography. From the Cultural Orientation Resource Center, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C. http://www.culturalorientation.net/somali/index.html
Daallo Airlines
Private-sector airline operating in in Somaliland and Djibouti. Established in Djibouti in March 1991 with executive offices in Dubai - U.A.E. http://www.daallo.com/
Davies, Jack L. - Civic Webs Virtual Library
Contains full text studies / proposals by Davies Consulting GmbH, Munich Germany. http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/
Africa
 
  • "A Set of Projects for Achieving Sustainable Economic Development on the Horn of Africa: Creating a 'Silicon Valley' on the Horn of Africa", DACO - Davies Consulting GmbH, 15 August 1997, approx. 150 pages in printed version.
  • "Creating 'Agri-Cities' for Re-Settling Poor People from City Slums onto Small Rural Farms on the Horn of Africa", DACO - Davies Consulting GmbH, 15 September 1997, 68 pages in printed version
Somalia
 
Davies, Rick - Mogadishu Images from the Past
"A cartographic and photographic record of Mogadishu, Somalia, from the late 18th century to 1990. This page has been created and maintained by Rick Davies, a resident of the city in the 1980s." Brief history, historical photographics (many postcards). See also Peter Brown's Mogadishu photographs. Dr. Davies, an Australian, is a social development consultant based at the Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales Swansea, U.K. http://www.swan.ac.uk/cds/rd/mogimage.htm
Dhambaal
"The online version of Dhambaal Somali Newspaper. It covers news, current affairs, social and religious issues, literature and issues that important for Somali in the diaspora." Has a discussion forum, links to Somali sites. Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.dhambaal.com
[Dirie] Readers' Digest - "Desert Flower" - Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller
Excerpt from the book, "Desert Flower," by Somali fashion model, Waris Dirie, Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Includes links on FGM. http://www.readersdigest.com/rdmagazine/specfeat/archives/desertindex.html
Djibnet, Nomad's Land
In French. Extensive annotated directory on all aspects of Djibouti, Somalia. Has a discussion forum. Based in Villejuif, France. [KF] http://www.djibnet.com/
East Africa University
In Somali. The University is located in Puntland, a self-declared semi-autonomous region of Somalia. [KF] http://www.puntlanduniversity.com/
Edna Adan Maternity Hospital (Hargeisa, Somaliland)
 
A non-profit community hospital for the Republic of Somaliland. "The idea of building the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital was conceived because Somali women and children have the highest maternal and child mortality rate in the world." Has a nursing school. Includes photographs. http://ednahospital.netfirms.com/

See also - Edna Maternity Hospital (Hargeisa, Somaliland)
"The new hospital was conceived by Edna Adan Ismail, a former World Health Organization representative in Djibouti, who is the principal donor." The project seeks to train Somalis as nurses and midwives. Has project document, board of trustees list, etc. http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/ednahospital/index.html
Ethnologue - Somalia
From the publication, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 13th ed. (Dallas, Tx.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1996), edited by Barbara F. Grimes. Provides numbers of speakers by language, dialects, linguistic affiliation, etc.
Somalia: http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Soma.html
Main Page: http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/
Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS)
The FEWS Somalia reports are "valuable sources of information on current conditions in Somalia" - D. Hicks, World Food Programme. FEWS is "a USAID-funded activity that collaborates with international, national, and regional partners to provide timely and rigorous early warning and vulnerability information on emerging or evolving food security issues." Has e-mail newsletters and updates. Based at Chemonics International, Washington, D.C. http://www.fews.net/centers/
Farah, Nuruddin
Farah was awarded the 1998 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, awarded every two years and the only international literary award from the United States for which poets, playwrights, and novelists are given equal consideration. "It is widely considered to be the most prestigious international prize after the Nobel Prize, and in fact is often referred to as the 'American Nobel.'" http://www.ou.edu/worldlit/neustadt.htm
"Bitter Crumbs and  Sour Milk - a Nation Betrayed", article on Somali writer, Farah, from the Manchester Guardian Weekly April 18, 1993. On foreign aid, etc. http://www.antro.uu.se/bh/nomadnet/nfarah.html
Foreign relations of the United States, 1964-1968. Volume 24, Africa. Editors, Nina Davis Howland, David S. Patterson.Washington, D.C. : Office of the Historian, U.S. Dept. of State, 1999.
