Friday, July 18, 2008

Somalia for dummies

Dear All

While waiting for the next posting, here are two excellent articles that sum up Somalia perfectly...and sadly! To give you an idea of the country we're trying to work in.....

The first one to give you a general portrait of the situation:

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/needtoknow/2008/07/somalia

The second one to update you on the latest shift affecting us humanitarian workers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/world/africa/20somalia.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin