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Ambassador Ranneberger with Somali Musicians

 Ambassador Ranneberger with Somali Musicians
Somali Women of Courage: Celebrating Women's Vision

27 March 2008

The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi sponsored a reception with the theme Somali Women of Courage: Celebrating Women’s Vision,” at the residence of U.S. Ambassador to Kenya on March 27. Over 100 guests attended the celebration, which was the first of its kind organized by the U.S. Embassy.
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Designation of Al-Shabaab
Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
March 18, 2008

On February 29, 2008, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice designated al-Shabaab (aka al-Shabab, aka Shabaab, aka the Youth, aka Mujahidin al-Shabaab Movement, aka Mujahideen Youth Movement, aka Mujahidin Youth Movement, aka MYM, aka Harakat Shabab al-Mujahidin, aka Hizbul Shabaab, aka Hisb’ul Shabaab, aka al-Shabaab al-Islamiya, aka Youth Wing, aka al Shabaab al-Islaam, aka al-Shabaab al-Jihaad, aka the Unity of Islamic Youth) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as amended) and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 (as amended). (more)

 

 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with International Women of Courage Award Winners

Secretary Rice with International Women of Courage Award Winners. Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim of Somalia is fourth from the left.

United States Honors Somali Woman as a Champion of Human Rights

10 March 2008

Secretary Rice presents second annual International Women of Courage Awards

Washington -- Ambassadors and other diplomats, members of Congress and leaders of nonprofit organizations gathered at the U.S. Department of State March 10 to honor eight women who have risked harassment and death to fight for women’s rights. (more)

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Webchat Transcript: Special Envoy Yates Discusses U.S. Involvement With Somalia

To read the transcript from the January 23, 2008 webchat, click here.

Secretary Rice Statement on Somalia Consultations in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, December 5, 2007

Today, I met with key regional leaders, representatives of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG), as well as representatives from the African Union and United Nations to discuss the regional strategy to help restore lasting peace and stability in Somalia, including efforts to support the full and timely deployment of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and progress towards national elections in 2009. (more)

28 January 2008

Bush Outlines Priorities for Final Year in Office

State of the Union Address to chart administration’s “sprint to the finish”

By David McKeeby
Staff Writer

Washington -- “Our foreign policy is based on a clear premise:  We trust that people, when given the chance, will choose a future of freedom and peace,” President Bush is expected to tell Congress in his State of the Union address January 28. But, he adds, “The advance of liberty is opposed by terrorists and extremists … [who] aim to subject millions to their violent rule.” (more)

Ambassador Michael Ranneberger Presents $3.9 Million to UNICEF for the People of Somalia

Nairobi, Kenya - August 31, 2007

The U.S. Government contributed over $3.9 million to improve access to basic social services for the people of the southern region of Somalia.  The assistance package, known as the Social Service Delivery to Support Recovery and Stability in Southern Somalia, reaffirms the our strong commitment to support credible and legitimate governance institutions in Somalia and improve their ability to deliver basic social services to the Somali population. This program will be implemented by UNICEF, who received over $2.3 million to establish an urban water supply in Baidoa town and rural water points in Bay and Bakol regions in September 2006.  This new contribution brings the total of U.S. contributions to people of southern Somalia for water and social services to over $6.2 million. (more) 

Appointment of Special Envoy to Somalia

 Ambassador Yates
 Ambassador Yates

Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Washington, DC
May 17, 2007

I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Ambassador John M. Yates as Special Envoy for Somalia. He will represent the United States with the Transitional Federal Institutions and other key Somali groups, as well as coordinate on Somalia with our regional and international partners. (more)

Somalia Radio Program Changing Lives in Mogadishu:
Partnership for a Better Life

April 26, 2007

 Somali girl
 
Radio programming is bringing school lessons to children in Somalia. (USAID)

Eight-year-old Najmo lives with her parents in the Hodan District in Mogadishu, Somalia. Najmo is among the fortunate few Somali students who have access to school, attending first grade at Al Imra School.

In Somalia, only 20 percent of all children are enrolled in school and public funding for primary education is among the lowest in the world. The new Transitional Federal Government is working to rebuild the education sector and restore stability to the country, but fighting still can erupt at a moment’s notice. (more)

 

State’s Frazer Visits Somalia To Support Peace Efforts

 
 Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer

Security and stability should be upheld, Assistant Secretary says

By Melody Merin
USINFO Special Correspondent

7 April 2007

Washington -- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer visited Baidoa, Somalia, April 7 to reiterate the U.S. commitment to support the Somali people in their efforts to achieve and uphold security and stability in their country. Frazer’s visit to Somalia was the first visit by a senior U.S. official in more than 10 years. (more)

Press Statement by Department of State Spokesman Sean McCormack - April 7, 2007

Statement on Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice

Washington, DC - January 4, 2007

The Somali people and the international community have an historic opportunity to begin to move beyond two-decades of warlordism, extreme violence, and human suffering. As part of our effort to help parties resolve the ongoing political and humanitarian crises in Somalia, I have dispatched Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer to the Horn of Africa region (more)

 Ambassador Michael Ranneberger
 Ambassador Michael
Ranneberger

Press release from a press conference on Somalia held at the U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, by Ambassador Michael Ranneberger, January 17, 2007

I want to have this opportunity to talk to you today about U.S. policy and actions in Somalia. Obviously this is a very important issue. As I have said before, the United States really has two fundamental goals in Somalia. We want to help bring about long-term stability in the country and at the same time we want to ensure the security of Somalia, and that includes the efforts to interdict and apprehend known international terrorists. (more)

 

Voice of America 

Voice of America to Launch Daily Radio Broadcasts to Somalia

Washington, D.C. - 30 January, 2007

Starting February 12, the Voice of America (VOA) begins a new daily radio broadcast in the Somali language to the Horn of Africa.  A group of Somali broadcasters at VOA's headquarters in Washington, D.C. will team up with freelance reporters in Africa and elsewhere around the world to provide millions of Somali speakers with accurate, up-to-date news and information.

U.S. Diplomat Sees Progress in Somalia

Ambassador Huddleston cites Ethiopian, U.S. help

By Jim Fisher-Thompson
USINFO Staff Writer
23 February 2007

Washington -- Somalia's struggle to form a unified government after 15 years of clan warfare is achieving success, thanks to partners in the Horn of Africa region like Ethiopia and with help from the United Nations, the African Union (AU) and the United States, Ambassador Vicki Huddleston told the Council on Foreign Relations February 22 in Washington. (more)


 

 
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