Full text primary documents (letters, telegrams, memoranda, etc.) regarding U.S. relations with Africa. Includes the entire continent plus the Horn of Africa, etc. (Dept. of State Publication 10627). [KF] http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/vol_xxiv/index.html
Gacal Magasiin (Ottawa, Canada)
In Somali. http://www.gacal.com/
Global IDP
Very fine site. Profiles of internally displaced persons in over twenty countries (Angola, Burundi, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda). Extensive historical background, political situation, protection issues, international response, statistics, graphs, maps, sources used with links to online sources. From the Norwegian Refugee Council, Global IDP Project, based in Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.idpproject.org/
Global Information Network In Education (GINIE)
Based at the University of Pittsburg, GINIE has a Land Mine Awareness Education Programme in Somalia and links to related land mine awareness sites. http://www.ginie.org/ or http://ginie1.sched.pitt.edu/
Haan Books (London)
Specializes in books on Africa covering anthropology, cultural studies, history, politics, and language especially on the Horn of Africa and Somalia. Has information on the Somali Studies International Association Conference, July 2001. Their books are distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Peppercorn Press. http://www.haanbooks.co.uk/
Hiiraan Online
In English and Somalia. News articles (from major news publications), political commentary, a Somalia music site, extensive links to Somali related sites. Maintained by the Hiiraan Community in North America, based in Ottawa, Canada. http://www.hiiraan.com/
Horseed
In Somali and English. Older news on Somaliland, articles from the Somliland newspaper, Jamhuuriya and other sources. Has a biography of President Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal of Somaliland, an article, "Executive Summary. Introduction: The Uncentralised Somali Legacy" on Somali government by Ioan M. Lewis and others. The article on the web has an erroneous title "President Gheelle: The Bad Apple in the Horn" and is actually the Executive Summary of the monograph, "A Study of Decentralised Political Structures for Somalia: A Menu of Options. Report prepared by consultants from the London School of Economics and Political Science." (Aug. 1995. 97 pages). Thanks to Deborah Hicks of the U.N. World Food Programme for this correction. Somaliland declared itself independent from Somalia. http://www.horseed.com/
Iftiin Publishers
Publisher of grammars, dictionaries, etc. in Somali and English. http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Enterprises/8207/
Iman
Site of the Somali super model. Has her biography, a video of Iman's visit to Somalia with the ICRC (Red Cross) during the famine, (her first visit in 20 years), meeting her uncle in Baidoa, visiting Mogadishu, etc. includes a diary of her visit and a conversation with Sudanese model, Alek Wek. http://www.i-iman.com/
Institute of Practical Research and Training (Hargeisa)
Has full text speeches / reports from the Horn of Africa / Gulf of Aden Conference on Landmines (Djibouti, 2000), a report on the First Conference on "Reconstruction Strategies and Challenges Beyond Rehabilitation" (Hargeisa, 1998), brief reports on landmines in Somaliland, Somalia, and Djibouti, a report on the role of the Somaliland [internet] Forum, Women and Public Decision Making in Somaliland by Amina Mohamed Warsame, a WHO / UNICEF report on AIDS in Somaliland, the Somali language in education, etc. The Institute works in partnership with the Somaliland government House of Representatives (training, building the library), sponsors a clinic for orphan Somali children, etc. Information about "Somaliland," a book of photographs and essays on Somaliland, by Barbara Euser and Patrick Lagès, is on the site. Based in Hargeisa, Somaliland. http://www.iprt.org
InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
"....the Authority superseding the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) which was created in 1986 by the six drought stricken countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda to co-ordinate development in the Horn of Africa.....Eritrea became the seventh member of IGADD in September 1993 after its independence. IGAD headquarters is in Djibouti." Has communiques and resolutions of Summit meetings, press releases (esp. on Somalia), the Regional Household Energy Programme, the Market Information System. Publishes IGAD News. Has databases of the publications, library catalog, [KF] http://www.igadregion.org/
International Census Collection Online Catalog, Univ. of Texas (Austin) - Somalia
A bibliography of census holdings, mainly population and housing censuses. Volumes may be borrowed thru interlibrary loan by U.S. libraries. [KF] http://www.lib.utexas.edu/pcl/icc/africa/east/som.html
Main page: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/pcl/icc/
International Conference on Prospects for a Horn of Africa Confederation, Nov. 14-15, 2002, University of South Florida, Tampa
http://www.usf.edu/ibl/hornofafrica/hac_home.htm
International Congress of Somali Studies, 7th, 1999 July 8-11, York University (Canada)
http://somalinet.com/somalistudies/
International Crisis Group - Negotiating a Blueprint for Peace in Somalia
Full text, in Adobe pdf. Published 6 March 2003. 31 p. (Africa Report, No. 59). ICG is "an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, based in Brussels, Belgium. http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=911
International Crisis Group - Salvaging Somalia’s Chance For Peace
Full text report, in Adobe pdf. 12 pages. Published Dec. 9, 2002. ICG is "an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, based in Brussels, Belgium. http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=839
International Crisis Group - Somalia: Countering Terrorism in a Failed State
Full text, in Adobe pdf. Published May 2002. "The so-called Transitional National Government, formed in 1999 at the Arta conference in Djibouti sponsored by the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), is not sufficiently representative and controls little more than part of the capital, Mogadishu. Supported by a loose coalition of Arab and African countries, including Egypt, Libya, Djibouti, Eritrea and a number of Gulf states, and in alliance with militia groups, it is engaged in a tense and occasionally violent stand-off with an opposition coalition, the Ethiopia-backed Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council." "Diplomatic efforts should have two objectives: first, to defuse the immediate tensions...; and secondly, to create the broader support structures and favourable conditions for IGAD to help lead a wider reconciliation and reconstruction process." http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=662
International Crisis Group - Somaliland: Democratisation and Its Discontents
 
Full text report. July 28, 2003. 53 p. in Adobe pdf. Makes recommendations to the Somaliland government, donor governments, the U.N., African Union, and IGAD including "granting Somaliland observer status pending a final decision on its international status." http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=1067
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Use the Search form to locate a health profile on Somalia, information on the Somali Red Crescent Society and other health related information on Somalia. [KF] http://www.ifrc.org/
International Monetary Fund - Somalia
http://www.imf.org/external/country/SOM/index.htm
International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa (IRG)
"an effort to engage civil society groups and individuals in exploring alternative approaches to security policy." Has full text reports on the Horn of Africa military profiles, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan, Uganda. From Project Ploughshares, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Waterloo, Canada. [KF] http://www.ploughshares.ca/content/BUILD%20PEACE/IRG.html

Has reports on Civil-Military Relations in Somaliland and Northeast Somalia, Conflict Resolution in Somaliland.
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
A free e-journal based at University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K.. Has full text articleson Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire. Also articles on Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. http://www.jha.ac/
Kulmiye Party
In Somali and English. Main opposition party in Somaliland. Its candidate in the April 2003 Presidential election, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, came in second. Biography of Silanyo. Based in Hargeisa, Somaliland. [KF] http://www.kulmiye.com/
Library of Congress Country/Area Studies Handbooks
Has most of the full-text of the Army Area Handbooks long used as basic reference sources. Information on the history, society, economy, politics, national security of each country. Covers Somalia. Parts of the handbooks not included in the online edition are the bibliographies, tables, maps, photos; these will be added later. One can search across all countries or any combination of countries and browse the table of contents for a specific country.
Somalia: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sotoc.html
Maass, Peter - "Mogadishu, Ayn Rand Comes to Somalia"
Full text article (3 p.) in The Atlantic Monthly, May 2001, on how Somali businessmen are providing internet, phone service, consumer services, and a "stock exchange" based on trust in spite of minimum government operations. [KF] http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/05/maass.htm
Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix)
Based in Santa Barbara, California. Has African country maps, city maps, a Somali ethnic group map, etc. http://www.maps.com/
Marka Cadeey
In Somali. News, links to sites on Somalia including radio stations, information on a symposium on Somali agriculture, on the Al-Ansar Institute of Islamic Education and Basic Science (Elementary/Intermediate/High) in Marka, Somalia. Based in Ottawa, Canada. [KF] http://www.markacadeey.com/
Maroodi Jeex, A Somaliland Alternative Newsletter
"...a quarterly journal specially written for those who are serious about protecting their freedoms, their privacy and their person against Big Brother..." Has many articles from 1996 to date. http://www.anaserve.com/~mbali/review.htm
Mbendi Country Profile - Somalia
Basic country data, country overview and outlook. By MBendi Information Services (Pty) Ltd. a business consulting company in Claremont, South Africa. http://www.mbendi.co.za/land/af/so/p0005.htm
Merka Art Gallery, Contemporary African Art
Features work of Mohamed Buwe Sidi Osman, a Somalia self-taught artist who works with acrylic. Dr. Osman is also a physician at the Kent Medical Center, Washington state. http://www.osmanart.homestead.com/
Middle East Research & Information Project, MERIP (Washington, D.C.)
MERIP is a a non-profit, non-governmental organization, over 30 years old. Use the Search to locate articles on Somalia such as "War Clouds Over Somalia" by Dan Connell (pub. March 2002) or "Why Black Hawks Go Down" by Ian Urbina (pub. Feb. 2002). [KF] http://www.merip.org/
Minority Rights Group International (London)
Has a Horn of Africa Programme (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda), publications, a newsletter, Outsider, and a report on Pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. http://www.minorityrights.org
Mogadishu University (Mogadishu, Somalia)
Private non-profit institution of higher learning established in 1996. Has a history of the university, Institute for Somali Studies, university projects planned. Address: P.0. Box: 27081, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel: 252 -59-44115 Somalia Fax: 252-1-216820 Somalia E-mail: somalia@somaliaedu.com http://www.mogadishuuniversity.com/
 
Myths of the U.S. Debacle in Somalia Uncovered: Five Years Later.
A brief assessment by the Project on Peacekeeping and the United Nations,  (a Washington, D.C. based "public education effort to increase U.S. support and leadership for multilateral approaches to conflict,") on the U.S. Somalia operation. http://www.clw.org/
A Nation of Poets
Proposed documentary film [on Somali poetry and politics] "that will tell the story of a Somali women's, the director's, return to her worn-torn country, patterning the journey taken by Canadian novelist Margaret Laurence in 1950. The film will examine issues and themes that Laurence explored in her travels to Somaliland in the 1950's, during British colonial time, and it will take up these themes in its exploration of the civil war and Somalia's historic movement for national independence." Has the filmmaker's biography, a slide show of photographs, audio clips, etc. http://www.nationofpoets.com/
NationLink Somalia
In Somali. A Somali telecommunications company, GSM mobile service, internet service provider, provides local dial-up service, offers 24-hour unlimited access. Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. http://www.nationlink-somalia.com/
Network Startup Resource Center - Somalia
History of connectivity, information on internet service providers. http://www.nsrc.org/db/lookup/ISO=SO
Nomadnet
Contains the Somali Archive, Hornet (information from the PADIS Fidonet network in Ethiopia), issues of Somalia News Update, information on the Falasha of Ethiopia, some articles on economic development, a Somali music clip, etc. Maintained by Michael Maren. http://www.ixpres.com/netnomad/ or http://www.netnomad.com/
Oakley, Robert B., and David Bentley - "Peace operations : a comparison of Somalia and Haiti"
[Washington, D.C.?] : National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, [1995]. 4 p.
Series: (Strategic forum ; no. 30). Oakley was U.S. Ambassador to Somalia. The NDU, in Washinton, D.C., "educates military and civilian leaders through teaching, research, and outreach in national security strategy, national military strategy, and national resource strategy;..." [KF] http://www.ndu.edu/inss/strforum/forum30.html
Ogadan Relief Association
"we are a relief organisation officially recognised and registered in the Federal Republic of Germany known: "Ogaden Relief Association" - O.R.A. Our organisation is a nonprofit and nonpolitical welfare organisation whose target is to help and organise international humanitarian aid for the suffering population of Ogadenia." "The Ogaden Region was annexed by Ethiopia with the help of Britain on September 24, 1948." Historical background, Ogaden Human Rights Committee, etc. hhttp://i10www.ira.uka.de/maow/
Partnership Africa Canada - Somalia
Documents from two mailing lists, pacnet-l and the french version pacres-l. Topics include Somalia, refugees in Southern Africa, the Arab human rights movement, Canadian aid. http://www.partnershipafricacanada.org
Peppercorn Books & Press
Publishes Somali language dictionaries, grammers, phrasebooks, thesaurus, K-12 and teacher resources, books on Somalia's politics, culture, history. Based in Greensboro, North Carolina. http://www.peppercornbooks.com
Phillips, Joan - Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Bibliography including periodical articles. Pub. March 2000. Joan Phillips is Bibliographer, Air University Library, Maxwell AFB, AL. http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/rest/resthope.htm
Prunier, Gerard- "Somalia Reinvents Itself"
April 2000 article in Le Monde Diplomatique (Paris). http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2000/04/13somalia
Prunier, Gerard - "Somaliland, a forgotten country"
October 1997 article in the Paris newspaper, Le Monde Diplomatique, about The Republic of Somaliland, which broke away from the rest of Somalia in 1991. http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/1997/10/somali.html
Public Broadcasting Corp. - Ambush in Mogadishu
Site for the Frontline TV program on the 1993 battle of U.S. forces in Somalia. Interviews, articles, photographs, audio clips. Sections on the Firefight, U.S. Rangers, weapons & technology, program transcript, teachers' guide, chronology, replies to questions by Rangers involved in the events. [KF] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ambush/
Public Broadcasting Corporation - Jim Lehrer News Hour
Has the transcript of an August 2, 1996 program -- "Death of a Warlord. When Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed died on Thursday,hopes of a peace in the fractured country rose again. Steve Scott of ITN reports on the leader and his legacy, and Margaret Warner talks with veteran diplomat Robert Oakley about the road ahead." http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/africa.html
Puntland Medical Association
" founded in 1999, is a Professional association that unite all Puntland State Medical Doctors in one organization." http://members.tripod.com/%7EPuntland/
Puntland State of Somalia
In Somali, has some English. "the people of Sool, Southern and Eastern Sanaag regions and Buhoodle District, who freely decided through series of consultative and constitutional public conferences, to join with their brethren in the North-East Somalia, jointly forming the Puntland State of Somalia, a major partner of a future Somali federal system of government." Includes the Puntland constitution, historical background, press releases. [KF] http://members.tripod.com/~Puntland/
Puntland Students Association
Hosted on the web site of Taking IT Global and the Global Youth Action Network. http://youthlink.takingitglobal.org/opps/orgdir.html?vieworg=2821
Qorahay Online
In Somali. A few items in English such as a Feb. 2003 protest by the Ogaden Community in the U.S. Site based in Bankstown, Australia. [KF] http://www.qorahay.com/
Radio Banadir
Independent, non-governmental station, based in Mogadishu. http://www.radiobanadir.com/
Radio Somaliland
Mainly in Somali. News, links to many Somalia sites. Video clips of Somaliland. Based in Ottawa, Canada. http://www.radiosomaliland.com/
Red Sea Online
Has rules of the game, layli, and software to play the game (similar to mancala), a list of books on Somaliland, a Somali-English-Italian online dictionary. Based in Pisa, Italy. http://www.redsea-online.com/
SALIGAD
"project dealing with small arms issues in the Horn of Africa"; "promotes dialogue and non-violent conflict resolution. Projects are implemented by the Bonn International Center for Conversion - BICC and the International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa (IRG). Does field work in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan. Has report of a 2000 Workshop on Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Garissa District (Kenya), a report of a workshop on the Control and Managment of Arms on Inter-communal, Domestic and Business Violence (Kenya). Has text of intergovernment declarations on small arms (Nairobi, Bamako), a link to a 42 p. report, Curbing the Demand for Small Arms - Lessons in East Africa and the Horn of Africa and a directory of peace related organizations in the Horn. http://www.saligad.org
Somali Association for Peace and Democracy (SAPD)
Supports the Transitional National Government. Has a discussion list. To subscribe, send email to:
listproc@listproc.georgetown.edu
in the body, type: subscribe sapdsomalia-L <your email address> <your name>
SAPD is a member of the Institute for Global Communications, IGC. Based in Washington, D.C. E-mail: sapdpress@yahoo.com [KF]
Somali Bantu
Site for the Somali Bantu / Jarer people. Includes news, a paper by Omar A. Eno, "The Untold Apartheid In Somalia Imposed on Somali Bantu/Jareer People" (1993) which mentions Abdulkadir Sheck Sakawadin, "one of the founders of the freedom fighting party S. Y .C. (Somali Youth Club), which later became the S.Y.L. (Somali Youth League)." Information on the Somali Asal Muki Organization (SAMO), a political organization established in 1983 by Somali Bantu Politicians and Scholars. http://www.somalibantu.com/
Somali Immigrant Aid Organization
"non-profit community based Organization.......represents the growing interests of the Somali immigrants in Metro Toronto through a full range of services; integration and settlement services; and the preservation of the Somali Culture." Background, some statistics, extensive related links. Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.somalimmigrants.org/
Somali Media
In Somali. Based in Sweden. http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-88125/add.htm
Somali Net Radio
"news, music, interviews, feature stories, and educational articles created especially for residents of Somalia, the members of the worldwide community of Somali emigrants and all other friends of the Somali people and their culture." Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. http://www.somalinetradio.com/
Somali Peace Process
In Somali. On the Somali national peace conference in Arta, Djibouti, July 2000. A few items are in English. Has speeches by Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelle on Somalia, a page on the Djibouti Peace Initiative On Somalia, progress report of the Djibouti National Commission for Peace in Somalia, etc. hhttp://www.somalia-rebirth.dj/
Somali Poster Collection
A listing, with photographs, of Indiana University's (Bloomington) very fine Somali Poster collection is at: http://www.indiana.edu/~libpres/Reformatting/posters.html
Somali Teachers Association
Non profit, professional organization of teachers. Information on Somalia education, Somali National University, the College of Education, articles, Islam, photographs, links to related sites. Site based in Toronto, Canada. [KF] http://www.lafoole.com/
Somalia Home Page
Extensive directory of sites on Somalia including a huge directory of Somalis on the web, information on history, khat (the stimulant), literature in Somali and more. http://www.abyssiniacybergateway.net/somalia/index.html
Somalia News Update
Produced by the late Bernhard.Helander, from August 1992 to December 1994. Issues are on the web site of The Etext Archives. http://www.etext.org/Politics/Somalia.News.Update/
Somalia Shortwave Target List
A list of clandestine radios broadcasting to Somalia. From the Radio Homepage of Martin Schöch. Mr. Schöch is the founder of Clandestine Radio Watch. http://www.schoechi.de/crw/crw-som.html
Somalia Watch
Mainly in Somali. Supports the Transitional National Government. Has political commentary, a discussion forum, map. Some links do not work. http://www.SomaliaWatch.com
Somalia Watch
In English and Somali. Current news, articles, analysis by Somalis and others, links to Somalia web sites. Says it will focus on the "Governance and Human Rights situation in Somalia." Is critical of the Transitional National Government. Based in Qatar, Arabian Gulf. http://www.somaliawatch.org/
Somalihome
Annotated directory of Somalia related sites. Based in Nottingham, U.K. http://www.somalihome.com/
Somaliland [Government]
Official site. Has a country profile, documents on political developments in Somaliland such as the results of the Somaliland May 31, 2001 constitutional referendum, a report on the Somaliland National Referendum, May 31, 2001, in Adobe PDF, text of the Constitution. Addresses of Somaliland missions abroad (visa source), country information, the flag, maps, the Constitution, the Bank of Somaliland, list of NGOs, links to related sits. Maintained by the Somaliland Mission U.K. http://www.somalilandgov.com/
Somaliland Care International
In English and French. A "non-profit organization dedicated to help social justice in Somaliland"; founded in 2001. Based in Ottawa, Canada. [KF] http://www.somalilandconcern.com
Somaliland Cyberspace
"Somaliland Republic, bordered to the east by Somalia, Ethiopia to the south, and Djibouti to the west, corresponds to the former colonial territory of British Somaliland Protectorate." Has their flag, many full text articles on history, politics, the society, the civil war, economy, clanship, literature, khat, women. Maintained by Mohamed Saleh Bali. http://get.to/somaliland/
Somaliland Forum
In Somali and English. "an international organization that brings together Somalilanders from all parts of the world..."and which supports the recognition of Somaliland as an independent state. Describes their education (support for the University of Hargeisa), health, and development programs. Has the 2001 Somaliland Constitution, full text laws, position papers regarding events in Somalia, information on the Somaliland National Elections Commission, news from newspapers (Haatuf News, Somaliland Times, etc.), the dangers of using khat. [KF] http://www.somalilandforum.com
Somaliland. National Electoral Commission
Established in 2001, the Commission managed the first "free and fair election" held in Somaliland. The commission consists of seven members. Three are appointed by the President, two by the House of Elders ( Guurti) and two by the opposition parties." Profiles of commission members, commission structure, regulations, goals, projects. Based in Somaliland.[CA / KF] http://www.somalilandelectoralcommission.com/
Somaliland Net
Featuring links pertaining to Somali culture, education, current news, technology, religion, music, and government, discussion forum, chat room, April 2003 election news. http://www.somalilandnet.com
Somaliland Online
In English. Official site. Press releases, news, country profile, maps, diplomatic offices abroad, the flag, full text of the Constitution, the Bank of Somaliland, public holidays, list of local NGOs, "Somaliland is situated on the eastern horn of Africa..... It shares borders with Republic of Djibouti to the west, Federal Republic of Ethiopia to the south and Somalia to the east." Site maintained by the Somaliland Mission, London, United Kingdom. [KF] http://somalilandonline.com/
Somaliland Poets, Poems, Singers, Songwriters
In Somali. Poetry in Somali. Has English language short articles on history and music (see the Archives section). Maintained by Najiib Axmad Shunuuf and Foosi Axmad Shunuuf. [KF] http://members.tripod.com/shunuuf
Somaliland Post
Provides postal service for Somaliland. It is a division of TORTEL CANADA, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. [KF] http://www.somalilandpost.com/index3.html
SomaliNet
Extensive site with news, Somali organizations, the SomaliNet discussion forum, Somali Womens Forum, books about Somalia section, a business exchange, links to many other Somalia related sites. Based in Toronto, Canada. [KF} http://somalinet.com/
Somali Press
In Somali. News in English and Somali. Hosts a discussion forum. http://www.somalipress.com/
Somali Talk
In Somali. News in English. Lots of information for Somali readers, has the Gacal Magazine, discussion forums, etc. Based in London, Ontario, Canada. http://somalitalk.com/
SomiTek, Somali Information Technology
A software company, based in Richardson, Texas, has produced Hikaadiye, a Somali/English word processing program which includes a Somali spell checker. They also produce Tarjume software, which translates from Somali to English and vice verse. The software runs on Windows 95, 98 or NT. http://www.somitek.com/
Stratfor.com
Access to articles requires payment. Stratfor is an intelligence consulting firm in Austin, Texas, established March 1999. Has news, full text articles such as, "Somalia Revisited: Gadhafi's Plan for Partition" published 22 March, 2000. http://www.stratfor.com/
A Taste of Africa: My Journey to a Nation Unknown to the World
Web blog of a woman working with civil society groups in Somaliland. Includes an account of the April 2003 Somaliland Presidential election, with photographs. On health, human rights, Somali food, women, photographs of Hargeisa, links to related sites. http://jadedafrica.dekarabaw.com/
Tawakal Lifeline Somali Women's Group (London)
A U.K. registered women's NGO established in 1991 by a group of Somali refugee women who seek to help meet the housing, health, social, educational and employment needs of new Somali refugee families in East London. http://www.tawakal.co.uk
Tobia, Peter - Somalia: A Nation in Name Only
"In May 1997, Inquirer staff writer Mark Bowden and staff photographer Peter Tobia journeyed to Mogadishu to chronicle what had become of the city since the American troop pullout in 1993. This essay in photographs and words by Peter Tobia is the result." Includes audio clips. http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/somalia/photo/
UCID Party / Justice and Welfare Party of Somaliland
In Somali. Its candidate, Faisal Ali Warabe, came in third in the first Somaliland Presidential election held April 2003. Has audio files. http://www.ucidparty.com/
UDUB, URURKA DIMUQRAADIGA UMMADDA BAHAWDAY / Unity of Democrats
In Somali, some articles in English. Political party. In the April 2003 first Somaliland Presidential election, it's candidate, Dahir Riyale Kahin, won the Presidency. [KF] http://www.xisbiga-udub.com/
UNESCO. Africa Revisited
In  English and French. About the "richness, the diversity, and the fragility" of Africa's cultural heritage. Has one graphic of  "The city of Mogadishu, as seen from the sea." Photo: National Museums of Kenya / J. De Vere Allen collection. Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. [KF] http://www.unesco.org/whc/exhibits/afr_rev/toc.htm
United Nations. Cartographics Section
In English and French. Has a detailed Somalia map, in Adobe pdf format. Describes the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Map Collection. http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
 
United Nations Development Program. Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
A wealth of information: country profile, situation reports, reports for each region, thematic reports (food security, health, refugees/returnees). The situation reports (1996-1997) include coverage of Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda. Will have databases for download. Has maps and an Archive of 1994-1996 reports including Somalia Reports and a Horn of Africa Review. Hosted at the UPenn African Web site. [KF] http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/eue_web/eue_mnu.htm
United Nations. ReliefWeb
Very current political / economic news on Somalia. Maintained by the UN Dept. of Humanitarian Affairs. http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf

Includes:
Menkhaus, Ken - Somalia: A situation analysis.(UNHCR Centre for Documentation and Research, WRITENET Paper No. 07/2000, November 2000). The full text is in Adobe pdf.
United Nations. Relief Web - Africa Maps
A huge number and variety of African maps. http://www.reliefweb.int/mapc/index.html#Africa
Northeast Africa and the Sudan: http://www.reliefweb.int/mapc/afr_ne/index.html
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Somalia
In English, French, Spanish. Full text documents, press releases, statements. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/7/a/msom.htm
United States. Agency for International Development. Development Experience Clearinghouse
Full text reports from USAID consultants on foreign aid, African education, African agriculture, trade, health (including HIV/AIDS), food security, environment, democracy & governance, communications, energy, housing, humanitarian assistance, population, science, women in development. http://www.dec.org/

 
Use the Search the Development Experience System
Documents are in Adobe PDF format. Also locate print documents which can be purchased.
United States. Agency for International Development. USAID in Africa. Country Information: Somalia
Excellent site with information from FAO, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, U.S. Geological Survey, etc., as well as USAID. Includes human rights reports. Covers Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. Has maps, for ex. street map of Addis Ababa, administrative boundaries of Ethiopia. [KF] http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/country_info/somalia.html
United States. Army. Center of Military History
Has a search facility for the library catalog. Locate citations to publications on Operation Restore Hope, for ex., in the catalog. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm
United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics
Has Historical trade data by product categories (1996 + )
U.S. Trade Balance with the Somalia. (1992 + ) http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members - Somalia
Usually provides the names of the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of the Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs163.html
See also the list from France's Ministere des Affaires Etrangères.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook - Somalia
Brief history, Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transportation, Military, Transnational Issues, the flag and a simple map. [KF] http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/so.html
United States Committee for Refugees
Country Reports for Somalia, photographs for purchase (free to non-profits and non sectarian orgs.), an audio file of "That's When I Realized This Is Real" - Weris Jama, from Somalia, talks about her experience being forced to flee Somalia in 1990. The U. S. Committee for Refugees is a private non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.refugees.org/
U.S. Committee for Refugees - "Welcome Home to Nothing: Refugees Repatriate to a Forgotten Somaliland"
Full text report by Joel Frushone. Pub. 2001, 34 p. in Adobe pdf. Includes a historical background, maps, photographs, a chronology from 1887, refugee camps for Somalis, the education system, health care, water supply, the economy, recommended action. The U. S. Committee for Refugees is a private non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.refugees.org/downloads/Somaliland.pdf
United States. Department of State. Consular Information Sheet- Somalia
The State Dept. provides up-to-date information for tourists traveling to the Somalia. http://travel.state.gov/somalia.html
United States. Department of State. Report on Human Rights Practices - Somalia
2002 Report, 2001 Report, 2000 Report, 1999 Report, 1998 Report , 1997 Report, 1996 Report
1995, 1994, 1993: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html
United States Military Academy. Department of History. Map Library
Atlases produced by West Point's History Dept. The maps are the "digital versions from the atlases printed by the United States Defense Printing Agency." Under "Wars and Conflicts Since 1958" are maps of Somalia 1992-93 and the city of Mogadishu. Click on the maps for en enlargement. http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/MapsHome.htm
University of Hargeisa (Somaliland)
"The University of Hargeisa was officially inaugurated by His Excellency, Mr. Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal, the President of the Republic of Somaliland on 23 October 2000." Information on faculty, programs, etc. Their e-mail address is: uohargeisa@bgtinet.com   http://www.universityofhargeisa.org
University of Pennsylvania Somalia Page and Search Engine
Maps, an embassy directory, travel, language information, etc. Site created by Julie Sisskind, now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn has a search facility where one can input keywords to receive information found on their very large web site. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Somalia.html
War-Torn Societies Project (WSP)
Has an Somalia country project. WSP's database of citations to research reports, books, unpublished reports, etc. is searchable by keyword. Its newsletter, The Challenge of Peace and its Research Updates carry reports on Somalia.The WSP promotes understanding of the challenges of post-conflict periods. It is a joint program of the Geneva-based United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and the Programme for Strategic and International Security Studies, PSIS of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.  http://www.unrisd.org/wsp/index.htm
Yale University. Council on African Studies - Working Papers
The Council "supports and coordinates the study of Africa within Yale University." Their Working Papers, online in Adobe PDF format, include: #2, "Social Order without the State: The Case of Somalia," by Jason P. Sorens and Leonard Wantchekon, Department of Political Science, Yale University. October 2000. You need to fill out a form before downloading the paper. [KF] http://www.yale.edu/ycias/african/papers.htm
Zunes, Stephen - Somalia as Military Target
Short article pub. Jan. 11, 2002. Prof. Zunes is a senior analyst with Foreign Policy In Focus and Associate Professor of Politics and Chair of the Peace & Justice Studies Program, University of San Francisco. On the site of Foreign Policy in Focus by the Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, D.C.) and the Interhemispheric Resource Center (Albuquerque, NM). http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2002/0201somalia.html

 

 

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